The Implications of the Pacific Alliance on the Evolution of Inequality in Member Countries

The Implications of the Pacific Alliance on the Evolution of Inequality in Member Countries

The Pacific Alliance is a regional integration process that seeks to promote greater economic growth, competitiveness and development in its member countries. In this paper, the author critically approaches this integration process and wonders if it affects the level of income inequality in their co...

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Main Author: Daniel Rojas-Lozano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile 2018-08-01
Series:Latin American Journal of Trade Policy
Online Access:https://lajtp.uchile.cl/index.php/LAJTP/article/view/50991
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spelling doaj-e232c03158f44d5eafab1db584f5796d2020-11-25T03:48:08ZengUniversidad de Chile Latin American Journal of Trade Policy0719-93682018-08-0111304710.5354/0719-9368.2018.5099150991The Implications of the Pacific Alliance on the Evolution of Inequality in Member CountriesDaniel Rojas-Lozano0Master in Social Sciencies Student, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, MéxicoThe Pacific Alliance is a regional integration process that seeks to promote greater economic growth, competitiveness and development in its member countries. In this paper, the author critically approaches this integration process and wonders if it affects the level of income inequality in their countries. When investigating the constituent agreements of the Pacific Alliance, and using Mercosur as a control group for the period 2000-2014, this study shows that the Pacific Alliance members conceive free capital flows as a mechanism to promote growth, however, the measures to promote this mechanism represent setbacks in distributive terms.https://lajtp.uchile.cl/index.php/LAJTP/article/view/50991
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description The Pacific Alliance is a regional integration process that seeks to promote greater economic growth, competitiveness and development in its member countries. In this paper, the author critically approaches this integration process and wonders if it affects the level of income inequality in their countries. When investigating the constituent agreements of the Pacific Alliance, and using Mercosur as a control group for the period 2000-2014, this study shows that the Pacific Alliance members conceive free capital flows as a mechanism to promote growth, however, the measures to promote this mechanism represent setbacks in distributive terms.
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