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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
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University of Colorado,
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,
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 Scholar, Fall
2003
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Consultant, The World Bank, 2001, 2005 – present
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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, forthcoming, 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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Diffusion of Technology, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd
edition, edited by L. Blume and S. Durlauf, Macmillan, forthcoming
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Transfer of Technology, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd
edition, edited by L. Blume and S. Durlauf, Macmillan, forthcoming
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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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Estimating the Productivity Selection and
Technology Spillover Effects of Imports, NBER Working Paper # 14079 (with Ram Acharya).
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Tariffs, Trains, and Trade: The Role of
Technology versus Institutions in the Expansion of Markets, NBER Working Paper # 13913 (with Carol H. Shiue)
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Technology Transfer Through Imports, NBER Working Paper # 13086 (with Ram Acharya)
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Openness and Industrial Responses in a Wal-Mart World:
A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactants Producers, NBER Working Paper # 12457 (with Beata Smarzynska-Javorcik
and James Tybout)
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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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Global Production and Trade in the Knowledge
Economy (with Stephen Yeaple)
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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.
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Multinational Entry, Firm Productivity, and
Technology Spillovers (with Beata Smarzynska-Javorcik
and James Tybout), The World Bank, 2005 –
2007.
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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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2008: UC
Berkeley, The World Bank, UC Santa Cruz International Conference,
NBER-Philadelphia Fed Macro Conference, European Central Bank, UC
Berkeley (Haas), Beijing University (Guanghua),
NBER Trade Spring Conference
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2007: Yale, Colorado, 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
present
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