Research

Research Interests

  International Trade, Productivity and Growth, Competition Policies

 

Published Papers

·         Trade Policies, Firm Heterogeneity, and Variable Markups, Journal of International Economics, September 2017, 108, pp. 260 – 273. Online Appendix is available here

·        Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments (with Ivan Cherkashin, Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna), Journal of International Economics, May 2015, 96 (1), pp.18-36. Online Appendices: EU's EBA user guide, US Rules of Origin on Textiles and Apparel Products, EU's Annex I on GSP, EU's Annex II on GSP

·        The Simple Analytics of the Melitz Model in a Small Economy (with Andrés Rodríguez-Clare), Journal of International Economic, July 2013, 90(2), pp. 266 - 272. Online Appendix is available here

·        Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence From Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters (with Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna), Journal of International Economics, July 2012, 87(2), pp. 247 - 261.

·        Trade Policy under Firm-Level Heterogeneity in a Small Economy,  (with Andrés Rodríguez-Clare), Journal of International Economics, June 2009, 78(1), pp.100-112

·        The Inside Scoop: Acceptance and Rejection at the JIE, (with Ivan Cherkashin, Susumu Imai and Kala Krishna), Journal of International Economics, February 2009, 77(1), pp.120-132.

·        Productivity Improvements and Falling Trade Costs: Boon or Bane?, International Economic Review, November 2008, 49(4), pp. 1437-1462.

·        Endogenous Variety and the Gains from Trade (with Costas Arkolakis, Pete Klenow and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2008, 98(2), pp. 444-450.

·        Firm Heterogeneity and Firm Behavior with Conditional Policies, (with Kala Krishna), Economic Letters, February 2008, 98(2), pp. 122 - 128.

·        Trade and Trade Policy with Differentiated Products: A Chamberlinian-Ricardian Model: A Comment, (with Kala Krishna), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, September 2007, 16(3), pp. 435-441.

 

Working Papers

·         TBA