Work in Pampers

 Working Papers

“Do Deep Trade Agreements' Provisions Actually Increase -or Decrease- Trade and/or FDI?” with Jeffrey Bergstrand
CESifo Working Paper No. 11526
[Slides]
[The line: Some DTA provisions actually deter trade and enhance FDI, and viceversa!]
Submitted

“The Multinational Revenue, Employment, and Investment Database (MREID) ” with Saad Ahmad, Jeffrey Bergstrand, and Heather Wickramarachi
USITC Economics Working Paper 2023-11-B
[PDF] [Slides] [Dataset (USITC gravity portal)]
[The line: MREID provides consistent information on international and domestic revenue, employment, and investment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) for a large number of countries and industries.]

“Phantom FDI ” with Saad Ahmad, Jeffrey Bergstrand, and Heather Wickramarachi
[PDF]

“Forced Migration and Food Crises” with Carril-Caccia, F., & Suárez-Varela, M.
Bank of Spain Working Paper No 2227,
[2022 INFER Policy Research Award. Media coverage: VoxEU Column; SUERF Policy Brief; Bank of Spain Economic Bulletin ]
[The line: Even mild food crises correlate with forced migration, but not severe ones (moving is costly) ] [pdf] [Slides]
Revision Requested at the Journal of Population Economics

“Mind the gaps: Gender complementarities in migration and FDI” with Carril-Caccia, F., & Cuadros, A.
Working Papers 2402, Department of Applied Economics II, Universidad de Valencia
[The line: Gender migration matters, we calculate the male-female elasticity of substitution for OECD countries! ] [pdf] [Slides]
Submitted

Work in Progress

“Economic complexity and trade”  
[The line: A gravity model for the effect of economic complexity and trade] [Slides]

“The Welfare Effects of International Commercial Law Reform ” with Myburgh, A.
[The line: How trade law affects welfare] [Slides]

“Cross-border insolvency ”
[PDF]