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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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Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
by Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew; Kanczuk, Fabio
We investigate, using a unique firm level dataset of nearly 20 million firms in 80 countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 2007 More
Poverty, Social Divisions and Conflict in Nepal
by Iyer, Lakshmi; Do, Quy-Toan
We conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. We find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places...
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Published Date: April 2007 More
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms
by Aghion, Philippe; Fally, Thibault; Scarpetta, Stefano
Advanced market economies are characterized by a continuous process of creative destruction. Market forces and technological developments play a major role in shaping this process, but institutional...
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Published Date: March 2007 More
From Ancien Régime to Capitalism: The French Revolution as a Natural Experiment
by Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Cantoni, Davide
In this paper we exploit the invasion of Europe, particularly Germany, by French Revolutionary armies as a ‘natural experiment’to investigate the causal effect of the institutions of the ancien...
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Published Date: March 2007 More
Internal Migration, Remittances, and Community Development in Rural Thailand
by Garip, Filiz
This paper evaluates how rural-urban migration and remittance flows alter the level and distribution of household assets in 22 sending communities in Nang Rong, Thailand. Principal components...
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Published Date: March 2007 More
Dollars Dollars Everywhere and Not a Dime to Lend? Credit Limit Constraints on Financial Sector Absorptive Capacity
by Khwaja, Asim; Mian, Atif; Zia, Bilal
The inability of developing countries to absorb and retain capital has long puzzled observers. The unanticipated events of 9/11 simultaneously led to a surge in capital flow into Pakistan, and an...
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Published Date: March 2007 More
The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data
by Alfaro, Laura; Ahmed, Faisal Z.
In this paper we use highly disaggregated data on trade in capital goods to study differences in the price of capital across countries. Our strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries...
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Published Date: March 2007 More
Fair Trade and Globalization
by Hiscox, Michael
In recent years, concerns about the impact of trade and investment on human rights and labor standards in developing nations have played an increasingly important role in political debates about...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: February 23, 2007 More
International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics
by Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew
We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm level data set of approximately 24 million firms in...
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Published Date: February 2007 More
Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment
by Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew
We identify a new type of vertical foreign direct investment (FDI) made up of multinational subsidiaries producing intermediate inputs, which are of similar skill intensity to the final goods...
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Published Date: February 2007 More
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