Economic and Financial Developments in Latin America

1. Introduction
Sima Motamen-Samadian

2. Convertibility Law and its Role in Argentina’s Economy
Sima Motamen-Samadian

3. International Prudential Regulation and the Prevention of Banking Crises in Latin America
Alexandre Minda, Stéphanie Truquin

4. From Financial Repression to Financial Regression: The Limits of the ‘Tyrannical Auctioneer’ and Monetary Policy
Etelberto Ortiz

5. Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate Risk in Emerging Economies Subject to Structural Inflation
Guadalupe Mántey

6. Credible Commitments and the Relevance of State Capacity: Mexico’s Foreign Direct Investment under the NAFTA
Albert A. Gonzalez

7. The Determinants of the Disappearance of Mexican Banks
Clemente Hernandez-Rodriguez

8. Corporate Foreign Vulnerability, Financial Policies and the Exchange Rate Regime: Evidence from Brazil
Jose Luiz Rossi

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Latin American Culture, Finance, general