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Working Papers

2013

1. Carry Trade, Reserve Accumulation, and Exchange-Rate Regimes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (1)
3. Market Reallocation and Knowledge Spillover: The Gains from Multinational Production
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School

2012

4. Carry Trade and Exchange Rate Regimes
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)
5. Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
6. Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. Surviving the global financial crisis: foreign ownership and establishment performance
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2012)

2011

8. Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (1)
9. Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (3)

2010

10. Does Liberalization Promote Competition?
    Working Papers, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
11. Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (2)
    Also in Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2010) View citations (1)
12. The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2010)

2009

13. India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2009)

2008

14. Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Chapter (2009)

2007

15. Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (2009)
16. Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
17. How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring The Effects Of Financial Markets On Linkages
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics View citations (2)
    Also in DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (2006) View citations (5)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (10)
    Departmental Working Papers, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University View citations (14)
18. International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
19. Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (15)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2009)
20. Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Money and Finance (2010)
21. Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2007) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2009)

2006

22. Deuda soberana: indexación y vencimiento
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
23. Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Markets and Economic
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
24. International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (16)
25. Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (4)

2005

26. Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
    See also Chapter (2007)
27. Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (127)
    Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Houston (2003) View citations (38)
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2008)

2004

28. Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of LACEA Economia (2004)
29. Why does not capital frlow from rich to poor countries? An Empirical investigation
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (3)

2003

30. FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (13)

2002

31. FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets*
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations (86)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2004)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (3), 30-55 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2010

2. Does foreign direct investment promote growth? Exploring the role of financial markets on linkages
   Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91, (2), 242-256 View citations (23)
3. Nominal versus indexed debt: A quantitative horse race
   Journal of International Money and Finance, 2010, 29, (8), 1706-1726 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2009

4. Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
   Review of International Economics, 2009, 17, (5), 890-905 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
5. FDI, Productivity and Financial Development
   The World Economy, 2009, 32, (1), 111-135 View citations (10)
6. Intra-industry Foreign Direct Investment
   American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (5), 2096-2119 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
7. Optimal reserve management and sovereign debt
   Journal of International Economics, 2009, 77, (1), 23-36 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

8. Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (2), 347-368 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

9. Capital flows and capital goods
   Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72, (1), 128-150 View citations (20)

2005

10. Inflation, openness, and exchange-rate regimes: The quest for short-term commitment
    Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 77, (1), 229-249 View citations (10)
11. Paul R. Masson and Catherine Pattillo, The Monetary Geography of Africa, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC (2005)
    Journal of International Economics, 2005, 67, (2), 515-520
12. Sovereign debt as a contingent claim: a quantitative approach
    Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (2), 297-314 View citations (37)

2004

13. Capital Controls, Risk, and Liberalization Cycles
    Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (3), 412-434 View citations (4)
14. Capital Controls: a Political Economy Approach
    Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (4), 571-590 View citations (4)
15. FDI and economic growth: the role of local financial markets
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (1), 89-112 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
16. Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
    Journal of LACEA Economia, 2004 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

17. Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia
    Challenge, 2003, 46, (4), 36-53 View citations (5)

2002

18. On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs
    Economics and Politics, 2002, 14, (2), 133-161 View citations (4)

1999

19. Why governments implement Temporary Stabilization Programs
    Journal of Applied Economics, 1999, II, 211-245 View citations (5)

Chapters

2009

1. Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, 2009, pp 243-272 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

2. Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions
   A chapter in Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices and Consequences, 2007, pp 19-72 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2005)