Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro is Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, specializing in international economics and finance. Her research examines global capital flows, supply chain reconfiguration, and emerging market development policies.

Publications analyze firm-level impacts of capital controls, determinants of vertical integration, and productivity effects of multinational activity. Current projects investigate supply chain finance and trade policy preferences.

Serves as Costa Rica's former Minister of National Planning and co-edits Journal of International Economics. Recognized with France's Palmes Académiques honor.