Research

Trade, Technology, and Industry Dynamics

• "The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity Within and Across Industries: Theory and Evidence," (with P. McCalman).
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• "Technology Adoption, Government Policy and Tariffication," (with P. McCalman).
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Published Papers

• "Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity and the Dynamics of Trade Liberalization," (with P. McCalman), Journal of International Economics 74 (2008); 422-440.
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• "International Trade and Industrial Dynamics," (with P. McCalman) forthcoming International Economic Review. - previously circulated under the title "Shaking all over? International Trade and Industrial Dynamics,".
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In Progress

• "Infant Industry Protection and Entry/Exit Dynamics," (with P. McCalman).

• "Time of Entry, Firm Productivity and Firm Survival," (with P. McCalman).

International Trade Agreements

• "Global Environmental Agreements and Trade Sanctions," May 2001, under revision for second resubmission to the Journal of International Economics.
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• "Signaling in Trade Agreements," (with P. McCalman), March 2002.
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Published Papers

• "International Coordination of Trade and Domestic Policies," American Economic Review 91 (2001); 1580-93.
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• "Environmental Duties and International Harmonization of Standards," Southern Economic Journal 68 (2001); 418-32.
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• "Trade and Domestic Policy Linkage in International Agreements," International Economic Review 43 (2002); 1347-67.
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• "Policy Linkage and Uncertainty in International Agreements," Economic Inquiry 41 (2003); 305-17.
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• "Discriminatory Tariffs and International Negotiations," (with P. McCalman), Journal of International Economics 61 (2003); 397-424.
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In Progress

• "Domestic Policies, Hidden Protection and the GATT/WTO," (with C. Bajona).

Political Economy of Trade

• "Reconsidering the Empirical Evidence on the Grossman-Helpman Model of Endogenous Protection," (with J. Minier), Canadian Journal of Economics 41 (2008); 501-516.
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• "Why Tariffs, not Subsidies? A Search for Stylized Facts," (with J. Minier), forthcoming Contributions in Economic Analysis and Policy.
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In Progress

• "The Liberalization of Trade and FDI: A Political Economy Analysis," (with P. McCalman).

• "NAFTA Contributions," (with X. Matshcke and J. Minier).

Trade and the Environment

• "Is Environmental Policy a Secondary Trade Barrier? An empirical analysis," (with J. Minier), Canadian Journal of Economics 36 (2003); 137-54.
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• "Footloose and Pollution-Free," (with A. Levinson and J. Minier), Review of Economics and Statistics 87 (2005); 92-99.
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• "Trade Liberalization and Pollution Havens," (with A. Levinson and J. Minier), Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy 4 (2004).
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