WORKING PAPERS
"Trademark Protection and International Firms" (with Laura Alfaro, Ge Bao, Junjie Hong, and Claudia Steinwender)
Revise & resubmit, Journal of Political Economy
"The Battle over Knowledge: Multinationals, Diffusion, and Governance" (with Laura Alfaro and Beata Javorcik)
Revise & resubmit, Journal of Economic Literature
"Stand Out from the Millions: Market Congestion and Information Friction on Global E-Commerce Platforms" (with Jie Bai, Jin Liu, Xiaosheng Mu, and Daniel Yi Xu)
Review of Economics and Statistics, conditionally accepted
"Automation without Borders: The Impacts of Generative AI on International Service Outsourcing" (with Neha Betai)
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
"Can Evidence-Based Information Shift Preferences towards Trade Policy?" (with Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming
"Geography of Foreign Direct Investment"
Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade, edited by Priyaranjan Jha and Devashish Mitra, Elgar Publishing, May 2026.
"Good from Far, Far from Good: The Impacts of the 2016 Female Labor Reform in Iran" (with Ebad Ebadi)
Journal of Development Economics, 178, January 2026. (VoxDev)
"The Value of Reputation in Trade: Evidence from Alibaba" (with Min Wu)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 103 (5), 2021, 857–873.
"Geographic Connectivity and Cross-border Investment: The Belts, Roads, and Skies" (with Chuanhao Lin)
Journal of Development Economics 146, September 2020.
"Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms" (with Laura Alfaro)
Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation, edited by Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga, Oxford University Press, 2019
"Foreign Rivals are Coming to Town: Responding to the Threat of Foreign Multinational Entry" (with Cathy Ge Bao), Online Appendix
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10(4), 2018, 120-57.
"Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production" (with Laura Alfaro),
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10(2), Lead Article, 2018, 1-38.
"Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment" (with Laura Alfaro)
Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, edited by Bruce Blonigen and Wesley Wilson. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
"The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms" (with Laura Alfaro), NBER working paper #15576
Journal of International Economics 94(2), 2014, pp. 263-376 (VoxEU)
"The Matching of Heterogeneous Firms and Politicians"
Economic Inquiry 51(2), 2013, pp. 1502-1522
"Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance" (with Laura Alfaro)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4(3), 2012, pp. 30-55
"Interdependence in Multinational Production Networks"
Canadian Journal of Economics 44(3), 2011, pp. 930-956
"Patent Protection and Strategic Delays in Technology Development: Implications for Economic Growth" (with Murat Iyigun)
Southern Economic Journal 78(1), 2011, pp. 211-232
"Third-Country Effects on the Formation of Free Trade Agreements" (with Sumit Joshi)
Journal of International Economics 82(2), 2010, pp. 238-248
"Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms" (with Michael Moore)
Journal of International Economics 80(2), 2010, pp. 188-199
"Regional Economic Integration and Geographic Concentration of Multinational Firms"
European Economic Review 53(3), 2009, pp. 355-375
"Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?" (with Aaditya Mattoo)
Canadian Journal of Economics 41(3), 2008, pp. 838-863
"Trademark Protection and International Firms" (with Laura Alfaro, Ge Bao, Junjie Hong, and Claudia Steinwender)
Revise & resubmit, Journal of Political Economy
"The Battle over Knowledge: Multinationals, Diffusion, and Governance" (with Laura Alfaro and Beata Javorcik)
Revise & resubmit, Journal of Economic Literature
"Stand Out from the Millions: Market Congestion and Information Friction on Global E-Commerce Platforms" (with Jie Bai, Jin Liu, Xiaosheng Mu, and Daniel Yi Xu)
Review of Economics and Statistics, conditionally accepted
"Automation without Borders: The Impacts of Generative AI on International Service Outsourcing" (with Neha Betai)
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
"Can Evidence-Based Information Shift Preferences towards Trade Policy?" (with Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming
"Geography of Foreign Direct Investment"
Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade, edited by Priyaranjan Jha and Devashish Mitra, Elgar Publishing, May 2026.
"Good from Far, Far from Good: The Impacts of the 2016 Female Labor Reform in Iran" (with Ebad Ebadi)
Journal of Development Economics, 178, January 2026. (VoxDev)
"The Value of Reputation in Trade: Evidence from Alibaba" (with Min Wu)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 103 (5), 2021, 857–873.
"Geographic Connectivity and Cross-border Investment: The Belts, Roads, and Skies" (with Chuanhao Lin)
Journal of Development Economics 146, September 2020.
"Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms" (with Laura Alfaro)
Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation, edited by Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga, Oxford University Press, 2019
"Foreign Rivals are Coming to Town: Responding to the Threat of Foreign Multinational Entry" (with Cathy Ge Bao), Online Appendix
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10(4), 2018, 120-57.
"Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production" (with Laura Alfaro),
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 10(2), Lead Article, 2018, 1-38.
"Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment" (with Laura Alfaro)
Handbook of International Trade and Transportation, edited by Bruce Blonigen and Wesley Wilson. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
"The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms" (with Laura Alfaro), NBER working paper #15576
Journal of International Economics 94(2), 2014, pp. 263-376 (VoxEU)
"The Matching of Heterogeneous Firms and Politicians"
Economic Inquiry 51(2), 2013, pp. 1502-1522
"Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance" (with Laura Alfaro)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4(3), 2012, pp. 30-55
"Interdependence in Multinational Production Networks"
Canadian Journal of Economics 44(3), 2011, pp. 930-956
"Patent Protection and Strategic Delays in Technology Development: Implications for Economic Growth" (with Murat Iyigun)
Southern Economic Journal 78(1), 2011, pp. 211-232
"Third-Country Effects on the Formation of Free Trade Agreements" (with Sumit Joshi)
Journal of International Economics 82(2), 2010, pp. 238-248
"Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms" (with Michael Moore)
Journal of International Economics 80(2), 2010, pp. 188-199
"Regional Economic Integration and Geographic Concentration of Multinational Firms"
European Economic Review 53(3), 2009, pp. 355-375
"Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?" (with Aaditya Mattoo)
Canadian Journal of Economics 41(3), 2008, pp. 838-863
