High inequality of wealth and income (or its concentration) is nowadays an international concern, although in many Latin American countries the only concern is to reduce poverty due to a vision associated with the trickle-down economy (Roberts 2022). From the neoliberal perspective and from that...

The paper reviews the factors accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). It then discusses the evolution of M&A trades, their relative importance and the economic sectors that have been influenced by M&As in sixteen Latin-American economies during 1990-2014. An integral model is developed...