How do businessmen counteract credit constraints when the financial market does not provide adequate external financing? Based on novel primary corporate data, network techniques and regression analysis, we explore the role of interlocking directorates with banks as a way for companies to face...

This paper analyzes the political economy of productivity-related policymaking in Chile following a political transaction cost model (Spiller and Tommasi, 2003; Murillo et al., 2008). The main findings indicate that i) the Chilean policymaking process (PMP) was successful in the 1990s in...

This paper analyzes the political economy of productivity-related policymaking in Chile following a political transaction cost model (Spiller and Tommasi, 2003; Murillo et al., 2008). The main findings indicate that i) the Chilean policymaking process (PMP) was successful in the 1990s in...

This paper analyzes the political economy of productivity-related policymaking in Chile following a political transaction cost model (Spiller and Tommasi, 2003; Murillo et al. , 2008). The main findings indicate that i) the Chilean policymaking process (PMP) was successful in the 1990s in...