Bedassa Tadesse, Ph.D.

Research

Publications

Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

[2025]. Bedassa Tadesse, Elias Shurkralla, and Bichaka Fayissa. “Laws, Aid, and Change: The Effect of Gender-Mainstreamed Aid on Legal Provisions Shaping Women’s Economic Opportunities.” Economies. 13(2): 36.

[2024]. Bedassa Tadesse, and Roger White. “Beyond Borders: " The Effects of Immigrants on Value Added Trade.” Economies. 12(9): 222.

[2024]. Bedassa Tadesse. Elias Shukrall, Bichaka Fayissa. “Does Mainstreamed Aid Advance Gender Parity? Insights from Empirical Evidence.” Economies. 12(8): 192.

[2024]. Bedassa Tadesse. “The Impacts of the African Growth Opportunity Act on the Economic Performances of Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Comprehensive Review.” Sci. 6(14): 1-13.

[2021]. Bedassa Tadesse, Bichaka Fayissa, and Elias Shukralla. “Infrastructure, Trade Costs, and Aid for Trade: The Imperatives for African Economies.” Journal of African Development. 22(1): 38-77.

[2019]. Bedassa Tadesse, Elias Shukralla, and Bichaka Faissa. "Institutional Quality and the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade. Applied Economics. 31(39): 4233-4254.

[2019]. Bedassa Tadesse and Roger White. “Economic Integration Agreements, Immigrants and Trade Costs, Review of World Economics. 155:353–406.

[2017]. Bedassa Tadesse, Elias Shukralla and Bichaka Fayissa. “Are Bilateral and Multilateral Aid for Trade Complementary? The World Economy, 40 (10): 155(2): 2125-2152.

[2017]. Bedassa Tadesse, Roger White and H. Zhwhuang. “Does China’s Trade Defy Cultural Barriers?” International Review of Applied Economics, 31(3): 398-428.

[2016]. Bedassa Tadesse and Roger White. “Immigrants, Cultural Differences, and Trade Costs” International Migration. 55(1): 51-74.

More Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

[2016]. “Do Immigrants affect the Profile of U.S. Exporters?” Applied Economics, 48(19): 1743-1758. With R. White.

[2015]. “Production Efficiency and the Extensive Margins of U.S. Exporters: An Industry-level Analysis” Open Economies Review, 26(5): 941-969. With R. White and E. Shukralla.

[2015]. “Do Immigrants Reduce Bilateral Trade Costs? An Empirical Test” Applied Economics Letters, 22 (14): 1127-1132. With R. White

[2013]. “The Impact of FDI on Horizontal Export Diversification: Empirical Evidence” Applied Economics, 45(2): 141-159. With E. Shukralla.

[2013]. “Do African Immigrants Enhance their Home Nations’ Trade with their Hosts? Journal of Developing Areas, 47(2):199-228. With R. White

[2012]. “Immigrants and International Trade in Services? The Case of U.S. Tourism Exports" International Journal of Tourism Research, 14(6):576-585. With R. White

[2011]. “Tourism and Economic Growth in Latin American Countries: Further Empirical Evidence” Tourism Economics, 17(6):1365-1373. With Fayissa, B. C. Nsiah

[2011]. “Emigrant Effects on Bilateral Trade: Reexamining the Immigrant-Trade Link from the Home Country Perspective” The Eastern Economic Journal, 37(2): 289- 310. With R. White

[2010]. “Does Cultural Distance Hinder Trade in Goods? A Comparative Study of Nine OECD Member Nations” Open Economies Review, 21(2): 237-261. With R. White.

[2010]. “The Effects of Refugee and non-Refugee Immigrants on US Trade with their Home Countries” The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 19(2):289-317. With R. White

[2010]. “Cultural Distance as a Determinant of Bilateral Trade Flows: Do Immigrants Counter the Effect of Cultural Differences? Applied Economic Letters, 17(2): 147-152. With R. White.

[2009] “Volatility in Exchange Rate Components and the Volume of International Trade”, The International Trade Journal. 23(2): 110-141.

[2008].“Cultural Distance and the U.S. Immigrant- Trade Link” The World Economy, 31(8):1078-1096. With R. White

[2008]. “Do Immigrants counter the Effect of Cultural Distance on Trade? Evidence from U.S. State Level Exports” The Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(6): 2304-2316. With R. White.

[2008]. “Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Results From the U.S. 2006 Social Capital Survey of One Community” Journal of Social Science & Medicine, 67(4): 606-617. With J. Schultz and M. O’Brien

[2008]. “The Impact of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on U.S. Imports From Sub- Saharan Africa” Journal of International Development, 20(7): 920-941. With B. Fayissa.

[2008]. “ The Impact of Tourism on Economic Growth and Development in Africa ” Tourism Economics, 14(4): 807-818. With C. Nsiah and B. Fayissa.

[2008]. “Immigrants, Cultural Distance and U.S. State-Level Exports of Cultural Goods” The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 19(3):331-348. With R. White.

[2007]. “Immigration Policy, Cultural Pluralism and Trade: Evidence from the White Australia Policy” Pacific Economic Review, (Special Issue) 12(4): 485- 509. With R. White.

[2005]. “Export Platforms and Industry-Specific FDI-Trade Relationship” Journal of Economic Integration, 20(4): 644-671. With M. Ryan.

[2004]. “Host Market Characteristics, FDI and the FDI- Trade Relationship” Journal of International Trade and Development Economics, 13(2): 119-229. With M. Ryan.

Books and Book Chapters:

[2011]. International Migration and Economic Integration: Understanding the Immigrant-Trade Link, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA. With R. White

[2009]. Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Exchange Rate Volatility: An Empirical Examination of the Relationships, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Köln, Germany.

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