Research

Research interests

International trade, Innovation, Firm performance, Trade Policy

Refereed Journals

• Eisaa, Y. and Zaki, C. (2025). Leveraging Global Value Chains for Innovation: the case of SMEs. Journal of International Economics, part of the Special Issue on Technology and Trade: micro/macro heterogeneity (forthcoming).

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Blogs

• 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

Work in progress

• GVCs and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from MENA (IDOS project)

• On Trade Agreements and GVCs: Do MSME Provisions Matter? co-authored with Chahir Zaki

• RTAs and GVC Knowledge Spillovers co-authored with Chahir Zaki