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
Trade Credit and Relationships (with F. Benguria and T. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, October 2023) Submitted
- Other versions: [CESifo Working Paper No. 10465]
Diversion Risk, Markups, and the Financing Cost Advantage of Trade Credit (with S. Justel and T. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, February 2023) R&R AEJ Macro
- Other versions: [CESifo Working Paper No. 7600]
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
Cities, Heterogeneous Firms, and Trade (with J. David Bakker, A. Potlogea, N. Voigtlander, and Y. Yang, April 2021)
- Other versions: [NBER WP# 28309]
- Additional Materials: [Online Appendix]
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