This book is a detailed historical description of the evolution of corporate governance and
stock markets in Brazil in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The analysis details …

The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were
crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the …

Éste libro es el mapa aproximado de la historiografía del Porfiriato; como es evidente, hay
capítulos de esta historia que están muy crecidos (por ejemplo, la economía) y otros más …

Durante decenios, el estudio del poder y los conflictos politi cos fue objeto preferente de la
historiografia mexicana. En tiempos mas recientes, la gama de temas que han atraido a los …

This article examines the impact of legal and economic factors on the growth of commercial
banking in Latin America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using annual data for five …

Do early institutions exert a long-term impact on subsequent institutional and economic
development? In particular, do endowments and legal tradition explain the subsequent …

This article analyzes the impact of free-banking on the banking sector in Latin America in the
19th and early 20th centuries. I use data for seven countries to compare the entry of banks …

This dissertation is an attempt to explain the factors that affected the development of the
banking sector in Latin America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the most …

Mediante una reconstrucción del Porfiriato, esta obra realiza un análisis e interpretación de
la realidad social de esta época. Aborda el papel que jugaron personajes como José Yves …

This paper compares the consequences of different financial policies adopted in Mexico and
Brazil in the decades before World War I. In the 1890s, the national governments of Mexico …