Research

My current research explores two themes in  international economics: the impact of domestic (e.g. environmental,  financial, & intellectual property reform) or trade regulation (e.g.  tariffs, export promotion) on firm performance and resource allocation;  and the role of data sparcity in the estimation of spatial models of  international trade. Recent working papers and work-in-progress is listed below.

DYADIC DOUBLE/DEBIASED MACHINE LEARNING FOR ANALYZING DETERMINANTS OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (pdf, March 2022)

With Harold D Chiang, Yukun Ma, Yuya Sasaki.

EXPORTING AND INVESTMENT UNDER CREDIT CONSTRAINTS (pdf)

With Kim Huynh, Robert Petrunia and Walter Steingress

REGULATION, EMISSIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA'S ELEVENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN

With Brantly Callaway, Tong Li, Yuya Sasaki, and Yong Tan

THE DISTRIBUTIONAL ORIGINS OF THE CANADA-US GDP AND LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY GAPS

with Jim MacGee

INFORMATION FRICTIONS AND FIRM-LEVEL EXPORT DYNAMICS

With Magnus Buus, Jakob Munch and Georg Schaur

DECOMPOSING THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON AGGREGATE SKILL DEMAND: PLANT-LEVEL EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA (pdf, October 2018)

With Hiro Kasahara and Yawen Liang