Octavio ESCOBAR

Research interests

International trade, foreign direct investment, productivity, informality, regional inequalities.

Publications

What Policies to Combat Labor Informality? Evidence from Mexico. Applied Economics, Vol. 51(38): 4176-4190 (with S. Dougherty).

Multinational Enterprises, Local Firms, and Employee Human Rights Violation in the Workplace: Evidence from Mexico. Multinational Business Review, Vol. 47(3): 247-265 (with A. Colovic, O. Lamotte & P-X. Meschi).

An Analytical Framework for Retailer Price and Advertising Decisions for Products with Temperature-Sensitive Demand. Applied Economics, Vol. 51(52): 5683-5693 (with R. Chenavaz & X. Rousset).

Convenience pricing in online retailing: Evidence from Amazon.com. Economic Modelling, Vol. 70, 2018 (with R. Chenavaz, J. Drouard & B. Karoubi)

The impact of technological change on employment: The case of press digitisation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 128, 2018 (with C. Aubert-Tarby & T. Rayna)

Setting the scene: An overview of Costa Rica’s productivity performance. In OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica: Research Findings on Productivity. OECD Publishing, 2018 (with L. Meehan). 

Could Mexico Become the 'New China'? Policy Drivers of Competitiveness and Productivity.  European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2016 (with S. Dougherty) [Article] 

Spatial spillovers in Mexico's labour productivity. Revue d'économie régionale & urbaine, n° 5/2016 [Article] 

Institutional Distance and Foreign Direct Investment. Review of World Economics, Vol. 151, Issue 4, 2015 (with R. Cezar) [Article]

Population distribution, effective area and economic growth. Applied Economics, Vol. 47, Issue 53, 2015 (with R. Chenavaz) [Article]

The influence of OPEC membership on economic development: A transaction cost comparative approach. Research in International Business and Finance Vol. 33, 2015 (with A. Le Chaffotec) [Article] 

The Determinants of Informality in Mexico's States. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1043, OECD Publishing, 2013 (with S. Dougherty) [Article]

Foreign direct investment (FDI) determinants and spatial spillovers across Mexico's states. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development Vol. 22, Issue 7, 2013 [Article]

Effective area as a measure of land factor. Economics Bulletin, Vol. 32, Issue 3, 2012 (with R. Chenavaz) [Article]

The (un)lucky neighbour: Differences in export performance across Mexico's states. Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 89, Issue 4, 2010 [Article]