This paper provides an introduction to the new economics of prudential capital controls in
emerging economies. This literature is based on the notion that there are externalities …

The 2013 UN Human Development report predicts the middle classes of 'The South'a five-
fold increase by 2030. Globalisation has resulted in national conceptions of business …

This article provides a comprehensive history of anchor or reference currencies, exchange
rate arrangements, and a new measure of foreign exchange restrictions for 194 countries …

Adopting a new approach to historical data, Peter H Lindert and Jeffrey G Williamson have
charted the history of American incomes‐and income inequality‐since colonial times. Here …

The European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance
and the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy in a globalized world. Why …

A quantitative investigation of financial intermediation in the United States over the past 130
years yields the following results:(i) the finance industry's share of gross domestic product …

Broadly viewing the global economy as a political competition that produces winners and
losers, International Political Economy holistically and accessibly introduces the field of IPE …

This paper empirically analyzes economic and noneconomic determinants of individual
attitudes toward immigrants, within and across countries. The two survey data sets used …

The recent wave of financial globalization since the mid-1980s has been marked by a surge
in capital flows among industrial countries and, more notably, between industrial and …

We examine the empirical role of different explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich
to poor countries—the “Lucas Paradox.” The theoretical explanations include cross-country …