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- December 25, 2010
- Guest Column
Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2011-2014: María Teresa Obregón Zamora
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2011-2014: María Teresa Obregón Zamora." La Nación (Costa Rica) (December 25, 2010).
- December 27, 2010
- Guest Column
Una reflexión sobre los datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2010. Evolución reciente de la pobreza en Costa Rica
By: Laura Alfaro
- May 2002
- Teaching Note
Brazil: Embracing Globalization? TN
By: Laura Alfaro
Teaching Note for (9-701-104). View Details
Keywords: Brazil
- 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
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.
- Research Summary
Capital Flows and Capital Goods (joint with Eliza Hammel)
By: Laura Alfaro
We examine one of the channels through which financial integration can help promote growth. In particular, we study the effects of capital account liberalization on the imports of capital goods. We pay particular attention to the effects of equity market... View Details
- Research Summary
Inflation, Openness, and Exchange-Rate Regimes. The Quest for Short-Term Commitment
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper further tests Romers (1993) extension of Kydland and Prescotts (1977) predictions on dynamic-inconsistency problems with regard to open economies. In a panel data set, I find that openness does not seem to play a role in the short run in restricting... View Details
- December 11, 2015
- Article
Latin America: Back to the Eighties or New Challenges?: [América Latina: ¿De vuelta a los ochenta o nuevos desafíos?]
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Latin America: Back to the Eighties or New Challenges? [América Latina: ¿De vuelta a los ochenta o nuevos desafíos?]." La Nación (Costa Rica) (December 11, 2015).
- 2015
- Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion." Chap. 2 in Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic, edited by Osmel Manzano, Sebastián Auguste, and Mario Cuevas, 21–76. Inter-American Development Bank, 2015. (Also in Spanish: ¿Socios o Acreedores? Atracción de Inversión Extranjera y Desarrollo Productivo en Mesoamérica.)
- September 13, 2010
- Guest Column
El Plan nacional de Desarrollo, herramienta al servicio de la Nación
By: Laura Alfaro
- October 26, 2010
- Guest Column
Voluntad política para realizar el censo 2011
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Voluntad política para realizar el censo 2011." Diario Extra (October 26, 2010).
- June 3, 2011
- Guest Column
Una herramienta vital
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Una herramienta vital." La Nación (Costa Rica) (June 3, 2011).
- June 10, 2012
- Guest Column
Comicios en Grecia: una fecha decisiva?
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Comicios en Grecia: una fecha decisiva?" La Nación (Costa Rica) (June 10, 2012).
- 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
Alfaro, Laura. "Capital Controls: A Political Economy Approach." Review of International Economics 12, no. 4 (September 2004): 571–590.
- March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance
By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig
The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Laura Winig. "The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 409-046, March 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- Article
Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions
By: Laura Huang and Jone L. Pearce
Using an inductive theory-development study, a field experiment, and a longitudinal field test, we examine early-stage entrepreneurial investment decision making under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Building on existing literature on decision making and risk in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Emotions; Performance Effectiveness
Huang, Laura, and Jone L. Pearce. "Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions." Administrative Science Quarterly 60, no. 4 (December 2015): 634–670.
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
http://hbr.org/product/collective-genius-the-art-and-practice-of-leading-innovation/an/13296E-KND-ENG?referral=01240 August 2013 Harvard Business Law Review Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Evaluating the Impact of the Argentina Ruling By: Alfaro, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Relationships Authors:Robin Ely and Laura Morgan Roberts Publication:In Diversity at Work, edited by Arthur P. Brief. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming Abstract No abstract available. Exploring Black... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2017
- Working Paper
Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets
By: Laura Alfaro, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari and Ugo Panizza
This paper documents a set of new stylized facts about leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) attributed to corporate... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Debt; Financial Fragility; Firm-level Data; Large Firms; Emerging Markets; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Financial Condition
Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza. "Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-097, May 2017. (Revised October 2017. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 23407, May 2017)