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All Weatherhead Center affiliates are invited to submit papers to the Weatherhead Center Working Paper Series. Manuscripts are selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs, originality of research, rigor of analysis, and significance of conclusions. To inquire about submitting a manuscript, please e-mail publications@wcfia.harvard.edu.

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The New Development Economics: We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn?
by Rodrik, Dani
Development economics has long been split between macro-development economists—who focus on economic growth, international trade, and fiscal/macro policies—and microdevelopment economists—who...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: May 21, 2008 More
Why Did Financial Globalization Disappoint?
by Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind
As Fischer had prophesied, there has been an explosion in empirical studies on the consequences of financial globalization. But far from clinching the case for capitalaccount liberalization, these...
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Published Date: March 2008 More
Immigration Regimes and Schooling Regimes: Which Countries Promote Successful Immigrant Incorporation?
by Hochschild, Jennifer L.
While Canada is often described as the most and France as one of the least successful countries in the realm of immigrant incorporation, the question remains unresolved of how to evaluate a...
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How Did the 2008 Economic Crisis Affect Social and Political Solidarity in Europe?
by Hochschild, Jennifer L.
One possible outcome of the economic crash of 2008 was that the majority or mainstream members of a society would direct their anger and fear against the minority or marginal members of their...
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Japan’s New Extrovert Leaders: How Institutions Change Incentives and Capabilities
by Estévez-Abe, Margarita; Hikotani, Takako
Japanese political leaders have become "extrovert" in two ways. First, they have become extrovert in terms of seeking media exposure. They have become much enamored of cameras and sound...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: October 2008 More
The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes In Transition Economies
by Frieden, Jeffry; Leblang, David
We show that political economy factors play an important role in shaping the exchange rate policies of transition economies. We argue, among other things, that tradables producers prefer a floating...
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Published Date: June 2008 More
A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?
by Williamson, Jeffery G.; Hatton, Timothy J.
We live in a world where trade policies are liberal and immigration policies are restrictive. Recent globalization discussions give the impression that this policy difference is a modern phenomenon...
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Published Date: March 2006 More
Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces: Lessons from History
by Williamson, Jeffery G.
In the first global century before 1914, trade and especially migration had profound effects on both low-wage, labor abundant Europe and the high-wage, labor scarce New World. Those global forces...
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Published Date: September 2006 More
Was It Prices, Productivity or Policy? The Timing and Pace of Latin American Industrialization After 1870
by Williamson, Jeffery G.; Gomez Galvarriato, Aurora
Brazil, Mexico and a few other Latin American republics enjoyed faster industrialization after 1870 than did the rest of Latin America and even faster than the rest of the poor periphery (except East...
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Published Date: May 2008 More
Globalization and the Great Divergence: Terms of Trade Booms and Volatility in the Poor Periphery 1782-1913
by Williamson, Jeffery G.
W. Arthur Lewis argued that a new international economic order emerged between 1870 and 1913, and that global terms of trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and...
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Published Date: March 2008 More
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