Globalizing Patient Capital

The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas

Globalizing Patient Capital
Stephen B Kaplan
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30 Jun 2021 UK
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9781316632048
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China' s overseas financing is a distinct form of patient capital that marshals the country' s vast domestic resources to create commercial opportunities internationally. Its long-term risk tolerance and lack of policy conditionality has allowed developing economies to sidestep the fiscal austerity tendencies of Western markets and multilaterals. Employing statistical tests and extensive field research across China and Latin America, Stephen Kaplan finds that China' s patient capital endows national governments with more room to maneuver in formulating domestic policies. The author goes on to evaluate the potential costs of Chinese financing, raising the question of how Chinese lenders will react to developing nation' s ongoing struggles with debt and dependency. By disaggregating the structure of international finance, Globalizing Patient Capital has significant implications for the rise of China in Latin America, offering new insights about globalization and showing the costs and benefits of state versus market approaches to development.
' The best treatment of the political economy of China-Latin America finance to date. Kaplan shows how China' s ' patient' capital in Latin America may have the potential to support the region' s long-term development goals - in contrast with the volatile and conditional finance from the West. Kaplan shows that Latin American countries and China alike are climbing a learning curve to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks associated with their burgeoning economic relationship, while the United States sits puzzled and increasingly alarmed. ' Kevin Gallagher, Boston University ' A valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on China and Latin America. Kaplan argues that Chinese finance has a long-term approach and greater risk tolerance than Western capital. This enables Latin American governments to pursue their preferred development policies while avoiding the damaging cycles that have typified in the region. Both scholars and policymakers will benefit from reading the book. ' Barbara Stallings, Brown University ' A must read for understanding the shifting role of China' s international investment. Kaplan provides the most convincing and nuanced analysis for understanding the evolution of China-Latin American interconnections and their potential trajectory as part of a larger Chinese strategy of international influence. This impressive book is crucial for scholars of both Latin American politics and international political economy. It will reshape our understanding of Latin American political economy and Chinese soft international power. ' Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia University ' Kaplan employs new loan data and hundreds of interviews to understand the costs and benefits of Chinese credit. His analysis suggests that Chinese policy banks' longer time horizons and looser regulatory structures free borrowing governments from fiscal constraints and policy conditions. In exchange, borrowing governments offer a range of commercial concessions to their Chinese creditors, while also risking unsustainable debt burdens. This book offers important insights for anyone interested in the contemporary sovereign financing landscape. ' Layna Mosley, Princeton University
Stephen B. Kaplan is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America (Cambridge, 2013).
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ISBN-13: 9781316632048
Published: 30 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300

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