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1 Growth and Investment Journal Articles 129. Bao, Shuming, Jack Hou, and Anqing Shi Analysis of the Spatial Changing Patterns of Migration in China. China Population Science (Zhongguo Renkou Kexue) Berger, Allen, George Clarke, Robert Cull, Leora Klapper, and Gregory Udell Corporate Governance and Bank Performance: A Joint Analysis of the Static, Selection, and Dynamic Effects of Domestic, Foreign, and State Ownership. Journal of Banking & Finance 29: Chong-En, Bai, and L. Colin Xu The System of Incentives for Managers with Multitasks: Theory and Evidence from Chinese State-Owned Enterprises. Journal of Comparative Economics 33: Clarke, George, Juan Miguel Crivelli, and Robert J. Cull The Impact of Bank Privatization and Foreign Entry on Access to Credit in Argentina s Provinces. Journal of Banking & Finance 29: Clarke, George, and Robert Cull Bank Privatization in Argentina: A Model of Political Constraints and Differential Outcomes. Journal of Development Economics 78: Clarke, George, Robert Cull, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, and Susana M. Sanchez* Bank Lending to Small Businesses in Latin America: Does Bank Origin Matter? Journal of Money Credit and Banking 37: Clarke, George, Robert Cull, and Mary Shirley Bank Privatization in Developing Countries: A Summary of Lessons and Findings. Journal of Banking & Finance 29: Cull, Robert, and L. Colin Xu Institutions, Ownership, and Finance: The Determinants of Investment among Chinese Firms. Journal of Financial Economics 77(July): Elbadawi, Ibrahim Reviving Growth in the Arab World. Economic Development and Cultural Change 53: Gatti, Roberta Family Altruism and Incentives. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107: de la Torre, Augusto*, and Sergio Schmukler Coping with Risks Through Mismatches: Domestic and International Financial Contracts for Emerging Economies. International Finance 7(3): Dehejia, Rajeev, and Roberta Gatti Child Labor: The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit across Countries. Economic Development and Cultural Change 53(4): Dollar, David*, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, and Taye Mengistae Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies. Economic Development and Cultural Change 51: Dollar, David*, Lifu Guan, Weizhong Meng, Shuilin Wang, L. Colin Xu, and Shujin Yu Improving the Investment Climate in Liaoning Province: Examinations of 14 28

2 Cities in Liaoning. Journal of Comparative Economic and Social Systems (Chinese): Hoff, Karla Opportunity is Not Everything: How Belief Systems and Mistrust Shape Responses to Economic Incentives. Economics of Transition 13: Hoff, Karla Comment on Development Policy through the Lens of Psychology, by Sendhil Mullainathan. Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics Washington, : World Bank Hoff, Karla Homeownership, Community Interactions, and Segregation. American Economic Review 95: Huang, Haizhou, and Shuilin Wang The Reform the RMB Exchange Rate Regime and Its Implications for Other Policies in China. International Economic Review 5: Kawai, Hiro*, Richard Newfarmer*, and Sergio Schmukler Financial Crises: Nine Lessons from East Asia. Eastern Economic Journal 31: Keefer, Philip, and Stuti Khemani Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor. World Bank Research Observer 20: Kessides, Ioannis N Infrastructure Privatization and Regulation: Promises and Perils. World Bank Research Observer 20: Kraay, Aart, Norman Loayza, Luis Serven, and Jaume Ventura Country Portfolios. Journal of the European Economic Association 3: Loayza, Norman, Daniel Lederman*, and Rodrigo R. Soares Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter. Economic and Politics 17: Loayza, Norman, Luis Serven, and R. Albuquerque World Market Integration through the Lens of Foreign Direct Investors. Journal of International Economics 66: McKenzie, David Measuring Inequality with Asset Indicators. Journal of Population Economics 18(2): McKenzie, David Review of Indonesian Living Standards after the Financial Crisis by John Strauss et al. Journal of Economic Literature, (September): Mehrez, Gil, Daniel Kaufmann*, and Sergio Schmukler Predicting Currency Fluctuations and Crises: Do Resident Firms Have an Informational Advantage? Journal of International Money and Finance 24: Serven, Luis, and Daniel Lederman* Tracking NAFTA s Shadow Ten Years On. World Bank Economic Review 19: Xu, L. Colin, and Wei Li Deregulating the Telecom Sector in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy and Interest Groups. World Development 33: Xu, L. Colin, and M. Jiang Medals in Transition: Explaining Medal Performance and Inequality of Chinese Provinces. Journal of Comparative Economics 33: Xu, L. Colin, T. Zhu, and Y. Lin Politician Control, Agency Problems, and Ownership Reform: Evidence from China. Economics of Transition 13: Forthcoming 154. Beegle, Kathleen, Rajeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti. Child Labor and Agricultural Shocks. Journal of Development Economics. 29

