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• Top Ten Global Economic Challenges: An Assessment of Global Risks and Priorities

  Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  Top Ten Global Economic Challenges Report by Global Economy and Development (February 2007)

• Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal

  Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Working Paper by Shang-Jin Wei and Kenneth Rogoff, The International Monetary Fund (August 2006)

• Service Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from the United States

  Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  The practice of sourcing service inputs from overseas suppliers has been growing in response to new technologies that have made it possible to trade in some business and computing services that were previously considered non-tradable. This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on productivity in US manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2000, using instrumental variables estimation to address the potential endogeneity and errors in measurement of offshoring. It finds that service offshoring has a significant positive effect on productivity in the US, accounting for around 11 percent of productivity growth during this period. Offshoring material inputs also has a positive effect on productivity, but the magnitude is smaller accounting for approximately 5 percent of productivity growth.

• Understanding the Structure of Cross-border Capital Flows: The Case of China

  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Eswar Prasad and Shang-Jin Wei, China at Crossroads Conference (December 15, 2005)

• Pitfalls of a State-dominated Financial System: The Case of China

  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Genevieve Boyreau-Debray and Shang-Jin Wei (7/18/04)

• Tax Rates and Tax Evasion: Evidence from ""Missing Imports"" in China

  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Raymond Fisman and Shang-Jin Wei

• The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly But Unevenly

  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei (8/15/03)

• A Case of "Enronitis"? Opaque Self-Dealing and the Global Financial Effect

  Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  The revelation of corporate scandals and the financial crises in the developing countries have persuaded many people around the world that "Enronitis," in its various guises, can seriously damage people's confidence in a financial system and retard economic development. Shang-Jin Wei and Heather Milkiewicz argue that an invigorated, worldwide reform effort will reduce the chance of future economic devastation that could result from poor public and corporate governance.

• Corruption in Developing Countries

  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  A speech by Shang-Jin Wei, March 12, 2003

• A Global Crossing for Enronitis?: How Opaque Self-Dealing Damages Financial Markets around the World

  Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  The revelation of corporate scandals and the financial crises in the developing countries have persuaded many people around the world that "Enronitis," in its various guises, can seriously damage people's confidence in a financial system and retard economic development. Shang-Jin Wei and Heather Milkiewicz argue that an invigorated, worldwide reform effort will reduce the chance of future economic devastation that could result from poor public and corporate governance.

• Globalization and Inequality Without Differences in Data Definition, Legal System and Other Institutions

  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Globalization and Inequality Without Differences in Data Definition, Legal System and Other Institutions, by Shang-Jin Wei and Yi Wu, October 24, 2002

• Transparency and International Investor Behavior

  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Transparency and International Investor Behavior, by R. Gaston Gelos and Shang-Jin Wei, the Brookings Institution, October 16, 2002

• Corruption and Cross-Border Investment: Firm-Level Evidence

  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Working Paper by Shang Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Beata K. Smarzynska, The World Bank, August 16, 2002

• Currency Arrangements and Goods Market Integration: A Price Based Approach

  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Working Paper by Shang Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and David C. Parsley, Vanderbilt University, August 15, 2002

• Does Insider Trading Raise Market Volatility?

  Sat, 09 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Julan Du, Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 9, 2002

• "The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall": Retail Price Differences Across U.S. Cities

  Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Paul G. J. O'Connell, Principal, FDO Partners, LLC, in the Journal of International Economics, January 2002

• Foreign Portfolio Investors Before and During a Crisis

  Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Woochan Kim, School of Public Policy and Management, Korea Development Institute, in the Journal of International Economics, January 2002

• Corruption and Monetary Policy

  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Haizhou Huang, International Monetary Fund, November 27, 2001

• Globalization and Inequality: Evidence from Within China

  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Yi Wu, Georgetown University, October 31, 2001

• Explaining the Border Effect: The Role of Exchange Rate Variability, Shipping costs, and Geography

  Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and David C. Parsley, Associate Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, in the Journal of International Economics, October 2001

• Tax Rate and Tax Evasion: Evidence from the ""Missing Imports"" in China

  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Raymond Fisman, Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School, September 28, 2001

• Offshore Investment Funds: Monsters in Emerging Markets?

  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Woochan Kim, June 15, 2001

• Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Beata Smarzynska, Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank, June 14, 2001

• Corruption and Globalization

  Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Policy Brief #79, by Shang-Jin Wei (April 2001)

• Negative Alchemy?: Corruption, Composition of Capital Flows, and Currency Crises

  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, March 22, 2001

• Domestic Crony Capitalism and International Fickle Capital: Is There a Connection?

  Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in International Finance, Spring 2001

• Quality of Bureaucracy and Open-Economy Macro Policies

  Thu, 05 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Economic Papers

• Corruption and Composition of Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence

  Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Economic Papers

• Risk and Reward of Embracing Globalization: The Governance Factor

  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Economic Papers

• Special Governance Zone: A Practical Entry-Point for a Winnable Anti-Corruption Program

  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Economic Papers

• Natural Openness and Good Government

  Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Economic Papers