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My research explores three themes in international economics: global value chains and firm production networks; firm productivity, innovation, and management practices; and financial frictions in international trade and investment.
In 2024-2029, I am pursuing a research program on Firm Network Technology (the activities and costs of network formation) and Technology in Firm Networks (the impact of firm links on innovation), under ERC/UKRI Advanced Grant FIRMTECHNET.
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Working Papers
Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks
​​November 2021. CEPR DP 19408. Under review (with Hanwei Huang, Oscar Perello and Frank Pisch)
Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports
April 2022. CEPR DP 18637. R&R Journal of International Economics (with Robin Kaiji Gong, Yao Amber Li and Stephen Teng Sun)
UK Trade in the Wake of Brexit
​​April 2022. CEP DP 1847. (with Rebecca Freeman, Thomas Prayer and Thomas Sampson)
Featured in Financial Times, The Economist, BBC, SkyNews, Independent, Telegraph, Bloomberg, CEPR E-book & podcast.
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ERC/UKRI Advanced Grant FIRMTECHNET:
Firm Network Technology &
Technology in Firm Networks
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Trade Intermediation in Global Production Networks
​With Andreas Moxnes and Oscar Perelló
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The Logic of Logistics: Endogenous Trade Costs in E-Commerce
​With Chunmian Ge, Hanwei Huang and Daniel Xu
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Risky Business: Export Finance Insurance and Trade
​With Magnus Buus, Thilo Kroeger and Jakob Munch
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Multinational Firms and Global Innovation
​With Anna Gumpert, Cristina Rujan and Monika Schnitzer
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Fragmentation, Tasks and Inequality in Production Networks
​With Jan Bakker, Arnaud Dyevre, Andreas Moxnes and Aureo de Paula
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Going Green: Multinational Activity and Environmental Practices
​With Jeronimo Carballo, Claudia Steinwender and Christian Volpe