3 155. Claessens, Stijn*, Daniela Klingebiel*, and Sergio Schmukler. Stock Market Development and Internationalization: Do Economic Fundamentals Spur Both Similarly? Journal of Empirical Finance Clarke, George, and Scott Wallsten. Has the Internet Increased Trade? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries. Economic Inquiry Didier, Tatiana, Paolo Mauro, and Sergio Schmukler. Vanishing Contagion? IMF Policy Discussion Paper Series Dollar, David*, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, and Taye Mengistae. Investment Climate and International Integration. World Development Elbadawi, Ibrahim. Institutions, Trade and Geography: Implications for Long-term Development of the Arab World. Journal of Development and Economic Policy Gibson, John, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua. How Cost Elastic Are Remittances? Evidence from Tongan Migrants in New Zealand. Pacific Economic Bulletin Hildebrandt, Nicole, and David McKenzie. The Effects of Migration on Child Health in Mexico. Economia Hoff, Karla, and Priyanka Pandey. Discrimination, Social Identity, and Durable Inequalities. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 96(May) Keefer, Philip, and Stephen Knack. Boondoggles, Rent-Seeking and Political Checks and Balances: Public Investment under Unaccountable Governments. Review of Economics and Statistics Kraay, Aart. When Is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidence. Journal of Development Economics Levine, Ross and Sergio Schmukler. Internationalization and Stock Market Liquidity. Review of Finance-Journal of the European Finance Association Loayza, Norman, and Romain Ranciere. Financial Development, Financial Fragility, and Growth. Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking McKenzie, David. Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects in the Additive Model. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics McKenzie, David. Precautionary Saving and Consumption Growth in Taiwan. China Economic Review Mengistae, Taye. Competition and Entrepreneurial Human Capital in Small Business Longevity and Growth. Journal of Development Studies Raddatz, Claudio. Liquidity Needs and Vulnerability to Financial Development. Journal of Financial Economics Schmukler, Sergio, and Esteban Vesperoni. Financial Globalization and Debt Maturity in Emerging Economies. Journal of Development Economics 79(1): , Xu, L. Colin, George Clarke, and Heng-fu Zou. Finance and Income Inequality: What do the Data Tell Us? Southern Economic Journal 72(3): , Books/Journal Special Issues 77. Clarke, George, Robert Cull, and William Megginson Special Issue on Bank Privatization. Journal of Banking and Finance 28(8-9) Loayza, Norman, Pablo Fajnzylber, and César Calderón* Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, : World Bank. 30

