Beyond the Global Crisis

<p>The book aims at offering a comparative, multi-perspective analysis of the different, at times parallel, at times with varying degrees of interdependence, macroeconomic and structural adjustments in the two continents against the backdrop of important processes of regional integration. Its reading offers a multifaceted appreciation of the reality emerging from the mixing up of longer run tendencies deepened by the brute force of the financial and then industrial crisis. </p> <p>Introduction 1. Growth under Strain in the European Union: A Long Run Perspective <i>Francesco Farina </i>2.<i> </i>Regional Integration and Growth: An Empirical Assessment for Latin American Countries Christine Carton and Sadri Slim 3. Development and Inequality in Latin America and Europe <em>Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky </em>and<em> Ernesto Savaglio </em>4. Aggregate Threshold Effects in the Generation of Human Capital: The Cases of Latin America and Europe <em>Joilson Dias</em> and <em>John Mcdermott</em> 5. International Interdependence and Macroeconomic Transmission: Europe and Latin America <em>Maria Helena Ambrosio Dias, Joilson Dias</em> and <em>Lionello Punzo</em> 6. Latin American Exports to the European Union: Opportunities for Latin American Development <em>José Manuel García De La Cruz,</em> <em>David Matesanz Gómez</em> and <em>Ángeles Sánchez Díez</em> 7. Commercial Integration And The Structure Of Trade Flows In Latin America <em>Marta Castilho</em> and <em>Martin Puchet Anyaul</em> 8. Economic Integration And Mobility Versus Persistence Of Technological Specialization Patterns: Some Evidence From The European Union And Latin America Experiences <em>Ana Urraca Ruiz</em> 9. Latin America: Relative Performance, Structural Change and Technological Capabilities in Historical Perspective <em>Luis Bértola</em> and <em>Carlos Bianchi</em> 10. Brazil’s Economy – 1971-2008: Growth Pattern and Structural Change <em>Carmem Feijo, Lionello F. Punzo</em> and <em>Marcos Tostes Lamônica</em> 11. An Eventful Evolution: The Argentine Growth Experience 1950-2010 <em>D. Heymann</em> and <em>A. Ramos</em> 12. The Mexican Economy in 1960-2010: From Import Substitution and State-Led-Industrialization to Export-Led Slow Growth <em>Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid</em> and <em>Jaime Ros </em> 13. Audiovisual Industries and their Growth Prospects: EU and Latin America <em>Gustavo Buquet</em> and <em>Carlos Casacuberta</em> 14. Software and Information Services: Transnational Corporations’ Strategies in Latin America and Europe <em>Paulo Bastos Tigre</em> and <em>Felipe Silveira Marques</em> 15. New Roles for the Agribusiness Sectors: Technological Trajectories and Institutional Settings <em>Ana Célia Castro</em> 16. Tourism and Growth: Stories of Two Continents <em>Salvatore Bimonte, Juan Gabriel Brida, Manuela Pulina</em> and <em>Lionello F. Punzo</em> 17. Oil and Gas Industry: Capability Building Experiences <em>Frederico Rocha</em></p>