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- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Public Purpose and Private Property (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Lakshmi Iyer
Teaching Note for [709027] and [709029]. View Details
- February 2009
- Article
Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Decisions; Emerging Markets; Balance and Stability; Earnings Management; Policy; Interest Rates; International Finance; Cost
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt." Journal of International Economics 77, no. 1 (February 2009): 23–36. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-010, 2006 and NBER Working Paper No. 13216.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-072, April 2007. (Revised May 2007.)
- Article
Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia
By: Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
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.)
- July 2022
- Background Note
FIELD Immersion 2022: Lawrence, Massachusetts
By: Laura Alfaro and Tom Quinn
Alfaro, Laura, and Tom Quinn. "FIELD Immersion 2022: Lawrence, Massachusetts." Harvard Business School Background Note 322-108, July 2022.
- Article
Undisclosed Debt Sustainability
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Over the past decade, non-Paris Club creditors, notably China, have become an important source of financing for low- and middle-income countries. In contrast with typical sovereign debt, these lending arrangements are not public, and other creditors have no information... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Undisclosed Debt Sustainability." AEA Papers and Proceedings 112 (May 2022): 521–525.
- October 2021 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account
By: Laura Alfaro and Richard Vietor
Alfaro, Laura, and Richard Vietor. "Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account." Harvard Business School Case 322-044, October 2021. (Revised February 2024.)
- February 2018
- Case
Lisbon Revisited
By: Laura Alfaro and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
Alfaro, Laura, and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "Lisbon Revisited." Harvard Business School Case 718-039, February 2018.
- December 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
Colombia: the National System for Competitiveness and Innovation
By: Laura Alfaro and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
- August 2012
- Article
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset, we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Financial Crisis; Multinational Firms and Management; Analytics and Data Science; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Finance; Performance; Ownership
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4, no. 3 (August 2012): 30–55. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 17141.)
- March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Matthew Johnson
Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson. "Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-057, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
- March 2009 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Akiko Kanno
Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An economic recovery had allowed the central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Akiko Kanno. "Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-056, March 2009. (Revised May 2013.)
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Background Note
International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Successive economic crises of the 1990s and early 2000s intensified focus on reform of the "international financial architecture." Because many of these crises involved defaults on sovereign bonds, an important component of the discussion revolved around the... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-018, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- October 2002 (Revised March 2009)
- Background Note
Foreign Direct Investment
By: Laura Alfaro and Esteban Clavell
Briefly reviews motivations and trends behind foreign direct investment and multinational corporations as well as the policy debate that surrounds them. View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Business and Government Relations
Alfaro, Laura, and Esteban Clavell. "Foreign Direct Investment." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-018, October 2002. (Revised March 2009.)
- 2006
- Working Paper
Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-010, August 2006. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 13216. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13216, July 2006)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
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.)
- May 2024
- Teaching Note
Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account
By: Laura Alfaro and Richard Vietor
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-044. View Details
- 2020
- Chapter
El problemo de la productividad
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "El problemo de la productividad." In El desafío del desarrollo en América Latina: Políticas para una región más productiva, integrada e inclusiva, edited by Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF). Caracas: Development Bank of Latin America, 2020.
- 2020
- Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development
By: Laura Alfaro and Jasmina Chauvin
Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the empirical literature, specifically addressing the question: How does FDI affect economic development of host countries and what is the role of local financial... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Condition; Development Economics
Alfaro, Laura, and Jasmina Chauvin. "Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development." In Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, Vol. 1: Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, edited by Mariana Spatareanu, 231–258. World Scientific, 2020.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
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.)