4 174. Serven, Luis, D. Lederman* and W. Maloney* Lessons from NAFTA. Stanford University Press Serven, Luis, J. de Melo and D. Lederman*, eds Symposium Issue: Ten Years of NAFTA. World Bank Economic Review19(3) Dollar, David*, Anqing Shi, Shuilin Wang, and Lixin Colin Xu Improving City Competitiveness through the Investment Climate (in Chinese). Chinese Finance and Economics Press. Forthcoming 177. Bowles, Samuel, Steven Durlauf, and Karla Hoff, eds., Poverty Traps. Princeton University Press, March Iarossi, Giuseppe. The Power of Survey Design: A User s Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents. Washington, : World Bank, January Chapters in Books 179. Barja, Gover, David McKenzie, and Miguel Urquiola Capitalization and Privatization in Bolivia: An Approximation to an Evaluation. In John Nellis and Nancy Birdsall, eds., Reality Check: The Distributional Impact of Privatization in Developing Countries. Washington, : Center for Global Development Elbadawi, Ibrahim, and A. G. Ali Prospects for Sustainable Peace and Post- Conflict Economic Growth in the Sudan. In Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Paul Collier, eds., Post-Conflict Economies in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan in association with International Economic Association Elbadawi, Ibrahim, and Njuguna Ndung u The Economics of Conflicts and Post- Conflict Recovery. Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Paul Collier, eds., Post-Conflict Economies in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan in association with International Economic Association Elbadawi, Ibrahim, Ali A. G. Al, and A. El-Batahani The Sudan s Civil War: Why has it prevailed for so long? In Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis, eds., Understanding Civil War: Evidence and Analysis, Volume I: Africa. Washington : World Bank Elbadawi, Ibrahim, Abda Al Mahdi, Hassan Taha, and Lual Deng Economic Policy and Management. In Sudan Joint Assessment Mission. Washington, : World Bank Hoff, Karla The Extended Family System and Market Interactions. In Christopher Barrett, ed., The Social Economics of Poverty: On Identities, Groups, Communities, and Networks. New York: Routledge Keefer, Philip, and Steve Knack Social Capital, Social Norms and the New Institutional Economics. In Claude Menard and Mary Shirley, eds., Handbook of New Institutional Economics. Dordrecht: Springer/Kluwer Academic Publisher Loayza, Norman, and Raimundo Soto On the Measurement of Market- Oriented Reforms. In José María Fanelli and Gary McMahon eds., Understanding Market Reforms. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Loayza, Norman, and Viktoria Hnatkovska Volatility, Income Distribution, and Poverty. In Joshua Aizenmann and Brian Pinto, eds., Managing Economic Volatility and Crises: A Practitioner s Guide. New York: Cambridge University Press. 31

5 188. McKenzie, David Beyond Remittances: The Effects of Migration on Mexican Households. In Calgar Özden and Maurice Schiff, eds., International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain. Washington, : World Bank Serven, Luis, and G. Perry* Argentina s Macroeconomic Collapse: Causes and Lessons. In Joshua Aizenmann and Brian Pinto, eds., Managing Economic Volatility and Crises: A Practitioner s Guide. New York: Cambridge University Press Serven, Luis, and P. Montiel Macroeconomic Stability: The More, the Better? In Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform. Washington, : World Bank Serven, Luis, K. Schmidt-Hebbel, and F. Gallego General Equilibrium Dynamics of Foreign Shocks and Policy Changes in Chile. Rómulo Chumacero and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, eds., General Equilibrium Models for the Chilean Economy. Santiago, Chile: Central Bank of Chile Shi, Anqing, Shuming Bao, and Jack Hou Migration and Regional Development of China. In Shuming Bao, Shuanglin Lin, Changwen Zhao, eds., Chinese Economy after WTO Accession. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. Forthcoming 193. Calderón, César*, Norman Loayza, and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel. External Conditions and Growth Performance. In Ricardo Caballero, César Calderón*, and Luis Felipe Céspedes, eds., External Financial Vulnerability and Preventive Policies. Series on Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Elbadawi, Ibrahim, and Gary Milante*. Growth, Income Inequality and Poverty in Africa. In M. Martin, ed., Growth, Poverty and Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The African Economic Research Consortium Fisman, Ray, and Roberta Gatti. Bargaining for Bribes: The Role of Institutions. In Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed., Handbook of Economic Corruption Hoff, Karla. The Kin System as a Poverty Trap? In Samuel Bowles, Steven Durlauf, and Karla Hoff, eds., Poverty Traps. Princeton University Press Kaufmann, Daniel*, Aart Kraay, and Massimo Mastruzzi*. Measuring Governance Using Perceptions Data. In Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed., Handbook of Economic Corruption Serven, Luis, Norman Loayza, and A. Oviedo. The Impact of Regulation on Growth and the Informal Sector: Cross-Country Evidence. In B. Guha-Khasnobis, ed., Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Formal and Informal Sectors. EGDI- WIDER. Outreach 199. de la Torre, Augusto*, and Sergio Schmukler Small Fish, Big Pond. Finance & Development 42(2): Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, and Warrick Smith*, eds A Better Investment Climate for Everyone. Development Outreach (March); 10 articles covering the impact of specific investment climate interventions Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, and Warrick Smith* Understanding the Investment Climate. Finance & Development 42(1, March):

