Research
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Proximity to the Frontier, Markups, and the Response of Innovation to Foreign Competition: Evidence from Matched Production-Innovation Surveys in Chile (with A. P. Cusolito and W. F. Maloney, 2023) American Economic Review: Insights, 5(1), 35–54.
- Other versions: [Publisher link] [World Bank Policy Research Working Paper # 9757]
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
- VoxEU (November, 2021)
Exporting and Plant-Level Efficiency Gains: It's in the Measure (with N. Voigtlander, 2019) Journal of Political Economy, 127(4), 1777–1825.
- Other versions: NBER WP# 19033
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
- Featured: NBER Digest, August 2013.
Commodity Shocks and Poverty in Chile (with R. Álvarez and S. Ilabaca, 2021) Resources Policy, Volume 70, March, 101177.
- Other versions: [January, 2018]
Constitutional Rights and Education: An International Comparative Study (with S. Edwards, 2015). Journal of Comparative Economics, 43:4, 938–955.
- Other versions: [NBER WP# 20475] , [March 2015]
- Featured: Diario Financiero
- VoxEU (January, 2015).
R&D and Productivity: A Two Way Avenue? (with C. Bravo-Ortega, 2011). World Development, 39:7, 1090-1107.
WORKING PAPERS
Cities, Heterogeneous Firms, and Trade (with J. David Bakker, A. Potlogea, N. Voigtlander, and Y. Yang, April 2024) Submitted
- Other versions: [NBER WP# 28309]
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
Employment Concentration and Labor Market Power (with A. Castillo and M. Tapia, April 2024)
Market Power and Development (with M. Eslava and J. Messina, April 2024)
Inequality and Market Power in Latin America and the Caribbean (with M. Eslava and J. Messina, March 2024) Submitted
- Other versions: [IDB WP# 01535]
Diversion Risk, Markups, and the Financing Cost Advantage of Trade Credit (with S. Justel and T. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, March 2024) R&R AEJ Macro
- Other versions: [CESifo Working Paper No. 7600]
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
Trade Credit and Relationships (with F. Benguria and T. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, October 2023) Submitted
- Other versions: [CESifo Working Paper No. 10465]
Product-Level Productivity and Core Competence in Multi-Product Plants (with N. Voigtländer, January 2017)
The U.S. Debt Restructuring of 1933: Consequences and Lessons (with S. Edwards and F. Longstaff, December 2016)
- Other versions: [NBER WP# 21694]
Income Distribution, Quality Sorting, and Trade (November 2014)
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
OTHER PAPERS (mostly policy papers for Chile)
Demand and Firm Performance: Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Transactions (December 2021). In Spanish.
Recent Trends in Productivity and Market Power in the Chilean Manufacturing Industry (August 2021).
High-Growth Firms and Productivity: Micro Evidence from Chile (with M. Canales, 2019), Estudios Públicos, 153 (Verano), 57-93. In Spanish.
Education and Constitutional Rights (with S. Edwards, 2015). Estudios Públicos, 139 (Invierno), 67-104. In Spanish
- Featured: Diario Pulso
Productivity, Innovation, and Exports in the Chilean Manufacturing Industry (with R. Alvarez, 2010), El Trimestre Economico, 77:1, 155-184. In Spanish.
Forecasting Inflation in Chile With an Accurate Benchmark (with P. Pincheira, 2012), El Trimestre Economico, 79:1, 85-123. In Spanish
Oil Shocks and Inflation The Case Of Chile and a Sample of Industrial Countries (with P. Pincheira, 2007), Economia Chilena, 10:1, 5-36. In Spanish