With rising financial integration, the magnitude and swings in capital flows have increased in the past two decades, intensifying the policy debate on how best to deal with these flows. This paper assesses the use and effectiveness of capital controls in limiting inflow surges. Using a novel...

This paper provides an analysis of the use and effects of capital controls in 27 AEs and EMDEs which experienced at least one financial crisis between 1995 and 2017. Countries often turn to using capital controls in crisis: some ease inflow controls while others tighten controls on outflows. A...

Abstract This paper studies the dynamics of the IPO (Initial Public Offering) market and its effect on real investment decisions in emerging industries. We first propose a model of IPOs cycle based on divergence of opinion among investors and short-sale constraints. Using a real option...

This paper studies investments in new markets where more than two (anticipated) identical competitors are present. In case of three firms an accordion effect is detected: an exogenous demand shock results in a change of the wedge between investment thresholds of the first and second investor...

This paper examines the effect of stock market conditions on the waiting time of initial public offering (IPO) candidates, from the date firms file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the effective IPO date. I find that issuers are going public faster...

This paper studies investments in new markets where more than two (anticipated) identical competitors are present. In case of three firms an accordion effect is detected: an exogenous demand shock results in a change of the wedge between investment thresholds of the first and second investor...

[spa] ¿ En qué medida las diferencias internacionales de incremento de la productividad horaria del trabajo a nivel sectorial pueden explicarse por diferencias de intensidad competitiva en el seno de los sectores? Los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo a nivel sectorial en un conjunto de...

This paper presents a framework to assess the impact of a wide range of structural policy reforms on GDP per capita at various horizons by linking together previous empirical studies mostly carried out by the OECD. The simple accounting framework consists of reduced-form equations and offers a...

Abstract This paper studies the dynamics of the IPO (Initial Public Offering) market and its effect on real investment decisions in emerging industries. We first propose a model of IPOs cycle based on divergence of opinion among investors and short-sale constraints. Using a real option...