Journal Articles
“Growth and Risk: The View from International Trade.” With P. Krishna, A. Levcheko, and L. Ma, Journal of International Economics, 2023.
“Proximity to the Frontier, Markups, and the Response of Innovation to Foreign Competition: Evidence from Matched Production-Innovation Surveys in Chile.” with A. Garcia Marin and A. Cusolito, American Economic Review Insights, 2022.
"Engineering Growth" with F. Valencia Caicedo, Journal of the European Economics Association, forthcoming.
“Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia” with L. Iacovone and D. McKenzie, Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
“Social Distancing and Economic Activity during COVID-19: A Global View” with T. Taskin, COVID Economics, 2020.
“Income Mobility and Welfare in Developing Countries” with T. Krebs and P. Krishna, World Bank Economic Review, 2019.
"Industrial Policy, Information, and Government Capacity,” with G. Nayyar, World Bank Research Observer, 2018.
“Why Don’t Poor Countries Do R&D?” with E. Goñi, European Economic Review, 2017.
"Convergence to the Managerial Frontier" with M. Sarrias, Journal of Economic and Organizational Behavior, 2017.
"The Persistence of (Subnational) Fortune," with F. Valencia, Economic Journal, 2017.
“Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing; An Application to Occupational Allocation in Sub-Saharan Africa” With B. Rijkers, M. Sarrias, P. Falco, Journal of Economic and Organizational Behavior, 2015.
"Trade Liberalization, Labor Reforms and Formal-Informal Labor Employment Dynamics" with M. Bosch, Mariano & E. Goñi-Pacchioni, Labour Economics, 2012.
"Does Formality Improve Micro-Firm Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES program," with P. Fajnyzlber and G. Montes, Journal of Development Economics, 2010.
“Trade Policy, Income Risk and Welfare” with T. Krebs and P. Krishna, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010.
"Labor Dynamics in Developing Countries: Comparative Analysis using Continuous Time Markov Processes " in Labour Economics, 2010.
“Does Formality Improve Micro-Firm Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES program ” with P. Fajnyzlber and G. Montes, Journal of Development Economics 2010.
"Informal Self Employment and Macroeconomic Fluctuations” with N. Fiess, M. Fugazza, Journal of Development Economics, 2010.
“The Missing Resource Curse” with D. Lederman, Economia 2008.
“ Can Foreign Lobbying Enhance Development? The Case of Tourism in the Caribbean ," with K. Gawande and G. Montes, Journal of Development Economics, 2007.
“Releasing Constraints to Growth or Pushing on a String? Policies and Performance of Mexican Micro-Firms " with P. Fajnzylber and G. Montes, Journal of Development Studies(forthcoming).
“Innovation Shortfalls” with A. Rodriguez Clare, Review of Development Economics 2007.
“Micro-Firm Dynamics in Less Developed Countries: How Similar Are They to Those in the Industrialized World? Evidence from Mexico ” with P. Fajnzybler and G. Montes Rojas, World Bank Economic Review, 2006.
“Toward an Efficient Innovation Policy in Latin America”/ “Hacia una Politica Eficiente de Innovación en America Latina” with G. Perry, ECLAC/CEPAL Review, 2005.
“Spatial Dimensions of Trade Liberalization and Economic Convergence: Mexico 1985–2002 ” with P. Aroca and M. Bosch. World Bank Economic Review, 2005.
“Migration, Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico ,” with P. Aroca, World Bank Economic Review, 2005
“Labor Demand and Trade Liberalization in Latin America ” with P. Fajnzylber, Journal of International Economics, 2005.
“How Elastic are Sea, Sand and Sun? Dynamic Panel Estimates of the Demand for Tourism” with G. Montes, Applied Economics Letters, 2005.
"Who Suffered in the Mexican Crisis 1994-95, an Application of Quantile Analysis” with W. Cunningham and M. Bosch, World Bank Economic Review, 2004.
“Informality Revisited” World Development, 2004. Earlier version “Informalidad” in special issue on informality in El Mercado de Valores, Nacional Financiera, Mexico City, 2000.
“Missed Opportunities: Innovation and Resource Based Growth in Latin America ” Economía, 2002. In Spanish in G. Lagos ed. Mineria y Desarrollo, Foro en Economia de Minerales, vol III., 2005. Also in Lederman and Maloney eds. Natural Resources: Neither Curse Nor Destiny, 2006.
“Second Moments in Speculative Attack Models: Panel Evidence ” with A. Galindo, Journal of International Economics, 2002.
“Self-Employment and Labor Turnover: Cross-Country Evidence” Economists Forum, 2001 World Bank.
“Heterogeneity in Informal Self-Employment: An Application of Factor and Cluster Analysis ,” with W. Cunningham, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002.
“Does Informality Imply Segmentation in Urban Labor Markets? Evidence from Sectoral Transitions in Mexico ,” World Bank Economic Review, vol 13, 1999.
“Exchange Rate Uncertainty and the Law of One Price,” Review of International Economics, Vol 7 1999.
“Financial and Capital Market Liberalization in the Pacific Basin: Korea and Taiwan during the 1980s,” with M. Chinn, International Economic Journal, Spring, 1998. Also National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #5814.
“Emerging Equity Markets: Are They for Real?,” with K. Hargis, Journal of Financial Research, 1997.
“Testing Capital Account Liberalization Without Forward Rates: Another Look at Chile 1979-1982,” Journal of Development Economics. 1997. Also in Revista del Banco Central de Venezuela, Vol 7, 1992.
“Neo-Liberalism and Income Distribution in Latin America” with W. Baer, World Development, 1997. Also in Spanish in the Revista Paraguaya de Sociología (Paraguay) and in German in the RADEIN Papers, Marburg, (Germany), Revista de Política Económica (Brazil).
“Trade Reform, Uncertainty and Export Promotion: Mexico, 1982-1988” with R. Azevedo, Journal of Development Economics, 1995. Also in Spanish in Coyuntura Económica, (Colombia), 1992.
“Optimal Sequencing of Credible Reforms with Uncertain Outcomes,” with J. P. Conley, Journal of Development Economics, 1995, pp. 151-166.