Josh Ederington

Curriculum Vitae

Office Address:
Department of Economics
335 Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
telephone: (859) 257-1588
email: ederington@uky.edu

Experience:

• Associate Professor, University of Kentucky. August 2004 - present.
• Assistant Professor, University of Miami. August 1998 - July 2004.
• Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Fall 1994 - Spring 1997.

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics. University of Wisconsin-Madison. August 1998.
• M.S., Economics. University of Wisconsin-Madison. December 1995.
• B.A. magna cum laude, Economics. Macalester College; St. Paul, Minnesota. June 1993.
• Study Abroad: Gornyi Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Fall 1992.

Publications:

• "International Coordination of Trade and Domestic Policies," American Economic Review 91 (December 2001): 1580-93.
  
• "Environmental Duties and International Harmonization of Standards," Southern Economic Journal 68 (October 2001): 418-32.
  
• "Trade and Domestic Policy Linkage in International Agreements," International Economic Review 43 (November 2002): 1347-67. Reprinted in The WTO and Labour and Employment, edited by Drussila Brown and Robert Stern, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
  
• "Tariff Uniformity and Growth," (with J. Minier), Journal of Policy Reform 5 (June 2002): 65-74.
• "Is Environmental Policy a Secondary Trade Barrier? An Empirical Analysis," (with J. Minier), Canadian Journal of Economics 36 (February 2003): 137-54.
  
• "Policy Linkage and Uncertainty in International Agreements," Economic Inquiry 41 (April 2003): 305-317.
  
• "Discriminatory Tariffs and International Negotiations" (with P. McCalman), Journal of International Economics 61 (2003): 397-424.
  
• "Trade Liberalization and Pollution Havens," (with A. Levinson and J. Minier), Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy 4 (2004). Reprinted in The Economics of Pollution Havens, edited by Don Fullerton, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.
  
• "Footloose and Pollution-Free" (with A. Levinson and J. Minier), Review of Economics and Statistics 87 (2005): 92-99.
  
• "Why Tariffs, not Subsidies? A Search for Stylized Facts," (with J. Minier), Contributions in Economic Analysis and Policy 5 (2006).
  
• "Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity and the Dynamics of Trade Liberalization," (with P. McCalman), Journal of International Economics 74 (2008): 422-440.
  
• "Reconsidering the Empirical Evidence on the Grossman-Helpman Model of Endogenous Protection," (with J. Minier) Canadian Journal of Economics 41 (2008): 501-516.
  
• "International Trade and Industrial Dynamics," (with P. McCalman) forthcoming in the International Economic Review.
  

Other Research:

• "Global Environmental Agreements and Trade Sanctions," invited second resubmission to Journal of International Economics.
  
• "Infant Industry Protection and Entry/Exit Dynamics," (with P. McCalman) revision requested by Journal of International Economics.
  
• "Technology Adoption, Government Policy and Tariffication," (with P. McCalman), revision requested by Journal of International Economics.
  
• "Negotiating over Environmental Policy in Trade Agreements," revision requested for symposium on International Trade and the Environment by Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.
  
• "The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity Within and Across Industries: Theory and Evidence," (with P. McCalman), under review.
• "Where the Girls Are: Trade and Labor Market Segregation," (with J. Minier and K. Troske), under review.
• "The Liberalization of Trade and FDI: A political economy analysis," (with P. McCalman), under review
• "Domestic Policies, Hidden Protection and the GATT/WTO," (with C. Bajona), manuscript (2009).
  
• "Signaling in Trade Agreements," (with P. McCalman), manuscript (2008).
  

