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Financial DevelopmentFinancial Globalization and Financial DevelopmentInvestment Climate and the Microeconomics of Growth| WPS5085 | Creative destruction and policy reforms : changing productivity effects of firm turnover in Moroccan manufacturing | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Thompson, Fraser | 2009/10 | | WPS5084 | Who survives ? the impact of corruption, competition and property rights across firms | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary | 2009/10 | | WPS5054 | Comparing Apples with....Apples : how to make (more) sense of subjective rankings of constraints to business | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Aterido, Reyes | 2009/09 | | WPS5032 | Big constraints to small firms' growth ? business environment and employment growth across firms | Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pages, Carmen | 2009/08 | | WPS4888 | Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean | Loayza, Norman V.; Serven, Luis; Sugawara, Naotaka | 2009/03 | | WPS4649 | Bank involvement with SMEs : beyond relationship lending | de la Torre, Augusto; Soledad Martinez Peria, Maria; Schmukler , Sergio L. | 2008/06 | | WPS4476 | Informality among formal firms : firm-level, cross-country evidence on tax compliance and access to credit | Gatti, Roberta ; Honorati, Maddalena | 2008/01 | | WPS4356 | Corruption, business environment, and small business fixed investment in India | Honorati, Maddalena; Mengistae, Taye | 2007/09 | | WPS4338 | Corruption, the business environment, and small business growth in India | Honorati, Maddalena; Mengistae, Taye | 2007/08 | | WPS4326 | Innovative experiences in access to finance : market friendly roles for the visible hand ? | de la Torre, Augusto; Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2007/08 |
Macroeconomic Volatility| WPS5002 | The growth aftermath of natural disasters | Fomby, Thomas; Ikeda, Yuki; Loayza, Norman | 2009/07 | | WPS4980 | Natural disasters and growth - going beyond the averages | Loayza, Norman; Olaberria, Eduardo; Rigolini, Jamele; Christiaensen, Luc | 2009/06 | | WPS4897 | Emerging market fluctuations : what makes the difference ? | Hevia, Constantino | 2009/04 | | WPS4445 | Emerging market liquidity and crises | Yeyati, Eduardo Levy; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, Neeltje | 2007/12 | | WPS4382 | Fiscal rules, public investment, and growth | Serven, Luis | 2007/11 | | WPS4182 | The welfare effects of a large depreciation : the case of Egypt, 2000-05 | Kraay, Aart | 2007/04 | | WPS4158 | Walking up the down escalator : public investment and fiscal stability | Easterly, William; Irwin, Timothy; Serven, Luis | 2007/03 | | WPS4089 | The structural determinants of external vulnerability | Loayza, Norman V.; Raddatz, Claudio | 2006/12 | | WPS3469 | Regulation and macroeconomic performance | Loayza, Norman V.; Oviedo, Ana Maria; Serven, Luis | 2005/01 | | WPS3456 | Macroeconomic stability in developing countries - How much is enough? | Montiel, Peter; Serven, Luis | 2004/11 |
Economic Growth| WPS5085 | Creative destruction and policy reforms : changing productivity effects of firm turnover in Moroccan manufacturing | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Thompson, Fraser | 2009/10 | | WPS5084 | Who survives ? the impact of corruption, competition and property rights across firms | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary | 2009/10 | | WPS5032 | Big constraints to small firms' growth ? business environment and employment growth across firms | Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pages, Carmen | 2009/08 | | WPS5012 | Too poor to grow | Lopez, Humberto; Serven, Luis | 2009/08 | | WPS5002 | The growth aftermath of natural disasters | Fomby, Thomas; Ikeda, Yuki; Loayza, Norman | 2009/07 | | WPS4980 | Natural disasters and growth - going beyond the averages | Loayza, Norman; Olaberria, Eduardo; Rigolini, Jamele; Christiaensen, Luc | 2009/06 | | WPS4888 | Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean | Loayza, Norman V.; Serven, Luis; Sugawara, Naotaka | 2009/03 | | WPS4872 | Multilateral debt relief through the eyes of financial markets | Raddatz, Claudio | 2009/03 | | WPS4712 | Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa | Calderon, Cesar; Serven, Luis | 2008/09 | | WPS4692 | Political violence and economic growth | Bodea, Cristina; Elbadawi, Ibrahim A. | 2008/08 |
Institutions and Governance| WPS5084 | Who survives ? the impact of corruption, competition and property rights across firms | Hallward-Driemeier, Mary | 2009/10 | | WPS5040 | Caste and punishment : the legacy of caste culture in norm enforcement | Hoff, Karla; Kshetramade, Mayuresh; Fehr, Ernst | 2009/09 | | WPS5029 | Privatization and nationalization cycles | Chang, Roberto; Hevia, Constantino; Loayza, Norman | 2009/08 | | WPS4929 | When do Legislators pass on "Pork" ? the determinants of legislator utilization of a constituency development fund in India | Keefer, Philip; Khemani, Stuti | 2009/05 | | WPS4747 | Political alternation as a restraint on investing in influence : evidence from the post-communist transition | Milanovic, Branko; Hoff, Karla; Horowitz, Shale | 2008/10 | | WPS4762 | Populist fiscal policy | Khemani, Stuti; Wane, Waly | 2008/10 | | WPS4654 | Governance matters VII : aggregate and individual governance indicators 1996-2007 | Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo | 2008/06 | | WPS4632 | Instrumental variables regressions with honestly uncertain exclusion restrictions | Kraay, Aart | 2008/05 | | WPS4619 | Spite and development | Fehr, Ernst; Hoff, Karla; Kshetramade, Mayuresh | 2008/05 | | WPS4565 | Evo, Pablo, Tony, Diego, and Sonny - general equilibrium analysis of the illegal drugs market | Chumacero, Romulo A. | 2008/03 |
