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AUTHOR
Francisco Robles-rivera
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Élites Empresariales y Desigualdad en Tiempos de Pandemia en América Latina (Business Elites and Inequality in Times of Pandemic in Latin America)
2020
Spanish Abstract: El presente articulo realiza un analisis triple para entender el efecto de la pandemia del COVID-19 sobre la desigualdad economica en America Latina. En primer lugar, se evidencia que las divisas latinoamericanas son de las mas depreciadas del mundo, lo que sumerge a las economias de America Latina en una alta inestabilidad economica y dificulta construir politicas macroeconomicas estables de distribucion y redistribucion. En segundo lugar, se discuten las consecuencias de la alta informalidad en el empleo de las economias de America Latina para mostrar el probable aumento de la desigualdad. Finalmente, se identifican las demandas de las elites empresariales en tiempos de …
Corporate Networks and business influence in Panama, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.
2021
Objective/Context: This paper explores the relationship between corporate networks and business influence to figure out the conditions of state capture. Methodology: We analyze corporate networks through interlocking directorates in three Central American countries - Panama, Costa Rica, and El Salvador - using network analysis, and we pinpoint the relationship between the structure of the corporate network and two corporate political actions: contributions to presidential campaigns and revolving doors. Conclusions: Results show corporate networks were fragmented in the three Central American countries, except for a well-connected business cluster in Panama. The organization of business elit…
Networks to State Capture: Business Elite Networks and Mechanisms of Corporate State Capture in Central American Countries
2017
This paper aims to find out what configuration of business elite networks enables corporate state capture. To achieve this goal, it first uncovers and analyses business elite networks through interlocking directorates in three Central American countries using network analysis, and second, analyses the relationship between business elite networks and the mechanisms that enable corporations to capture states: namely revolving doors and the funding of political parties in the 2014 elections. Findings indicate that when some of the business elites configure a large and cohesive networked business community, while the rest is fragmented, corporate state capture is more likely to occur, as in the…