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Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930. Aldo Musacchio, December 18, 2012 Paper. "In this paper, we examine the…
Trade Credit and Taxes. Mihir Desai, C. Fritz Foley, May 2012, Paper. "This paper analyzes the extent to which tax differences affect the use of trade credit. U.S.-owned…
Can Oil Prices Forecast Exchange Rates? Kenneth Rogoff, 2012, Paper. "This paper investigates whether oil prices have a reliable and stable out-of-sample relationship with the…
The Globalization Paradox - Democracy and the Future of the World Economy. Dani Rodrik, February 2011, Book. "Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard…
International Prices, Costs and Mark-up differences. Gita Gopinath, August 17, 2010, Paper. "Relative cross-border retail prices, in a common currency, co-moves…
In Search of Real Rigidities. Gita Gopinath, April 1, 2010, Paper. "The closed and open economy literatures work on estimating real rigidities, but in parallel…
Currency Choice and Exchange Rate Pass-through. Gopinath, Gita, Oleg Itskhoki, and Roberto Rigobon, 2010, Paper. "We show, using novel data on currency and prices for US imports,…
Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity Growth: The Role of Financial Development. Philippe Aghion, Kenneth Rogoff, 2009, Paper. "This paper offers empirical evidence that real…
Comment: Policymaking Insights from Behavioral Economics. David Laibson, 2009, Opinion. "Annamaria Lusardi’s paper is a wonderful summary of what is known about…
In search of the chains that hold Brazil back, Ricardo Hausmann, September 2008, Paper, This paper performs a Growth Diagnostic for Brazil. It shows that many aspects of…