By analyzing a novel dataset on publications by the Inter - American Development Bank (IDB), we shed light on the extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB publications are downl oaded mostly in the American...

Chapter 1.Introduction to Project Finance -- Chapter 2.Project Financing and Direct Conventional Financing -- Chapter 3.Sources of project funds -- Chapter 4.Bankability -- Chapter 5.Public Procurement: Laws and Regulations -- Chapter 6.Assessment of project’s viability and analytical tools --...

An increasingly large share of cross-border acquisitions are undertaken by private equity-firms (PE-firms) and not by traditional multinational enterprises (MNEs). We propose a model of crossborder acquisitions in which MNEs and PE-firms compete over domestic assets. MNEs' advantage lies in...