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Working Papers
2009
Finance and Inequality: Theory and Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009)
Financial Innovation and Endogenous Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Financial institutions and markets across countries and over time - data and analysis
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
Patterns of International Capital Raisings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations
2008
Bank Governance, Regulation, and Risk Taking
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Bank regulations are changing: for better or worse ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Finance and economic opportunity
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
Finance, financial sector policies, and long-run growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Racial Discrimination and Competition
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
2007
Big Bad Banks? The Impact of U.S. Branch Deregulation on Income Distribution
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations
Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations
IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
See also Journal Article in Review of Financial Studies (2008)
2006
Internationalization and the evolution of corporate valuation
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2008)
2005
Bank Concentration and Fragility: Impact and Mechanics
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Bank Supervision and Corruption in Lending
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2006)
Finance, firm size, and growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2008)
Internationalization and Stock Market Liquidity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Review of Finance (2006)
Is There a Diversification Discount in Financial Conglomerates?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2007)
Law, Endowments, and Property Rights
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2005)
SMEs, Growth, and Poverty
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
2004
Finance and Growth: Theory and Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Chapter (2005)
Finance, Inequality, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2004) View citations
Governance and bank valuation
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (2007)
Law and Firms' Access to Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2004) View citations
Legal Institutions and Financial Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
The Corporate Governance of Banks - a concise discussion of concepts and evidence
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
2003
Bank Concentration and Crises
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations
Bank Supervision and Corporate Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations
Denying Foreign Bank Entry: Implications For Bank Interest Margins
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
Migration, Spillovers,and Trade Diversion: The Impact of Internationalization on Stock Market Liquidity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations
New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting "Aid, Policies, and Growth"
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
New Data, New doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar's "Aid, Policies, and Growth" (2000)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Regulations, Market Structure, Institutions, and the Cost of Financial Intermediation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2004)
Small and medium enterprises, growth, and poverty: cross-country evidence
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
The impact of bank regulations, concentration, and institutions on bank margins
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
2002
Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2001) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (2004)
Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which is Better?
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (2002)
Finance and Growth: New Evidence and Policy Analyses for Chile
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
Industry Growth and Capital Allocation: Does Having a Market- or Bank-Based System Matter?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2002)
International Financial Integration and Economic Growth
IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of International Money and Finance (2002)
It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
Law and Finance: why Does Legal Origin Matter?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2003)
Law, Endowment, and Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2003)
Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth: Panel Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Banking & Finance (2004)
Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2002) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2003)
2001
Financial Regulation And Performance: Cross-Country Evidence
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1999) View citations
Law, politics, and finance
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Stock markets, banks, and growth: correlation or causality?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
The regulation and supervision of banks around the world - a new database
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
2000
Bank Concentration: Chile and International Comparisons
Working Papers, Cambridge - Risk, Information & Quantity Signals View citations
Also in Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile (2000) View citations
Banking systems around the globe: do regulation and ownership affect the performance and stability?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Financial structure and economic development - firm, industry, and country evidence
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
New firm formation and industry growth - does having a market- or bank-based system matter?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
1999
A new database on financial development and structure
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Bank-based and market-based financial systems - cross-country comparisons
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Finance and the sources of growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2000)
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1999) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2000)
1997
Inflation and financial market performance
Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
Also in Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1996) View citations
Napoleon, Bourses, and Growth in Latin America
RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
Napoleón, bolsas y crecimiento en América Latina
RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
1996
Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions
Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1997)
Capital control liberalization and stock market development
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in CERF Discussion Paper Series, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University View citations
See also Journal Article in World Development (1998)
Financial development and economic growth: views and agenda
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1997)
Stock market development and long-run growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (1996)
Stock markets, banks, and economic growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in CERF Discussion Paper Series, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)
1995
Africa's growth tragedy: a retrospective, 1960-89
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
Stock market development and financial intermediaries: stylized facts
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (1996)
1994
Capital fundamentalism, economic development, and economic growth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1994)
Policy, Technology Adoption and Growth
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations
The financial system and public enterprise reform: concepts and cases
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
1993
Finance and growth: Schumpeter might be right
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)
Looking at the facts: what we know about policy and growth from cross-country analysis
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Stock market development and financial intermediary growth: a research agenda
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
1992
Financial indicators and growth in a cross section of countries
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Financial structures and economic development
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1990) View citations
How Do National Policies Affect Long-Run Growth? A Research Agenda
World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1991) View citations
Old debts and new beginnings: a policy choice in transitional socialist economies
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
See also Journal Article in World Development (1993)
Reforming finance in transitional socialist economies: avoiding the path from shell money to shell games
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
1991
A sensitivity analysis of cross-country growth regressions
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
Cross-country studies of growth and policy: methodological, conceptual, and statistical problems
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
1990
Stock markets, growth, and policy
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1990) View citations
1989
A note on "transfers"
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
External debt and developing country growth
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
1988
The capital flight "problem."
