Search Results - "Alfaro, Laura"

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Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment

by Alfaro, Laura Charlton, Andrew Published in The American economic review (01.12.2009)

“...We use a new firm-level dataset that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries. Using a combination of...”

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The global agglomeration of multinational firms

by Alfaro, Laura Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang Published in Journal of international economics (01.11.2014)

“...The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging...”

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Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

by Alfaro, Laura Chor, Davin Antràs, Pol Conconi, Paola Published in The Journal of political economy (01.04.2019)

“...A key decision facing firms is the extent of control to exert over the different stages in their production processes. We develop and test a property rights...”

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Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation

by Laura Alfaro Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan Vadym Volosovych Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.05.2008)

“...We examine the empirical role of different explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich to poor countries--the "Lucas Paradox." The theoretical...”

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Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation

by Alfaro, Laura Kanczuk, Fabio Published in IMF economic review (01.06.2019)

“...In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets in emerging countries has increased dramatically. We revisit sovereign debt...”

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Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance

by Laura Alfaro Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (01.08.2012)

“...We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a...”

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FDI and economic growth: the role of local financial markets

by Alfaro, Laura Chanda, Areendam Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem Sayek, Selin Published in Journal of international economics (2004)

“...In this paper, we examine the various links among foreign direct investment (FDI), financial markets, and economic growth. We explore whether countries with...”

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Does foreign direct investment promote growth? Exploring the role of financial markets on linkages

by Alfaro, Laura Chanda, Areendam Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem Sayek, Selin Published in Journal of development economics (2010)

“...Do multinational companies generate positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of...”

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Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration?

by LAURA ALFARO PAOLA CONCONI HARALD FADINGER ANDREW F. NEWMAN Published in The Review of economic studies (01.07.2016)

“...A number of theories in organizational economics and industrial organization suggest that vertical integration, while costly, increases productivity. It...”

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Optimal reserve management and sovereign debt

by Alfaro, Laura Kanczuk, Fabio Published in Journal of international economics (2009)

“...Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's...”

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Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production

by Laura Alfaro Maggie X. Chen Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (01.05.2018)

“...Assessing productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research and policy debate. Positive productivity gains are often...”

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Correction to: Introduction to the Symposium: Attracting and benefitting from Quality FDI

by Alfaro, Laura Görg, Holger Seric, Adnan
edited by Alfaro, Laura Seric, Adnan Görg, Holger
Published in Review of world economics (01.11.2017)

“...In the original publication of the article, acknowledgements has been incorrectly published. It has been corrected in this erratum...”

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FDI, Productivity and Financial Development

by Alfaro, Laura Kalemli‐Ozcan, Sebnem Sayek, Selin Published in World economy (01.01.2009)

“...This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth by focusing on the complementarities between FDI inflows and financial markets. In...”

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Capital flows and capital goods

by Alfaro, Laura Hammel, Eliza Published in Journal of international economics (2007)

“...Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial...”

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Inflation, openness, and exchange rate regimes, the quest for short-term commitment

by Alfaro, Laura Published in Journal of development economics (2005)

“...This paper further tests Romer's [Romer, D., 1993. Openness and inflation: theory, and evidence. Quarterly Journal of Economics 58, 869-903] extension of...”

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Nominal versus indexed debt: A quantitative horse race

by Alfaro, Laura Kanczuk, Fabio Published in Journal of international money and finance (2010)

“...The main arguments in favor and against nominal and indexed debts are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We...”

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Sovereign debt as a contingent claim: a quantitative approach

by Alfaro, Laura Kanczuk, Fabio Published in Journal of international economics (2005)

“...We construct a dynamic equilibrium model with contingent service and adverse selection to quantitatively study sovereign debt. In the model, benefits of...”

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