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Financial cooperation initiatives in Latin America: Conditions of origins, subsistence and eventual vanishing

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  • Alves Elia Elisa Cia

    (Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), Departamento de Relações Internacionais. Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicada CCSA—Campus Universitário CEP.: 58051-900—João Pessoa— Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Biancarelli André Martins

    (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Instituto de Economia, Centro de Estudos de Conjuntura, Rua Pitágoras, 353, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Barão Geraldo, CEP. 13083857—Campinas, SP—Brasil—Caixa-postal: 6135)

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Why do countries engage in Regional Financial Cooperation (RFC) initiatives and why they may give up on them? Under which conditions are those mechanisms born and how may changes affect their performance? Although comparative studies have been a prolific strategy to investigate RFC the focus on the experiences of a specific region may reveal new insights. Therefore the aim of this paper is to map the existing RFC mechanisms in Latin America, seeking to identify the demand, supply and conjectural conditions behind the processes of their creation and evolution. The theoretical framework provides concepts from International Relations’ theories concerning regional institution building. Empirically fourteen Latin American RFC initiatives are surveyed. As a result important variables explaining RFC mechanisms in Latin America are presented in the paper: demand for greater participation (sense of belonging), material and political capacity from a paymaster and macroeconomic coordination.

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  • Alves Elia Elisa Cia & Biancarelli André Martins, 2020. "Financial cooperation initiatives in Latin America: Conditions of origins, subsistence and eventual vanishing," Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 6(4), pages 51-71, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ecobur:v:6:y:2020:i:4:p:51-71:n:4
    DOI: 10.18559/ebr.2020.4.4
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    regional financial cooperation; financial institution building; regional institutions;
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    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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