This article investigates the impact of global financial integration on liquidity risk. Using the network approach and bank-level data for 95 countries, we find weak asymmetry in the relationship between net stable funding and financial connectedness. Our results suggest that the degree of...

This paper studies the role played by distribution costs in shaping exchange rate behavior over the business cycle. We assume, realistically, that transactions on tradable goods require a component of nontradable distribution services. This naturally drives a wedge between retail prices in...

This paper examines the determinants of differential employment restrictions applied to foreign vs. domestic firms. We develop a model of employment regulation and test its implications using data from the World Bank's World Business Environment Survey, conducted in 1999/2000. We find that while...