6 202. Milanovic, Branko, Karla Hoff, and Shale Horowitz Political Alternation, Regardless of Ideology, Diminishes Influence Buying: Lessons from Transitions in Former Communist States. Policy Outlook (Carnegie Endowment) January: 1 6. Working Papers 203. Almeida, Rita Local Economic Structure and Growth. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 204. Antman, Francisca, and David McKenzie Poverty Traps and Nonlinear Income Dynamics with Measurement Error and Individual Heterogeneity. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 205. Antman, Francisca, and David McKenzie Earnings Mobility and Measurement Error: A Pseudo-Panel Approach. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 113. Berger, Allen, Robert Cull, George Clarke, Leora Klapper, and Gregory Udell Corporate Governance and Bank Performance: A Joint Analysis of the Static, Selection, and Dynamic Effects of Domestic, Foreign, and State Ownership. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 206. Braun, Matías, and Claudio Raddatz Trade Liberalization and the Politics of Financial Development. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 207. Calderón, César*, Norman Loayza, and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel Does Openness Imply Exposure? Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 208. Carneiro, Pedro, and Rita Almeida Enforcement of Labor Regulation, Informal Labor, and Firm Performance. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 209. Chang, Roberto, Norman Loayza, and Linda Kaltani Openess Can Be Good for Growth: The Role of Policy Complementarities. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 210. Dollar, David*, and Aart Kraay Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender: Does China s Zero Net Foreign Asset Position Make Economic Sense? Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 211. Fernandes, Ana Margarida Learning-by-Doing, Learning-by-Exporting, and Productivity: Evidence from Colombia. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 212. Hildebrandt, Nicole, and David McKenzie The Effects of Migration on Child Health in Mexico. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 213. Hoff, Karla, and Joseph Stiglitz The Creation of the Rule of Law and the Legitimacy of Property Rights: The Political and Economic Consequences of a Corrupt Privatization. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 214. Keefer, Philip Democracy, Credibility and Clientelism. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 215. Keefer, Philip Democratization and Clientelism: Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed? Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 216. Kraay, Aart The Dot-Com Bubble, The Bush Deficits, and the U.S. Current Account. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 33

7 217. Kraay, Aart, and Claudio Raddatz Poverty Traps, Aid, and Growth. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 218. Kraay, Aart, Daniel Kaufmann*, and Massimo Mastruzzi* Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 219. Lall, Somik, and Taye Mengistae The Impact of Business Environment and Economic Geography on Plant Level Productivity: An Analysis of Indian Industry. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 220. Lall, Somik, and Taye Mengistae Business Environment, Clustering and Industry Location: Evidence from Indian Cities. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 221. Levine, Ross, and Sergio Schmukler Internationalization and Stock Market Liquidity. NBER Working Paper National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass Levine, Ross, and Sergio Schmukler Internationalization and the Evolution of Corporate Valuation. NBER Working Paper w National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass Loayza, Norman, Ana Maria Oviedo, and Luis Serven Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 224. Loayza, Norman, Ana Maria Oviedo, and Luis Serven The Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality: Cross-Country Evidence. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 225. McKenzie, David Paper Walls are Easier to Tear Down: Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 226. McKenzie, David, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Buying Less, but Shopping More: Changes in Consumption Patterns during a Crisis. BREAD Working Paper 92. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass Raddatz, Claudio Are External Shocks Responsible for the Instability of Output in Low-Income Countries? Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 228. Schiantarelli, Fabio Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: a Review of the Cross-Country Evidence. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, 34

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