Details about Laura Alfaro

Homepage:	http://dor.hbs.edu/fi_redirect.jhtml?facInfo=res&facEmId=lalfaro
Phone:	617-495-7981
Postal address:	Harvard Business School, Morgan 263 Boston, Ma 02163
Workplace:	Harvard Business School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

Can Evidence-Based Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation
ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2018) View citations (6)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (6)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2018) View citations (6)
Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2019) View citations (6)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (6)
CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany (2018) View citations (6)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (6)
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2018) View citations (6)
Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2018) View citations (6)
Granular Corporate Hedging Under Dominant Currency
Discussion Papers, Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (6)

2022

Omnia Juncta in Uno*: foreign powers and trademark protection in Shanghai's concession era
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)

2021

Health Externalities and Policy: The Role of Social Preferences
ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Management Science (2022)
Social Interactions in a Pandemic
ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany View citations (2)

2012

Carry Trade and Exchange Rate Regimes
Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)
Surviving the global financial crisis: foreign ownership and establishment performance
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (133)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (18)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2012)

2011

Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (39)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (49)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (44)
See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2014)
Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (12)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (12)

2010

Does Liberalization Promote Competition?
Working Papers, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (18)
Also in Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2010) View citations (18)

2009

India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005
Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (17)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (28)

2008

Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (88)
See also Chapter (2009)

2007

Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (2009)
Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (51)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (47)
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 (4)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (94)
Departmental Working Papers, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University (2006) View citations (88)
DEGIT Conference Papers, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (2006) View citations (90)
International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2007) View citations (25)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (30)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2009)
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)
Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2007) View citations (9)
See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2009)

2006

Deuda soberana: indexación y vencimiento
Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Markets and Economic
2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (77)
International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (24)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (14)
Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity
Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (10)
Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2006) View citations (1)

2005

Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
See also Chapter (2007)
Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (126)
Also in Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society (2004) View citations (4)
2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2008)

2004

Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (82)
See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2004)

2003

FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets, and Economic Development
IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (25)

2002

FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets*
Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (95)
See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2004)

Journal Articles

2022

Health Externalities and Policy: The Role of Social Preferences
Management Science, 2022, 68, (9), 6751-6761
See also Working Paper (2021)
Undisclosed Debt Sustainability
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 521-25
See also Working Paper (2019)

2021

On the direct and indirect real effects of credit supply shocks
Journal of Financial Economics, 2021, 139, (3), 895-921 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper (2019)

2020

Current Policy Challenges Facing Emerging Markets
IMF Economic Review, 2020, 68, (3), 453-455 View citations (1)

2019

Corporate debt, firm size and financial fragility in emerging markets
Journal of International Economics, 2019, 118, (C), 1-19 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper (2019)
Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation
IMF Economic Review, 2019, 67, (2), 261-287 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2013)
Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis
Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (2), 508 - 559 View citations (90)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Introduction to: the euro at twenty
Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2019, 155, (1), 1-3

2018

REVIEW OF âISRAEL AND THE WORLD ECONOMY: THE POWER OF GLOBALIZATIONâ BY ASSAF RAZIN
Israel Economic Review, 2018, 15, (1), 111-115
Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10, (2), 1-38 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

Correction to: Introduction to the Symposium: Attracting and benefitting from Quality FDI
Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2017, 153, (4), 629-629 View citations (1)
Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches
The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 30, (Supplement_1), S2-S15 View citations (26)
Introduction to the Symposium: Attracting and benefitting from Quality FDI
Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2017, 153, (4), 627-628 View citations (1)
The real effects of capital controls: Firm-level evidence from a policy experiment
Journal of International Economics, 2017, 108, (C), 191-210 View citations (59)
See also Working Paper (2014)

2016

Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration?
Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83, (3), 855-888 View citations (95)
See also Working Paper (2016)

2014

Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India
Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57, (4), 897 - 936 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (2014)
SOVEREIGNS, UPSTREAM CAPITAL FLOWS, AND GLOBAL IMBALANCES
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (5), 1240-1284 View citations (139)
See also Working Paper (2011)
The global agglomeration of multinational firms
Journal of International Economics, 2014, 94, (2), 263-276 View citations (45)
See also Working Paper (2014)

2012

Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (3), 30-55 View citations (136)
See also Working Paper (2012)

2010

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 (213)
Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth: Evidence from India
India Policy Forum, 2010, 6, (1), 225-279 View citations (2)
Nominal versus indexed debt: A quantitative horse race
Journal of International Money and Finance, 2010, 29, (8), 1706-1726 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper (2007)

2009

Debt Maturity: Is Long‐Term Debt Optimal?
Review of International Economics, 2009, 17, (5), 890-905 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper (2007)
FDI, Productivity and Financial Development
The World Economy, 2009, 32, (1), 111-135 View citations (113)
Intra-industry Foreign Direct Investment
American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (5), 2096-2119 View citations (195)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Optimal reserve management and sovereign debt
Journal of International Economics, 2009, 77, (1), 23-36 View citations (92)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Plant Size Distribution and Cross‐Country Income Differences
NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2009, 5, (1), 243 - 272

2008

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 (482)
See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

Capital flows and capital goods
Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72, (1), 128-150 View citations (51)

2005

Inflation, openness, and exchange-rate regimes: The quest for short-term commitment
Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 77, (1), 229-249 View citations (43)
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
Sovereign debt as a contingent claim: a quantitative approach
Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (2), 297-314 View citations (81)

2004

Capital Controls, Risk, and Liberalization Cycles
Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (3), 412-434 View citations (6)
Capital Controls: a Political Economy Approach
Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (4), 571-590 View citations (14)
FDI and economic growth: the role of local financial markets
Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (1), 89-112 View citations (912)
See also Working Paper (2002)
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
Economía Journal, 2004, Volume 4 Number 2, (Spring 2004), 113-169 View citations (85)
See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia
Challenge, 2003, 46, (4), 36-53 View citations (12)

2002

On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs
Economics and Politics, 2002, 14, (2), 133-161 View citations (5)

1999

Why Governments Implement Temporary Stabilization Programs
Journal of Applied Economics, 1999, 2, (2), 211-245 View citations (5)
Also in Journal of Applied Economics, 1999, 2, 211-245 (1999) View citations (6)

Books

2022

Covid-19 consecuencias y desafíos en la economía colombiana. Una mirada desde las universidades
Books, Red Investigadores de Economía
Also in Books, Banco de la Republica de Colombia (2022)

2015

Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic
IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (9)

Chapters

2022

La exposición del empleo al Covid-19 en Colombia
Chapter 7 in Covid-19 consecuencias y desafíos en la economía colombiana. Una mirada desde las universidades, 2022, pp 131-149

2020

Reserve Accumulation, Sovereign Debt, and Exchange Rate Policy
Springer

2018

Transportation cost and the geography of foreign investment
Chapter 12 in Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, 2018, pp 369-406 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

Land Acquisition in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (C)
Chapter 4 in INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2016, pp 95-108 View citations (1)
Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)
Chapter 2 in INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2016, pp 53-88
Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
Chapter 3 in INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS, 2016, pp 89-94 View citations (1)

2013

Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (17)

2009

Plant Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, 2009, pp 243-272 View citations (53)
See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

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 (64)
See also Working Paper (2005)