Research

Working Papers

• "US Inequality in the 1980s: The Tokyo Round Trade Liberalization and the Swiss Formula   (Revisions Requested: The Review of Economics and Statistics, April 2024)

-with James Lake and John Lopresti

• "Trade Policy as an Exogenous Shock: Focusing on the Specifics.,"  (Under Review. Updated March 2024)  

-with John Lopresti

Support:  Upjohn Institute ECRA, NSF #2314696

• "The GATT vs Inflation: Tokyo Drift,"    (Updated: June 2023)

-with James Lake and John Lopresti

• "Aggregate and Firm Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, In Real Time.," (May 2020)

-with Laura Alfaro, Anusha Chari, and Peter K. Schott.

Press:  Financial Times (6.9.2020); Bank Underground (6.9.2020); Macrohive (4.8.2020)

Pre-Published:  COVID-19 Economics, Issue 4. 14 April 2020

• "Trade in the House: Import Exposure and the Politics of Trade.,"   

-with Jackson Howell and John Lopresti

Grants

 Tariffs and Economic Development in the USA: New Evidence from a New Dataset of US Product-Level Tariffs, 1789 - Present

Published Articles

• "Import Exposure and Human Capital Adjustment: Evidence from the U.S.," with John Lopresti. (online appendix)

Journal of International Economics, 100, pp. 50-60, May 2016.

• "Import Competition and Internal Migration.," with John Lopresti and Peter McHenry  (online appendix)  

Review of Economics and Statistics, 101, pp. 44-59, March 2019.

• "Exports, Investment and Policy Uncertainty.," with Mihai Ion and John Lopresti.

Canadian Journal of Economics, 52, No. 3,  August 2019 

• "Using Equity Markets to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization.," with Mihai Ion, John Lopresti, and Peter K. Schott

   Journal of International Economics, Accepted February 2024

Work in Progress

• Trade Networks

-with Will Olney

Projects in Hiatus

• "Teaching Profit Maximization: A Historical MLB Draft and Simulation Exercise."

• "Learning About Product Quality: Automotive Recalls and Country Reputations."