Research

Research interests

International trade, Innovation, Firm performance, Trade Policy

Refereed Journals

• Brodeur, A., Valenta, D., Marcoci, A., … Zozoungbo, C. (2026). AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only teams in assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(22), e2524747123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524747123

• Brodeur, A., Mikola, D., Cook, N. et al. (2026). Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research. Nature 652, 151–156. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x

• Eisaa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2025). Leveraging Global Value Chains for Innovation: the case of SMEs. International Economics 182, 10599

• Eissa, Y. and  Zaki, C. (2023). On GVC and innovation: the moderating role of policy. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. vol. 50(1): 49-71

Working Papers

1. Eissa, Y., & Atallah, S. (2026). The role of trade in gender equality and climate action: The case of North Africa (Trade for Development Scoping Series). International Development Research Centre (IDRC) & Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. 

2. Eissa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2026), "Making Trade Policy Innovation Friendly: What Role of Trade Agreements?" ERF Working Paper No. 1825 (submitted)

3. Eissa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2025) “Competitiveness vs. Compliance: How Trade Provisions Affect MSMEs in Global Value Chains?”, EMANES Working Paper No. 77 (accepted)

4. Eissa (2024). GVCs and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from MENA. ERF working paper no. 1730 (submitted)

5. Brodeur, A., Mikola, D., & Cook, N. et al. (2024). Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope.

6. Eissa, Y.; Rosmer, P.; Yap, L. (2023). A Comment on The Common-Probability Auction Puzzle (2023), I4R Discussion Paper Series, No. 74, Institute for Replication (I4R), s.l.

7. Eissa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2023). GVC and Innovation: Evidence from MENA Firm-Level Data. ERF Working Paper no. 1672 

8. Eissa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2022). On GVC and Innovation: What is at Stake? ERF working paper no. 1589

Blogs

• The role of trade in gender equality and climate action: The case of North Africa [Policy brief]. Trade for Development Scoping Series, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) & Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, with Samer Atallah.

• Global value chains, wages, and skills in MENA countries. The ERF Forum

• Global value chains and domestic innovation: Evidence from MENA firms. The ERF Forum, with Chahir Zaki