Global liquidity refers to the volumes of financial flows-largely intermediated through global banks and non-bank financial institutions-that can move at relatively high frequencies across borders. The amplitude of responses to global conditions like risk sentiment, discussed in the context of...

The paper investigates the effect of asymmetric debt and debt servicing obligations on taxes and primary spending in a standard tax competition model, assuming public debts are pre-determined and in their steady state. The impact of increasing financial market integration and capital mobility on...

Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for developing countries. Yet, literature on worker...