The way in which economic development transforms the material basis of human social interaction and the widespread …

equity markets; international imbalances and foreign reserve adequacy; macroeconomic policies; and institutional and …

Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a cross-section of 85 countries; we focus on international linkages … are both national (such as equity market run-ups that preceded the crisis) and, critically, international financial and … number of possible causes in a flexible statistical framework, we are unable to find strong evidence that international …

This Paper estimates the effect on international trade of multilateral trade agreements: the World Trade Organization …

international trade are important in understanding how currency crises spread, above and beyond any macroeconomic phenomena. We … 1997) we show that currency crises affect clusters of countries tied together by international trade. By way of contrast …

of a country's institutions, heterogeneity, and a number of different international indices and rankings. I have little … success; small countries are more open to international trade than large countries, but are not systematically different …