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Alfaro, LauraAlfaro, Laura
Faculty Associate; Associate Professor, Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School
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Cambridge, MA 02138

Research Interests

Political economy; international economics; capital controls; foreign direct investment; stabilization programs.

Publications

Published Papers

  • On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs
  • Capital Flows and Capital Goods
  • Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions
  • Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

WCFIA Working Papers

  • Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
  • Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
  • The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data
  • Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
  • How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages
  • International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics
  • Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
  • Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
  • Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation
  • Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity
  • Capital Flows and Capital Goods

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