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  • Noel Maurer and Stephen Haber, The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crises (University of Chicago Press, 2007), chap. 6, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/decline-latin-american-economies-growth-institutions-and-crises/related-lending-manifest-looting-or-good-governance-lessons-economic-history-mexico.

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