I teach Economics 333 Special Topics in International Trade and Economics 231 Intermediate Microeconomics in the Fall of 2008. Here is a link to the seminar series in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University.
My research is in international trade, firm heterogeneity, and applied econometrics.
Here are my CV,
IDEAS page and a picture.
Current Research
Foreign Direct Investment, Exports and Aggregate Productivity (July 2008)This paper presents and estimates a model of foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports
with heterogeneous firms. The model highlights the interaction between firms’ location and
export decisions and their effect on aggregate productivity and welfare. The model is estimated
using plant-level Indonesian manufacturing data. The results are broadly consistent
with the pattern of productivity, exports and FDI across plants. Counterfactual experiments
suggest that there are substantial productivity gains due to international trade and
FDI. They emphasize that evaluating the substitutability and complementarity of trade and
FDI is crucial to determining the aggregate effects of trade and FDI policy. The supplemental appendix is available here.
Forthcoming Papers
Does the Use of Imported Intermediates Increase Productivity? Plant-Level Evidence , Journal of Development Economics, 2008, with Hiroyuki Kasahara. This is a copy of the working paper. This paper examines whether importing intermediate goods improves plant performance.
While addressing the issue of simultaneous productivity shocks and decisions to import
intermediates, we estimate the impact foreign intermediates have on plants’ productivity
using plant-level Chilean manufacturing panel data. Across different estimators, we find
evidence that becoming an importer of foreign intermediates improves productivity.
