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  • Emerging Market Economies and Financial Globalization

    Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Korea

    Series series Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development
    In the past, foreign shocks arrived to national economies mainly through trade channels, and transmissions of such shocks took time to come into effect. However, after capital globalization, shocks spread to markets almost immediately. Despite the increasing macroeconomic dangers that the situation generated at emerging markets in the South, nobody at the North was ready to acknowledge the pro ... Read more

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  • Emerging Market Economies and Financial Globalization

    Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Korea

    Series series Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy
    "Emerging Market Economies and Financial Globalization” offers a comparative analysis of the capital account liberalization process and the variety of policy responses generated among a reduced group of Latin American and Asian countries. In particular, the book critically examines these varied responses from a three-fold perspective: macro, micro-financial and institutional. From a macro ... Read more

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  • Latin America Global Insertion, Energy Transition, and Sustainable Development

    Series series Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets
    This Element focuses on Latin American fossil fuel producer countries and how they are dealing with the transition towards a greener energy matrix. The challenges involved are multiple and ethical in substance. In particular, a worldwide expansion in clean energies would reduce climate change, physical risks. A rapid transition, however, induces the irruption of a new (financial) risk. The energy ... Read more

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  • Emerging Market Economies and Financial Globalization

    Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Korea

    Series series Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy
    "Emerging Market Economies and Financial Globalization” offers a comparative analysis of the capital account liberalization process and the variety of policy responses generated among a reduced group of Latin American and Asian countries. In particular, the book critically examines these varied responses from a three-fold perspective: macro, micro-financial and institutional. From a macro ... Read more

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