Research Interests
Research Interests
International Trade (with emphasis on international trade agreements)
Political Economy (with emphasis on the relationship between politics and trade policy)
Industrial Organization (with emphasis on partnerships and theories of the firm)
My Google Scholar citation page
Main Publications
(If for any reason you cannot retrieve copies of the papers below, please
send me an e-mail and I will send a copy to you.)
"Sequential
Exporting"
(with
Facundo Albornoz,
Hector
Calvo-Pardo and Gregory Corcos)
Journal of International Economics,
forthcoming. Online Appendix
Economic Journal,
forthcoming
"The
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Impact on Trade Flows and External Trade Barriers"
(with
Hector Calvo-Pardo and
Caroline Freund) In Robert J. Barro & Jong-Wha Lee (eds.), Costs
and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia, Oxford University Press,
157-186, 2011
"Regional
Trade Agreements"
(with
Caroline Freund)
"Does Regionalism Affect Trade Liberalization towards Non-Members?"
(with
Caroline Freund and Antoni Estevadeordal)
Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(4), 1531-1575, November 2008
"Feasible Multilateralism and the Effects of Regionalism"
"Trade Liberalization, Outsourcing, and the Hold Up Problem"
(with
John Turner)
"Efficient Dissolution of Partnerships and the Structure of Control"
(with
John Turner)
"Exchanging Market Access at the Outsiders' Expense - the Case of Customs Unions"
"Rent Destruction and the Political Viability of Free Trade Agreements"
"Endogenous Free Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System"
"Trade Creating Free Trade Areas and the Undermining of Multilateralism"
Annual Review of Economics 2, 139-167, September 2010
Journal of International Economics 74(1),
202-224, January 2008
Games and Economic Behavior 60(1), 187-199, July 2007
Canadian Journal of Economics 40(1), 207-224, February 2007
Quarterly Journal of Economics 120(4), 1475-1506, November 2005.
Appendix
Journal of International Economics 67(2), 471-497, December 2005
European Economic Review 49(7), 1717-1735, October 2005
Working Papers
"Free Trade
Agreements and the Consolidation of Democracy"
(with
Xuepeng Liu)
"Institutions
and Export Dynamics"
(with
Luis Araujo and
Giordano Mion)
"Unbundling Ownership and Control"
(with Daniel Ferreira and
John Turner)
Revision
requested by the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
"Preferential Trade
Agreements and the Labor Market"
"Trust-Based Trade"
(with
Luis Araujo)
"Political Competition and the Strategic Adoption of Free Trade Agreements"
Work in Progress
"Are More Political Parties Better than Fewer?" (with Alexandre B. Cunha)
"Do Speed Cameras Reduce Traffic Accidents and Fatalities?" (with Daniela Ornelas and Marcelo Mello)
"Supply and Demand Shocks in Brazil" (with Carlos A. Rezende) [retired]
Other Publications &
Writings
"Free
Trade Agreements and the Consolidation of Democracy," with
Xuepeng Liu
VoxEU, May
2011
WTO Discussion forum: World Trade Report 2011, April 2011 [a shorter, modified version]
"Regional trade
agreements: Blessing or burden?" with
Caroline Freund
CentrePiece,
CEP Magazine, 16-19, Summer 2010
VoxEU, June
2010 [a shorter, modified
version]
"Regionalism
Worries?"
(with
Caroline Freund and Antoni Estevadeordal)
VoxEU,
July 2008
"The
Performance of Brazil in the WTO's Dispute Resolution System"
(with
Diana Bello) (in Portuguese)
EconomiA
9(2), 265-284, May/August 2008
"Taxation in the Brazilian Construction Sector: a Redistributive Instrument?" (in Portuguese)
Brazilian Journal of Business Economics (Revista Brasileira de Economia de Empresas)
5(2), 7-19, July/December 2005. Abstract
"Lower Indirect Taxes in the Brazilian Agricultural Sector: Who Gains? Who Loses?" (in Portuguese)
Brazilian Journal of Applied Economics (Economia Aplicada)
5(3), 569-599, September 2001. Abstract
Articles on
"Autarky," "Production
Possibilities," "Trade
Barriers," "Brazil"
and "European
Union."
In Syed Hussain (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Capitalism. New York: Facts On File, 2004.