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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
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University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of
Economics
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Professor, 2008 – present
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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Research Associate, 2003 –
present
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Centre for Economic Policy Research
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Research Fellow, 2003 –
present
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OTHER/PAST EMPLOYMENT
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University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of
Economics
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Associate Professor, 2005
– 2008
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University of Texas-Austin, Department of
Economics
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Associate Professor, 2003
– 2005
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Assistant Professor, 1998
– 2003
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of
Economics
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Assistant Professor, 1995
– 1998
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International Monetary Fund, Research Department
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Visiting Professor, Fall
2003
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Consultant, The World Bank, 2001, 2005 –2009
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Special Sworn Employee, U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2008
– present
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EDUCATION
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Yale University, Ph.D. in Economics, 1995
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University of Freiburg, Diploma in Economics, 1990
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RESEARCH IMPACT
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Among the 250 Most Cited Economists in the
World. Age-and number of authors-adjusted
citations according to IDEAS/RePEc
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PUBLICATIONS
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Markets in China and
Europe on the Eve of the Industrial
Revolution, American
Economic Review, 2007 (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Geographic
Localization of International Technology Diffusion, American Economic Review, 2002
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On Theories
Explaining the Success of the Gravity Equation, Journal of Political Economy, 2002
(with Simon J. Evenett)
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Trade and the
Transmission of Technology, Journal
of Economic Growth, 2002 (Lead Article)
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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade,
and Productivity Growth: Firm-level Evidence from the United States, Review
of Economics and Statistics,
2009 (with Stephen Yeaple)
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The Origins of Spatial Interaction, Journal
of Econometrics, 2007 (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Pollution Abatement Costs and Foreign Direct
Investment Inflows to the U.S. States, Review
of Economics and Statistics,
2002 (with Arik M. Levinson)
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Are International R&D Spillovers
Trade-Related? Analyzing Spillovers among Randomly Matched Trade Partners, European
Economic Review 1998
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Absorptive Capacity: On the Creation and
Acquisition of Technology in Development, Journal
of Development Economics, 1996
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Technology Transfer Through Imports, forthcoming, Canadian
Journal of Economics, 2010 (with Ram Acharya)
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Diffusion of Technology, The New
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by
L. Blume and S. Durlauf, Macmillan, 2008
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Openness and Industrial Responses in a Wal-Mart
World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant
Producers, World Economy, 2008 (with Beata Javorcik-Smarzynska and James
Tybout)
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Transfer of Technology, The New
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by
L. Blume and S. Durlauf, Macmillan, 2008
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Convergence and Polarization in Global Income
Levels: A Review of Recent Results on the Role of International
Technology Diffusion, Research Policy, 2003 (with Guan
Gong)
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Do Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect
Productivity Growth?, World Bank Economic Review, 2000.
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From Socialist Showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons
on the Role of Technical Change from East Germany’s Post-World War II
Performance, Journal of
Development Economics, 2000.
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Market Integration and Economic Development: A
Long-Run Comparison, Review of Development Economics,
2007 (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Technology Flows Between Industries:
Identification and Productivity Effects, Economic Systems Research,
1997
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COMPLETED PAPERS
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Gravity in the Weightless Economy, NBER Working Paper # 15509 (with Stephen
Yeaple)
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International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment,
and Technology Spillovers, CEPR
Discussion Paper # 7503
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Wal-Mart in Mexico: The Impact of FDI on
Innovation and Industry Productivity, manuscript, 2009 (with Leo Iacovone, Beata Javorcik, and James
Tybout)
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Global Production and Trade in the Knowledge
Economy, NBER Working Paper # 14626
(with Stephen Yeaple)
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Estimating the Productivity Selection and
Technology Spillover Effects of Imports, NBER Working Paper # 14079 (with Ram Acharya).
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Technology Diffusion and the World Distribution
of Income, manuscript, 2002
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Knowledge Spillovers at the World’s Technology
Frontier, CEPR Discussions
Paper # 2815
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Bilateral Trade in a Multilateral World with Imperfect
Specialization, manuscript,
1998
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Work in Progress
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Business Travel and International Technology
Diffusion (with Nune
Hovhannisyan)
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Institutions, Technology, and the Expansion of
Markets (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Explaining Within-Firm Productivity Change (with Leo Iacovono)
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Transportation Technology and Growth: Railroads
in 19th Century Europe (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Technology Flows and the ‘Law’ of Gravity
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Did Wal-Mart Cause Mexico’s
Recent Export Success to the United States?
Globalization and the North American Market for Detergents (with Beata Smarzynska-Javorcik and James
Tybout)
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MAJOR GRANTS
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What Explains Modern Economic Growth? New
Evidence from a Comparison of China
and Europe in the 18th
Century (with Carol H.
Shiue), National Science
Foundation, 2005 – 2008 (extended to 2009)
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Multinational Entry, Firm Productivity, and
Technology Spillovers (with
Beata Smarzynska-Javorcik and James Tybout), The World Bank, 2005 – 2008
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How Does Economic Integration Affect Technology
Diffusion and the Spatial Distribution of Productivity Growth?, National Science Foundation, 1999 – 2000
(extended to 2002)
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RECENT PRESENTATIONS
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2009:
Georgetown, Industry Canada, Stanford, University of British Columbia,
Princeton Trade Summer Conference, Utrecht, Paris School of Economics,
London School of Economics
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2008: NBER
Trade Fall Conference, UC Berkeley, The World Bank, UC Santa Cruz
International Conference, NBER-Philadelphia Fed Macro Conference,
European Central Bank, Haas Business School (UC Berkeley), Guanghua
Business School (Beijing University), NBER Trade Spring Conference
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2007: Yale,
Harvard, Cliometrics North America, NBER Trade Spring Conference
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Graduate Courses: International Trade and Investment, Economic
Development, Macroeconomics
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Undergraduate Courses: International Economics, Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics, 2002 to
2008
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