Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies but host-country policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden,...

Online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has empowered individual lenders to make investment decisions anytime and anywhere. However, there is scant research effort on exploring the time of day effect and further time-ITs relationship in the crowdfunding literature. Drawing on ego depletion theory,...

This paper examines bank credit growth in emerging markets before, during, and after the 2008-09 financial crisis using bank-level data, focusing on the role of bank ownership. Credit growth by foreign banks lagged behind that of domestic banks in 2009 in Asia, and in 2010 in Latin America and...

In this paper, we provide a case study of the impact of globalization on income inequality using data across Chinese regions. The literature on cross-country studies has been criticized because differences in legal systems and other institutions across countries are difficult to control for, and...

Malaria ranks among the foremost health issues facing tropical countries. In this paper, we explore the determinants of cross-country differences in malaria morbidity, and examine the linkage between malaria and economic growth. Using a classification rule analysis, we confirm the dominant role...

Cross-country studies of the impact of globalization on growth or on inequality are problematic because differences in legal systems and other institutions across countries are difficult to control for, and the inequality data across countries may not be compatible. In this paper, we provide an...

This paper examines the factors affecting the weekly peso/dollar exchange rate movements between 1999 and 2013 using an error correction model. The model fits the historical data well. While copper price is the most important determinant of the peso exchange rate over the long run, other factors...

Malaria ranks among the foremost health problems in tropical countries. Allowing for reverse causation, malaria is estimated to reduce GDP per capita growth rates by at least a quarter percentage point a year in many Sub-Saharan countries.McCarthy, Wolf, and Wu explore the two-sided link between...

The Houthakker-Magee effect implies that a country facing unfavorable income elasticities in trade must either grow at a slower rate than its trading partners or experience a trend worsening of its current account and/or depreciation of its real exchange rate. Krugman (1989) first documented the...

Crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors are often suggested as two rival explanations for currency crisis. This paper examines a possible linkage between the two that has not been explored much in the literature: corruption may affect a country's composition...