RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
"Global Innovation and Knowledge Diffusion" with Nelson Lind. American Economic Review: Insights 5(4): 494-510, December 2023. NBER WP 29629. Slides.
“Firm-Embedded Productivity and Cross-Country Income Differences" with Vanessa Alviarez and Javier Cravino. Journal of Political Economy 131(9): 2556-2594, September 2023. Slides. Non-technical summary (Minneapolis Fed).
“Trade with Correlation" with Nelson Lind. American Economic Review 103(2): 317-353, February 2023. Online Appendix. Slides. Older Version (different application).
“The Life-Cycle Dynamics of Exporters and Multinational Firms", with Anna Gumpert, Haishi Li, Andreas Moxnes, and Felix Tintelnot. Journal of International Economics, 126, September 2020.
“The Economics of Innovation, Knowledge Diffusion, and Globalization", with Nelson Lind. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, July 2019. NBER WP 25071.
“Innovation and Production in the Global Economy" with Costas Arkolakis, Andres Rodriguez-Clare, and Stephen Yeaple. American Economic Review, 108(8): 2128-73, August 2018. Online appendix. Slides. VOX column. Focoeconomico.org.
“Trade, Domestic Frictions, and Scale Effects" with Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Milagro Saborio-Rodriguez. American Economic Review, 106(10): 3159-84, October 2016. Slides. Online appendix (extension to multinational production). Longer version: NBER Working paper No. 18532. Featured in The Economist.
“Intra-firm Trade and Vertical Fragmentation in U.S. Multinational Corporations" with Veronica Rappoport and Kim Ruhl. Journal of International Economics, 98(1): 51-59, January 2016. Slides. VOX column.
“Multinational Production: Data and Stylized Facts" with Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Felix Tintelnot. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 105(5): 530-36, May 2015. Slides. Online Appendix. Data.
“A Quantitative Approach to Multinational Production". Journal of International Economics, 93(1), 108-122, May 2014.
“The Proximity-Concentration Tradeoff under Uncertainty" with Veronica Rappoport and Kim Ruhl. Review of Economic Studies, 80(4), 1582–1621, October 2013. Slides.
“Trade, Multinational Production, and the Gains from Openness" with Andres Rodriguez-Clare. Journal of Political Economy, 121(2), 273-322, April 2013. Slides. Supplemental appendix.
“The Role of Multinational Production in a Risky Environment" with Veronica Rappoport. Journal of International Economics, 81(2), 240-252, July 2010. Slides.
“Growth, Size, and Openness: A Quantitative Approach" with Andres Rodriguez-Clare. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 100(2), 62-67, May 2010. Slides. Data.
“The Effects of Foreign Plants on Industry Productivity: Evidence from Chile". Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(4), 789-809, December 2009. Special Issue on Heterogeneous Firms and International Trade. Technical appendix.
WORKING PAPERS
“Multinational Expansion in Time and Space" with Stefania Garetto and Lindsay Oldenski. First version: October 2018. NBER WP 25804. Online Appendix. Slides. VOX column. Focoeconomico.org. Revision requested at the American Economic Review.
"Global Knowledge and Trade Flows: Theory and Measurement" with Nelson Lind. First version: September 2022. NBER WP 30590. Accepted at the Journal of International Economics (special issue in honor of Jonathan Eaton).
SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS
"The Carbon Footprint of Multinational Production" with Garcia-Lembergman, Rodriguez-Clare, and Shapiro.
"Comparative Advantage and Home-Market Effects under Uncertainty" with Xiao Ma.
"Intra-firm Trade and The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: Revisiting the Evidence" with Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Fariha Kamal, and Zachary Kroff.
OTHER WORK
"Factory Asia: The Determinants of Multinational Activity in the context of Global Value Chains". August 2016. Working paper, Asian Development Bank. Slides.
"FDI Entry Mode and the Activity of Affiliates of Multinational Firms". October 2016. Working paper, Asian Development Bank.
LECTURES AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS