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Bretton Woods II and the Emerging Economies: Lazarus, Phoenix, or Humpty Dumpty?, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)

Several studies have commented on the emergence of a new inter- national monetary system in...

 

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Exploring the Robustness of the Balance of Payments- Constrained Growth Idea in a Multiple Good Framework, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)

This paper derives the balance of payments-constrained growth (BPCG) model as a special case of...

 

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Must Improved Labor Standards Hurt Accumulation in the Targeted Sector? Stylized Analysis of a Developing Economy, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)

This paper analyzes a stylized small open economy. The analysis classifies the economy into two...

 

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The Real Exchange Rate as an Instrument of Development Policy (with Martin Rapetti and Peter Skott), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2009)

Growth is endogenous in small open economies with substantial hidden or open unemployment, even under...

 

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Is the Chinese Investment- and Export-Led Growth Model Sustainable? Some Rising Concerns, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2008)

China’s rapid growth and success in poverty reduction over the last three decades has inspired...

 

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Must Improved Labor Standards Hurt Accumulation in an Open Developing Economy? A Structuralist Analysis of the Cambodian Case, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2008)

Using a modified version of the dependent economy framework, this paper analyzes a stylized small...

 

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Integration, Informalization, and Income Inequality in Developing Countries: Some General Equilibrium Explorations in Light of Accumulating Evidence, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2007)

By focusing on structural features within developing economies, this paper attempts to reconcile developments observed...

 

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Aspects of Informalization and Income Distribution in Developing Countries: A Modified Specific Factors Approach, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2006)

This paper explores aspects of increased informalization in developing countries with the help of a...

 

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Pursuing Manufacturing-Based Export-Led Growth: Are Developing Countries Increasingly Crowding Each Other Out?, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2006)

This study empirically investigates the presence of crowding out effects emerging from intra- developing country...

 

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Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Model: The Case of India, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2005)

This study applies the Balance of Payments Constrained Growth (BPCG) model to India, a large...

 

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Developing Country Exports of Manufactures: Moving Up the Ladder to Escape the Fallacy of Composition? (with Robert A. Blecker), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2005)

This paper tests for a ‘fallacy of composition’ by analysing the demand for exports of...

 

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Price Competition and the Fallacy of Composition in Developing Country Exports of Manufactures: Estimates of Short-Run Growth Effects (with Robert A. Blecker), Economics Department Working Paper Series (2005)

This paper studies whether intra-developing country price competition has significant effects on the short-run growth...

 

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The Contractionary Short-Run Effects of Nominal Devaluation in Developing Countries: Some Neglected Nuances, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2005)

This paper extends the model developed by Krugman and Taylor (1978) to take into account...

 

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The Effects of Export-Oriented, FDI-Friendly Policies on the Balance of Payments in a Developing Economy: A General Equilibrium Investigation, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2005)

Many developing countries have adopted investor-friendly policies in recent years in order to attract export-oriented...