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Working Papers

2009

1. India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

2. Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (2008)

2007

3. Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
4. Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
5. 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
   Also in DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (2006) View citations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
   Departmental Working Papers, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University View citations
6. International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
7. Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations
8. Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2007) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2009)

2006

10. Deuda soberana: indexación y vencimiento
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
11. Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Markets and Economic
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
12. International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
13. Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations

2005

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

2004

16. Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations

2003

17. FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations

2002

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

Journal Articles

2009

1. FDI, Productivity and Financial Development
   The World Economy, 2009, 32, (1), 111-135 View citations
2. Optimal reserve management and sovereign debt
   Journal of International Economics, 2009, 77, (1), 23-36
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

3. 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
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

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

2005

5. Inflation, openness, and exchange-rate regimes: The quest for short-term commitment
   Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 77, (1), 229-249 View citations
6. 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
7. Sovereign debt as a contingent claim: a quantitative approach
   Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (2), 297-314 View citations

2004

8. Capital Controls, Risk, and Liberalization Cycles
   Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (3), 412-434 View citations
9. Capital Controls: a Political Economy Approach
   Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (4), 571-590 View citations
10. FDI and economic growth: the role of local financial markets
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (1), 89-112 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

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

2002

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

1999

13. Why governments implement Temporary Stabilization Programs
    Journal of Applied Economics, 1999, II, 211-245 View citations

Chapters

2008

1. Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, 2008
   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
   See also Working Paper (2005)