_Money and Banking ECON 2411 — Articles

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​Using the keywords "banking industry"  AND "Latin America" >> Refining to Scholarly journals in Business Source Complete, the following results appeared: 

• Zegarra, Luis Felipe. 2018. “Were Early Banks Important for Economic Growth? Evidence from Latin America.” Economic History of Developing Regions 33 (3): 225–58. doi:10.1080/20780389.2018.1502036.
• Zegarra, Luis Felipe. 2014. “Bank Laws, Economic Growth and Early Banking in Latin America: 1840-1920.” Explorations in Economic History 53 (1): 101–19. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2014.01.001.