Financial Globalization| WPS4649 | Bank involvement with SMEs : beyond relationship lending | de la Torre, Augusto; Soledad Martinez Peria, Maria; Schmukler , Sergio L. | 2008/06 | | WPS4184 | Stock market development under globalization : whither the gains from reforms ? | de la Torre, Augusto; Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2007/04 | | WPS4132 | The international financial integration of China and India | Lane, Philip R.; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2007/02 | | WPS3933 | Internationalization and the evolution of corporate valuation | Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Levine, Ross; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2006/06 | | WPS3897 | International financial integration through the law of one price | Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, Neeltje | 2006/04 | | WPS3517 | Trade liberalization and the politics of financial development | Braun, Matias; Raddatz, Claudio | 2005/02 | | WPS3440 | Market discipline under systemic risk - evidence from bank runs in emerging economies | Levy-Yeyati, Eduardo; Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2004/11 | | WPS3322 | Tango with the Gringo: the hard peg and real misalignment in Argentina | Alberola, Enrique; Lopez, Humberto; Serven, Luis | 2004/06 | | WPS3192 | Greenfield foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions - feedback and macroeconomic effects | Calderon, Cesar; Loayza, Norman; Serven, Luis | 2004/01 | | 30141 | Financial globalization: gain and pain for developing countries | Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2003/12 |
Financial Crises and Contagion| WPS4897 | Emerging market fluctuations : what makes the difference ? | Hevia, Constantino | 2009/04 | | WPS4807 | Are all the sacred cows dead ? implications of the financial crisis for macro and financial policies | Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Serven, Luis | 2009/01 | | WPS4770 | Crises, capital controls, and financial integration | Yeyati, Eduardo Levy; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, Neeltje | 2008/11 | | WPS4445 | Emerging market liquidity and crises | Yeyati, Eduardo Levy; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, Neeltje | 2007/12 | | WPS3440 | Market discipline under systemic risk - evidence from bank runs in emerging economies | Levy-Yeyati, Eduardo; Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2004/11 | | WPS3389 | Why do emerging economies borrow short term? | Broner, Fernando A.; Lorenzoni, Guido; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2004/09 | | WPS3161 | Liquidity needs and vulnerability to financial udnerdevelopment | Raddatz, Claudio | 2003/11 | | WPS3173 | Distributional effects of crises : the role of financial transfers | Marina Halac; Sergio Schmukler | 2003/11 | | WPS3146 | The price of inconvertible deposits - the stock market boom during the Argentine crisis | Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, Neeltje | 2003/10 | | WPS3081 | The anatomy of a multiple crisis : why was Argentina special and what can we learn from it? | Perry, Guillermo; Serven, Luis | 2003/06 |
International Capital Flows| WPS4872 | Multilateral debt relief through the eyes of financial markets | Raddatz, Claudio | 2009/03 | | WPS4807 | Are all the sacred cows dead ? implications of the financial crisis for macro and financial policies | Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Serven, Luis | 2009/01 | | WPS4184 | Stock market development under globalization : whither the gains from reforms ? | de la Torre, Augusto; Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2007/04 | | WPS4156 | Capital market development : whither Latin America ? | de la Torre, Augusto; Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2007/03 | | WPS3320 | Country Portfolios | Kraay, Aart; Loayza, Norman; Serven, Luis; Ventura, Jaume | 2004/06 | | WPS3200 | When is external debt sustainable? | Kraay, Aart; Nehru, Vikram | 2004/02 | | WPS3192 | Greenfield foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions - feedback and macroeconomic effects | Calderon, Cesar; Loayza, Norman; Serven, Luis | 2004/01 | | WPS3059 | Do capital flows respond to risk and return? | Calderon, Cesar; Loayza, Norman; Serven, Luis | 2003/05 | | WPS3060 | World market integration through the lens of foreign direct investors | Albuquerque, Rui; Loayza, Norman; Serven, Luis | 2003/05 | | WPS2529 | Mutual fund investment in emerging markets - an overview | Kaminsky, Graciela; Lyons, Richard; Schmukler, Sergio | 2001/01 |
Exchange Rates| WPS4636 | Real exchange rates, saving and growth : is there a link ? | Montiel, Peter J.; Serven, Luis | 2008/05 | | WPS3497 | What does regional trade in South Asia reveal about future trade integration? Some empirical evidence | Pitigala, Nihal | 2005/02 | | WPS3322 | Tango with the Gringo: the hard peg and real misalignment in Argentina | Alberola, Enrique; Lopez, Humberto; Serven, Luis | 2004/06 | | WPS2980 | Living and dying with hard pegs : the rise and fall of Argentina's currency board | De la Torre, Augusto; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2003/03 | | WPS2903 | Financial globalization : unequal blessings | De la Torre, Augusto; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Schmukler, Sergio L. | 2002/10 | | WPS2823 | Real exchange rate uncertainty and private investment in developing countries | Serven, Luis | 2002/04 | | WPS2815 | Pricing currency risk : facts and puzzles from currency boards | Schmukler, Sergio L.; Serven, Luis | 2002/03 | | WPS2424 | Global transmission of interest rates : monetary independence and the currency regime | Frankel, Jeffrey; Schmukler, Sergio; Serven, Luis | 2000/08 | | WPS2397 | Verifying exchange rate regimes | Serven, Luis; Frankel, Jeffrey; Fajnzylber, Eduardo; Schmukler, Sergio | 2000/07 | | WPS1298 | Capital goods imports, the real exchange rate, and the current account | Serven, Luis | 1994/05 |
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