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
The forward exchange rate bias: a new explanation
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
1987
The pricing of forward exchange rates
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
See also Journal Article in Journal of International Money and Finance (1989)
1986
An international arbitrage pricing model with PPP deviations
International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1989)
Undated
Bank Regulations Are Changing: But For Better or Worse?
Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations
Journal Articles
2008
Bank Regulations are Changing: For Better or Worse&quest
Comparative Economic Studies , 2008, 50 , (4), 537-563
Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations
Review of Financial Studies , 2008, 21 , (2), 579-604 View citations
See also Working Paper (2007)
FINANCE AND THE POOR
Manchester School , 2008, 76 , (s1), 1-13
Finance et opportunité économique
Revue d’économie du développement , 2008, 22 , (4), 5-29
Finance, Firm Size, and Growth
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 2008, 40 , (7), 1379-1405 View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
Internationalization and the evolution of corporate valuation
Journal of Financial Economics , 2008, 88 , (3), 607-632 View citations
See also Working Paper (2006)
Special issue: Banking and bank regulation: Challenges for the future
Journal of Financial Intermediation , 2008, 17 , (4), 509-510
2007
Finance, inequality and the poor
Journal of Economic Growth , 2007, 12 , (1), 27-49 View citations
Governance and bank valuation
Journal of Financial Intermediation , 2007, 16 , (4), 584-617 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Is there a diversification discount in financial conglomerates?
Journal of Financial Economics , 2007, 85 , (2), 331-367 View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
Migration, spillovers, and trade diversion: The impact of internationalization on domestic stock market activity
Journal of Banking & Finance , 2007, 31 , (6), 1595-1612 View citations
2006
Bank concentration, competition, and crises: First results
Journal of Banking & Finance , 2006, 30 , (5), 1581-1603 View citations
Bank supervision and corruption in lending
Journal of Monetary Economics , 2006, 53 , (8), 2131-2163 View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
Internationalization and Stock Market Liquidity
Review of Finance , 2006, 10 , (1), 153-187 View citations
Also in Review of Finance , 2006, 10 , (1), 153-187 (2006) View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
2005
Law, Endowments and Property Rights
Journal of Economic Perspectives , 2005, 19 , (3), 61-88 View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
SMEs, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence
Journal of Economic Growth , 2005, 10 , (3), 199-229 View citations
2004
Aid, Policies, and Growth: Comment
American Economic Review , 2004, 94 , (3), 774-780 View citations
Bank regulation and supervision: what works best?
Journal of Financial Intermediation , 2004, 13 , (2), 205-248 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
Introduction: Bank concentration and competition: an evolution in the making
Proceedings , 2004, 433-451 View citations
Regulations, Market Structure, Institutions, and the Cost of Financial Intermediation
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 2004, 36 , (3), 593-622 View citations
Also in Proceedings , 2004, 593-626 (2004) View citations
See also Working Paper (2003)
Stock markets, banks, and growth: Panel evidence
Journal of Banking & Finance , 2004, 28 , (3), 423-442 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
2003
Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?
Journal of Comparative Economics , 2003, 31 , (4), 653-675 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
Law, endowments, and finance
Journal of Financial Economics , 2003, 70 , (2), 137-181 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
More on finance and growth: more finance, more growth?
Review , 2003, (Jul), 31-46 View citations
Tropics, germs, and crops: how endowments influence economic development
Journal of Monetary Economics , 2003, 50 , (1), 3-39 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
2002
Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which Is Better?
Journal of Financial Intermediation , 2002, 11 , (4), 398-428 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
Industry growth and capital allocation:*1: does having a market- or bank-based system matter?
Journal of Financial Economics , 2002, 64 , (2), 147-180 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
International financial integration and economic growth
Journal of International Money and Finance , 2002, 21 , (6), 749-776 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
2001
How Much Bang for the Buck? Mexico and Dollarization
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 2001, 33 , (2), 339-63 View citations
Also in Proceedings , 2001, 339-369 (2001) View citations
International Financial Liberalization and Economic Growth
Review of International Economics , 2001, 9 , (4), 688-702 View citations
Legal Theories of Financial Development
Oxford Review of Economic Policy , 2001, 17 , (4), 483-501 View citations
The impact of inflation on financial sector performance
Journal of Monetary Economics , 2001, 47 , (2), 221-248 View citations
2000
Are bank-based or market-based financial systems better?
Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy) , 2000, 3 , (1), 25-55
Finance and the sources of growth
Journal of Financial Economics , 2000, 58 , (1-2), 261-300 View citations
See also Working Paper (1999)
Financial intermediation and growth: Causality and causes
Journal of Monetary Economics , 2000, 46 , (1), 31-77 View citations
See also Working Paper (1999)
1999
Financial development and growth: where do we stand?
Estudios de Economia , 1999, 26 , (2 Year 1999), 113-136 View citations
Law, Finance, and Economic Growth
Journal of Financial Intermediation , 1999, 8 , (1-2), 8-35 View citations
1998
Capital Control Liberalization and Stock Market Development
World Development , 1998, 26 , (7), 1169-1183 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
Robert J. Barro, Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
Journal of Comparative Economics , 1998, 26 , (4), 822-824
Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth
American Economic Review , 1998, 88 , (3), 537-58 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
The Legal Environment, Banks, and Long-Run Economic Growth
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1998, 30 , (3), 596-613 View citations
Also in Proceedings , 1998, (Aug), 596-620 (1998) View citations
Troubles with the Neighbours: Africa's Problem, Africa's Opportunity
Journal of African Economies , 1998, 7 , (1), 120-42 View citations
1997
Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1997, 112 , (4), 1203-50 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
Financial Development and Economic Growth: Views and Agenda
Journal of Economic Literature , 1997, 35 , (2), 688-726 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
1996
Stock Market Development and Financial Intermediaries: Stylized Facts
World Bank Economic Review , 1996, 10 , (2), 291-321 View citations
See also Working Paper (1995)
Stock Market Development and Long-Run Growth
World Bank Economic Review , 1996, 10 , (2), 323-39 View citations
See also Working Paper (1996)
Stock Markets, Corporate Finance, and Economic Growth: An Overview
World Bank Economic Review , 1996, 10 , (2), 223-39 View citations
1994
Capital fundamentalism, economic development, and economic growth
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy , 1994, 40 , (1), 259-292 View citations
See also Working Paper (1994)
Finance and development: Issues and experience: Alberto Giovannini, ed (Cambridge university press, New York, 1993) pp. ix+436, $49.50
Journal of International Economics , 1994, 37 , (3-4), 273-277
Reforming Finance in Transitional Socialist Economies
World Bank Research Observer , 1994, 9 , (1), 1-24 View citations
1993
Finance and Growth: Schumpeter Might Be Right
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1993, 108 , (3), 717-37 View citations
See also Working Paper (1993)
Finance, entrepreneurship and growth: Theory and evidence
Journal of Monetary Economics , 1993, 32 , (3), 513-542 View citations
Old debts and new beginnings: A policy choice in transitional socialist economies
World Development , 1993, 21 , (3), 319-330
See also Working Paper (1992)
Quality ladders, growth, and R&D: an assessment from U.S. industry: A comment
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy , 1993, 38 , (1), 275-278
What We Have Learned about Policy and Growth from Cross-Country Regressions?
American Economic Review , 1993, 83 , (2), 426-30 View citations
1992
A Sensitivity Analysis of Cross-Country Growth Regressions
American Economic Review , 1992, 82 , (4), 942-63 View citations
See also Working Paper (1991)
Financial intermediary services and growth
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies , 1992, 6 , (4), 383-405 View citations
1991
An empirical inquiry into the nature of the forward exchange rate bias
Journal of International Economics , 1991, 30 , (3-4), 359-369 View citations
Stock Markets, Growth, and Tax Policy
Journal of Finance , 1991, 46 , (4), 1445-65 View citations
1989
An International Arbitrage Pricing Model with PPP Deviations
Economic Inquiry , 1989, 27 , (4), 587-99 View citations
See also Working Paper (1986)
The pricing of forward exchange rates
Journal of International Money and Finance , 1989, 8 , (2), 163-179 View citations
See also Working Paper (1987)
Edited books
2004
Financial Structure and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Comparison of Banks, Markets, and Development, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
Chapters
2005
Finance and Growth: Theory and Evidence
Chapter 12 in Handbook of Economic Growth , 2005, vol. 1, Part A, pp 865-934 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
2001
Banking Systems around the Globe: Do Regulation and Ownership Affect Performance and Stability?
A chapter in Prudential Supervision: What Works and What Doesn't , 2001, pp 31-96 View citations