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      • March 2006 (Revised April 2010)
      • Case

      China: To Float or Not To Float? (A)

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      On July 21, 2005 China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11 and, at the same time, introduced a more market-based exchange rate system. Many analysts and economists were disappointed with what... View Details
      Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Governance Controls; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; China
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-021, March 2006. (Revised April 2010.)
      • December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
      • Teaching Note

      Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (TN) (A) and (B)

      By: Laura Alfaro
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies
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      Alfaro, Laura. "Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 706-025, December 2005. (Revised March 2010.)
      • December 2005
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      Review of "The Monetary Geography of Africa," by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Patillo

      By: Laura Alfaro
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      Alfaro, Laura. Review of "The Monetary Geography of Africa," by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Patillo. Journal of International Economics 67, no. 2 (December 2005): 515–520.
      • 2005
      • Working Paper

      Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity." Working Paper (Inter-American Development Bank. Research Dept.), No. 560, December 2005. (Prepared for IADB Conference on Sovereign Debt, December 2005.)
      • 2005
      • Working Paper

      Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-005, August 2005. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 13119.)
      • July 2005 (Revised September 2020)
      • Case

      The U.S. Current Account Deficit

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael Di Tella, Ingrid Vogel, Renee Kim, Sarah Jeong, Matthew Johnson and Jonathan Schlefer
      Investors and policymakers throughout the world were confronted with the risk of painful economic consequences arising from the large U.S. current account deficit. In 2007, the U.S. current account deficit was $731 billion, equivalent to 5.3% of GDP. The implications... View Details
      Keywords: World Economy; Macroeconomics; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; United States
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael Di Tella, Ingrid Vogel, Renee Kim, Sarah Jeong, Matthew Johnson, and Jonathan Schlefer. "The U.S. Current Account Deficit." Harvard Business School Case 706-002, July 2005. (Revised September 2020.)
      • June 2005
      • Article

      Inflation, Openness, and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Quest for Short-Term Commitment

      By: Laura Alfaro
      This paper further tests Romer's (1993) extension of Kydland and Prescott's (1977) predictions for dynamic-inconsistency problems in open economies. In a panel data set of developed and developing countries from 1973 to 1998, I find that openness does not play a role... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Developing Countries and Economies; Inflation and Deflation
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      Alfaro, Laura. "Inflation, Openness, and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Quest for Short-Term Commitment." Journal of Development Economics 77, no. 1 (June 2005): 229–249.
      • March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
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      Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
      • March 2005
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      Sovereign Debt As a Contingent Claim: A Quantitative Approach

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      We construct a dynamic equilibrium model with contingent service and adverse selection to quantitatively study sovereign debt. In the model, benefits of defaulting are tempered by higher future interest rates. For a wide set of parameters, the only equilibrium is one... View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Interest Rates; Balance and Stability; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods; Management Style; Segmentation; Debt Securities; Banking Industry
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Sovereign Debt As a Contingent Claim: A Quantitative Approach." Journal of International Economics 65, no. 2 (March 2005).
      • 2005
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      Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Developing Countries and Economies; Mathematical Methods
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-053, January 2005. (Revised March 2010. Also NBER Working Paper No. 13131.)
      • October 2004
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      FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets

      By: Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the various links among foreign direct investment, financial markets and growth. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents have two choices: they can work for the foreign company in... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Cost; Wealth; Investment Return; Knowledge
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      Alfaro, Laura, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. "FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of Local Financial Markets." Journal of International Economics 64, no. 1 (October 2004): 89–112.
      • September 2004
      • Article

      Capital Controls: A Political Economy Approach

      By: Laura Alfaro
      This paper examines the economic consequences of political conflicts that arise when countries implement capital controls. In an overlapping-generations model, agents vote on whether to open or close an economy to capital flows. The young (workers) receive income from... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Voting; Conflict of Interests; Capital; Government and Politics; Wages; Saving; Forecasting and Prediction
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      Alfaro, Laura. "Capital Controls: A Political Economy Approach." Review of International Economics 12, no. 4 (September 2004): 571–590.
      • August 2004
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      Capital Controls, Risk and Liberalization Cycles

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      The paper presents an overlapping-generations model where agents vote on whether to open or close the economy to international capital flows. Political decisions are shaped by the risk over capital and labor returns. In an open economy, the capitalists (old) completely... View Details
      Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Voting; Risk and Uncertainty; Cash Flow; Saving; Investment; Economy; Wages
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Capital Controls, Risk and Liberalization Cycles." Review of International Economics 12, no. 3 (August 2004): 412–434.
      • spring 2004
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      Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
      Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Brazil; Chile; Venezuela; Mexico
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
      • February 2004 (Revised March 2010)
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      Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered in response, Lula sought to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal discipline, a floating exchange rate, and inflation... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Money; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Emerging Markets; Brazil
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics." Harvard Business School Case 704-028, February 2004. (Revised March 2010.)
      • 2004
      • Working Paper

      Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation

      By: Laura Alfaro and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-033, February 2004.
      • October 2003 (Revised January 2016)
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      The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
      This short fictional case forms the basis of a team decision-making exercise. The case, inspired by a real decision facing a major telecommunications company, describes a cross-functional management team convened by the CEO for the purpose of developing a... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Management; Perspective; Product Launch; Internet and the Web; Knowledge Sharing; Telecommunications Industry
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 604-035, October 2003. (Revised January 2016.) (Six supplements available for Chris Berkowitz, Dana Jones, Jan Trow, Kim Wilson, Leslie Rhee, and Terry Maneri.)
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      Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia

      By: Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
      Keywords: Capital; Malaysia
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      Abdelal, Rawi, and Laura Alfaro. "Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia." Challenge 46, no. 4 (July–August 2003): 36–53. (Also published in French as "Contrôle des capitaux: les enseignements de l’expérience malaisienne." Problèmes économiques, no. 2,837 (December 2003), pp. 21-28.)
      • April 2003 (Revised February 2008)
      • Teaching Note

      Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough (TN)

      By: Laura Alfaro
      Teaching Note for (9-703-027). View Details
      Keywords: Botswana
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      Alfaro, Laura. "Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-036, April 2003. (Revised February 2008.)
      • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
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      Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO

      By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Brett Laschinger
      In less than a decade, Bombardier had grown from a medium-size Canadian company to a highly profitable global player largely on the strength of the introduction of a new generation of regional jet and successfully marketing its product to airlines around the world.... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Global Strategy; Five Forces Framework; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Business and Government Relations; Situation or Environment; Competition; Air Transportation Industry; Canada; Brazil
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      Abdelal, Rawi E., Laura Alfaro, and Brett Laschinger. "Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO." Harvard Business School Case 703-022, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
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