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We present new stylized facts on bank and firm leverage for 2000-2009 using extensive internationally comparable micro level data from several countries. The main result is that there was very little buildup in leverage for the average non-financial firm and commercial bank before the crisis,...
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This Paper uses 67 measures of trade policy and trade liberalization to ask if membership in the World Trade …
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Does leaving a currency union reduce international trade? We answer this question using a large annual panel data set …
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I examine the hypothesis that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor the General …
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As communication costs fall, foreign embassies and consulates have lost much of their role in decision-making and information-gathering. Accordingly, foreign services are increasingly marketing themselves as agents of export promotion. I investigate whether exports are in fact systematically...
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by international trade linkages than to countries in similar macroeconomic circumstances. …
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business cycles are correlated with those of the other countries. But international trade patterns and international business …
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equity markets; international imbalances and foreign reserve adequacy; macroeconomic policies; and institutional and …
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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 …
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This Paper estimates the effect on international trade of multilateral trade agreements: the World Trade Organization …
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