Presentations and Activities:

• Ryerson University, March 2009.
• University of Colorado-Boulder, February 2009.
• Tulane University, October 2008.
• University of Tennessee, August 2008.
• Drexel University, March 2008.
• University of California Santa Cruz, April 2008.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Ann Arbor MI, Fall 2007.
• Emory University, March 2007.
• AEA meeting, Chicago IL, January 2007
• Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2006.
• NBER's Universities Research Conference on "Firms and the Evolving Structure of Global Economic Activity", May 2006
• Princeton University, May 2006.
• Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, April 2006.
• University of California-Berkeley, April 2006.
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, April 2006.
• AEA meeting, Philadelphia PA, January 2005.
• CEPR conference on "Trade, Industrialization and Development," Brussels, November 2004.
• University of British Columbia, March 2004.
• Simon Fraser University, March 2004.
• University of Kentucky, February 2004.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Pittsburgh PA, Spring 2003.
• Discussant, Journal of Policy Reform conference, Miami FL, November 2002
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2002.
• Empirical Investigations in International Trade, Layayette IN, November 2001.
• Southeastern International Economics Conference, Miami FL, November 2001
• Midwest International Economics Conference, State College PA, Fall 2001.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Madison WI, Spring 2001.
• Southeastern International Economics Conference, Houston TX, November 2000.
• Discussant, Santa Cruz Center for International Economics Annual Conference, 2000.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Lexington KY, Spring 2000.
• Southeastern International Economics Conference, Georgetown, Fall 1999.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Champaign IL, Fall 1999.
• Midwest International Economics Conference, Lafayette IN, Spring 2000.
• NBER Conference on Trade, the Environment, and Natural Resources, March 1998.

Teaching Experience:

• Economics 704 (Graduate Seminar on General Equilibrium and Welfare)
• Economics 772 (Graduate Seminar in International Trade)
• Economics 401 (Intermediate Microeconomics)

• Economics 760 (Graduate Seminar in International Trade)
• Economics 661 (Graduate Seminar in International Monetary Economics)
• Economics 690 (Essentials of Economics; MBA program)
• Economics 442 (International Monetary Economics)
• Economics 441 (International Trade)
• Economics 302 (Intermediate Microeconomics)
• Economics 211 (Principles of Microeconomics)

• Lecturer, Economics 111 (Principles--Accelerated Treatment).
• Economics 310 (Statistics).
• Economics 343 (Environmental Economics).
• Economics 364 (International Trade).
• Economics 101 (Introductory Microeconomics).
• Economics 711 (Graduate Microeconomics).

Awards:

• University of Miami School of Business Administration Excellence in Research Award, 2001.
• James W. McLamore Summer Research Award, University of Miami: 1999, 2002, 2003.
• WARF Fellowship (University of Wisconsin Fellowship), Academic year 1993-94.
• National Merit Scholar, 1989.
• Dewitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar (four-year scholarship to Macalester College).
• John M. Dozier Prize in Economics, Macalester College. June 1992.
• Robert M. Bunting Prize in Economics, Macalester College. June 1993.

Activities and Service

• Chair, International Prelim Committee. Academic year 2004-present.
• Member, Economics Department Faculty Recruiting Committee. Academic year 2004-05, 2007-2008.
• Member, Microeconomics Seminar Committee. Academic years 2004-05, 2005-06.
• Foreign Language and International Economics (FLIE) advisor. August 2005-present.
• Dissertation advisor, Emma Bojinova.

• Co-Director, Graduate Committee (Economics department). August 1999-May 2004.
• Chair/Member, Microeconomics Prelim Committee. Fall 2000-May 2004..
• Economics Department Faculty Recruiting Committee. Academic year 1998-99.

Professional Service:

• Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Economics
• Referee, American Economic Review
• Referee, Journal of Political Economy
• Referee, Review of Economic Studies
• Referee, The Economic Journal
• Referee, Journal of International Economics
• Referee, International Economic Review
• Referee, Journal of Development Economics
• Referee, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Referee, Canadian Journal of Economics
• Referee, Review of Economics and Statistcs
• Referee, B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy
• Referee, Review of International Economics
• Referee, Southern Economic Journal
• Referee, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
• Referee, International Review of Economics and Finance
• Referee, Economics Letters
• Referee, International Tax and Public Finance
• Referee, Regional Science and Urban Economics
• Referee, Journal of Policy Reform
• Peer Reviewer, National Science Foundation
• Peer Reviewer, Research grants program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada