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THIS ARTICLE DEVELOPS AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL FINANCE BY EXAMINING THE EMERGING STRUCTURE OF FINANCE IN NORTH AMERICA. IT BUILDS ON THE WORK OF FERNAND BRAUDEL TO CONSTRUCT A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WHICH IS SENSITIVE TO THE TEMPORAL, SPATIAL AND MOTIVATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE. A CRITIQUE IS OFFERED OF CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO FINANCE AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WHICH EMBEDS THE EMERGENCE OF REGIONAL FINANCE WITHIN THE INTERACTIONS OF THE PRACTICES AND DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. IT APPLIES THIS APPROACH TO THE EMERGING STRUCTURE OF FINANCE IN NORTH AMERICA.

THE PROFESSED MULTIDISCIPLINARITY OF IPE RARELY EXTENDS TO TAKING HISTORY AND THE HISTORICAL MODE OF THOUGHT SERIOUSLY. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE RELEVANCE TO IPE OF THE WORK OF ONE HISTORIAN, FERNAND BRAUDEL, AND ASKS WHAT INSIGHTS HIS APPROACH MIGHT PROVIDE FOR THE STUDY OF FINANCE. IT ARGUES THAT A BRAUDELIAN PERSPECTIVE ON IPE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO APPREHEND THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN AN INNOVATIVE AND PERCEPTIVE WAY. IN PARTICULAR, A CONSIDERATION OF FINANCE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE REVEALS THAT THE INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS WHICH CONSTITUTE THE "WORLDS' OF FINANCE PERCEIVE AND RESPOND TO QUITE DIFFERENT MOTIVATING FORCES, AND THAT THESE DIFFERENT IMPULSES PROVIDE INHERENT STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE SPREAD OF GLOBALIZATION BEYOND WHAT BRAUDEL CALLS THE REALM OF "CAPITALISM," THE NON-TRANSPARENT ARENA IN WHICH SPECULATION AND LARGE-SCALE RISK-TAKING PREDOMINATE. THE ARTICLE CLOSES ON A REFLECTIVE NOTE BY CONSIDERING BRAUDEL'S PLACE WITHIN THE DISCIPLINE AND BY NOTING THE CHALLENGE POSED TO IPE BY ADOPTING THE HISTORICAL MODE OF THOUGHT.