Publications
WCFIA Publications
The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea
- by Kim, Byung Kook; Vogel, Ezra F.
- In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
Understanding Global Trade
- by Helpman, Elhanan
- Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
- Fiscal Devaluations
- by Gopinath, Gita
- We show that even when the exchange rate cannot be devalued, a small set of conventional fiscal instruments can robustly replicate the real allocations attained under a nominal exchange rate...
- Publication Type: Working Papers
- Published Date: November, 2011 More
- Romney to the Rescue
- by Ferguson, Niall
- Publisher: The Daily Beast
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- This column is for Ted Forstmann: financier, fun lover, and philanthropist, who died on Nov. 20. But it’s not just for him. It’s to him.
Ted, I’m worried. I wish you were still around to...
- Published Date: November 2011 More
- Obama Team’s Al-Awlaki Memo Furthered Bush Legacy
- by Feldman, Noah
- Publisher: Bloomberg View
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- Killing terrorists with drones is great politics. To the question, “Is it legal?” a natural answer might well be, “Who cares?”
But the legal justifications in the war on terrorism do...
- Published Date: October 2011 More
- Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth
- by Comin, Diego
- In the aftermath of World War II, the world's economies exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the US in the...
- Publication Type: Working Papers
- Published Date: June, 2010 More
- What Really Went Wrong in Greece?
- by Mylonas, Harris
- Publisher: CNN.com
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- After reading about the Greek debt crisis for over a year now, you might think you understand what it’s all about. You’re probably wrong. International media focus on how the Greek government...
- Published Date: November 2011 More