My current research explores three themes in international economics: the impact of financial frictions on international trade and investment; the role of firm heterogeneity in productivity, product quality and management practices; and the determinants and consequences of global value chains.
Working Papers
The Origins of Firm Heterogeneity: A Production Network Approach
August 2018. NBER Working Paper 25441. CEPR Working Paper. Revision requsted by Journal of Political Economy. (with Andrew Bernard, Emmanuel Dhyne, Glenn Magerman and Andreas Moxnes)
Trade, Productivity, and (Mis)allocation
August 2018. CEPR Working Paper. Under review. (with Antoine Berthou, Jong Hyun Chung and Charlotte Sandoz)
Growing like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position
June 2020. NBER Working Paper 27795. CEPR Working Paper. Under review. (with Davin Chor and Zhihong Yu)
Work in Progress
Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks
With Hanwei Huang and Frank Pisch
Multinational Firms and Global Innovation
With Anna Gumpert, Cristina Rujan and Monika Schnitzer