复旦发展研究院复旦-拉美大学联盟，联合蒙特雷科技大学发布主题为“丝绸之路的另一端：中国在拉丁美洲基础设施上的投资”的论文征集活动。文章将于2019年秋季发表，作者可以从经济、金融、国际关系、法律或政治学等角度撰写。文章最终将由相应专业领域学者团队进行审核。 

文章将于期刊《网络产业竞争与监管（Competition and Regulation in Network Industries）》上发表，此期刊由SAGE Publishing出版，是一本双盲同行评审期刊，符合高质量学术期刊标准。

The journal Competition and Regulation in NetworkIndustries (Sage) is launching a call for papers for a specialissue on:

“The other side of the Silk Road”Chinese Investments in Latin American Infrastructures

The special issue will be published in Fall 2019. Papers should be interdisciplinary innature, but can be written from economic, financial, international relations, legal, orpolitical science perspectives. Papers will be evaluated and selected by small group ofglobally established expert professors in this area. 

Important Dates 

1. Deadline for abstract submission: September 30th, 2018 

2. Previously to send the final version it is highly recommended to participate in Fudan Latin America University Consortium (FLAUC) Conference 2018. November 7-9, 2018, at Lima, Peru. Host Universities are Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) & ESAN. 

3. Full-length article due: January 31st, 2019 

4. Manuscript acceptance: March 31st, 2019

5. Tentative publication date: Fall, 2019

Theme 

The consolidation of the People's Republic of China as a new world power is anindisputable fact (Shambaugh 2013, 4). At the same time, the growing presence of Chinaaround the world is evident. In Latin America, China is both an important commercialactor and a fundamental investor (CEPAL, 2015, 37-38). The interests of China in LatinAmerica are considerable, with companies and brands that reach more and morenotoriety. This phenomenon has different causes, among them, the search of therecognition and prestigious; the desire to strengthen the yuan as an internationalcurrency; the look for the preservation of the free trade as a way to guarantee the Chineseeconomic growth and the promotion of the economic interest of Chinese companies.This situation has three fundamental actors: the State, the companies, and the quasigovernmentalorganizations. These actors deploy an exact and integral strategy in theregion; in consequence, at the present day, China and Latin America have establishedstronger economic ties (Yang 2015, 298). Now, the expansion of China in Latin Americais in a new phase that involved an ambitious infrastructure investment program. This Special Issue promotes a comprehensive approach to understand the reasons, dynamics,mechanisms, and process of the Chinese investment in Latin America.

Subject Coverage 

The special issue will cover the following topics, but are not limited, to:

• The expansion of the Chinese investment in Latin America in theinfrastructure sector 

• The effect of the regulation in this process

• The advantages of the Chinese model of financing investment versus theTraditional Western model of infrastructure financing• The interaction between the Chinese government and local and nationalgovernments to promote the construction of infrastructure 

• The institutional framework to impede or facilitate the Chinese expansion inthe infrastructure sector 

• The effects of the market structure in the specific context of Latin America asa consequence of the project of Chinese infrastructure 

• The types of strategies and organizational forms, public and private, involvedin the growth of the Chinese financing for infrastructure 

• The economic, political and social impact in the Latin America countries as aconsequence of the Chinese projects in infrastructure

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries(http://journals.sagepub.com/home/crn) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal thatmeets high academic standards. Resolutely interdisciplinary in nature, CRNI favorsarticles that combine economic, legal, policy and engineering approaches. We arelooking for articles that link theory with practical relevance: they should makecontributions to theory and methodology development, yet always building on solidempirical research, both quantitative and qualitative.

Notes for Prospective Authors 

All papers must be submitted through the website(https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crni) of Competition and Regulation in NetworkIndustries. When submitting the manuscript, indicate that is to be considered for thespecial Issue “The other side of the Silk Route: Chinese Investment in LatinAmerican Infrastructure”.

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently underconsideration for publication elsewhere. Submission should be approved by all authors.Papers will be selected through a peer-review process. A guide for authors, sample copiesand other relevant information are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Please submit at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crni

Contact guest editor:  Dr. Miguel A. Montoya B. – mmontoya@itesm.

For more information, please refer to CRNI. Call China Latin America.pdf