Research

Publications

1. The Role of International Trade Agreements During Economic and Policy Crises: Evidence from U.S. Firm Dynamics with with Kyle Handley and Nuno Limao. Forthcoming at Review of International Economics.
   

2. Import Processing and Trade Costs with Alejandro Graziano, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus. Accepted at Journal of International Economics.
   [WP PDF]

3. The Effect of Transit Systems on International Trade with Alejandro Graziano, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024. [WP PDF]

4. Bankruptcy Shocks and Local Legal Markets: Evidence from the Court Competition Era with Chad Brown and Alessandro Peri. Journal of Law and Economics, 2024.

5. Economic and Policy Uncertainty: Export Dynamics and Value of Agreements with Kyle Handley and Nuno Limao. Journal of International Economics, 2022. [NBER WP].[VoxEU Article]
   Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal , Bloomberg, Washington Post, CNBC

6. Online Business Platforms and International Trade with Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc, Catalina Salas Santa and Christian Volpe Martincus. Journal of International Economics, 2022. [WP PDF]

7. The Buyers Margins of Firms' Exports with Gianmarco Ottaviano and Christian Volpe Martincus. Journal of International Economics, 2018. [WP Pdf] [VoxEU Article]

8. Interactions between Transport and Trade: A Trade Facilitation Perspective with Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus. Forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, 2018. [WP Pdf]

9. Routes, Exports, and Employment in Developing Countries: Following the Trace of the Inca Roads with Ana Cusolito and Christian Volpe Martincus, with Christian Volpe Martincus, Journal of Development Economics, 2017. [Pdf] [VoxEU Article]

10. Customs with Alejandro Graziano and Christian Volpe Martincus, Journal of International Economics, 2015. [Pdf]

11. How Do Transport Costs Affect Firms' Exports? Evidence from a Vanishing Bridge with Alejandro Graziano, Pablo Garcia and Christian Volpe Martincus, Economics Letters, 2014. [Pdf]

12. Export Promotion Activities in Developing Countries: What Kind of Trade Do They Promote? with Christian Volpe Martincus, Journal of International Trade and Development, 2012. [Pdf]

13. Public Programs to Promote Firms' Exports in Developing Countries: Are There Heterogeneous Effects by Size Categories? with Pablo Garcia and Christian Volpe Martincus, Applied Economics, 2012. [Pdf]

14. The Impact of Export Promotion Institutions on Trade: Is It the Intensive or the Extensive Margin? with Andres Gallo and Christian Volpe Martincus, Applied Economics Letters, 2010. [Pdf]

15. Export Promotion: Bundled Services Work Better with Christian Volpe Martincus, The World Economy, 2010. [Pdf]

16. Entering New Country and Product Markets: Does Export Promotion Help? with Christian Volpe Martincus, Review of World Economics, 2010. [Pdf]

17. Beyond The Average Effects: The Distributional Impacts of Export Promotion Programs In Developing Countries with Christian Volpe Martincus, Journal of Development Economics, 2010. [Pdf]

18. Is Export Promotion Effective in Developing Countries? Firm-Level Evidence on the Intensive and the Extensive Margins of Exports with Christian Volpe Martincus, Journal of International Economics, 2008. [Pdf]

Working Papers

1. Between-Establishment Mobility within Firms by U.S. Workers: Scope, Prevalence, and Effects on Worker Earnings with Rick Mansfield and Adam Pfander. Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Journal - Macroeconomics. [NBER WP] [CES WP]
   

2. Information Frictions, Investment Promotion and Multinational Production: Firm-Level Evidence with Ignacio Marra de Artiñano and Christian Volpe Martincus. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Development Economics. [Pdf]
   

Work in Progress

1. Going Green: Multinational Activity and Environmental Practices with Kalina Manova, Claudia Steinweider and Christian Volpe Martincus. Presented at CESifo Venice Summer Institute, 2024.
   

2. Linkages with Multinationals: The Effects on Domestic Firms' Exports with Ignacio Marra de Artiñano, Gianmarco Ottaviano and Christian Volpe Martincus. Presented at ERWIT.