Fernando Parro 

Professor of Economics                            

I am  Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester.

I am also a Research Associate at the NBER, an Associate Editor at the Economic Journal, and a Senior Associate Editor at Economics Letters.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. My research focuses on international trade and spatial economics.

Contact:

Email: fernando.parro@rochester.edu

Phone: (202) 812 5314

Working Papers

Spatial Dynamics, January2025,

 (with Klaus Desmet)

Prepared for the Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Volume VI, edited by Dave Donaldson and Stephen Redding

NBER WP #33443

Learning and Expectations in Dynamic Spatial Economies  (Supplementary Appendix),

 (with Jingting Fan and Sungwan Hong)

NBER WP #31504

Reciprocity and the China Shock,    

 (with Chad Bown, Lorenzo Caliendo, Robert Staiger, and Alan Sykes)

NBER WP #32835

Mechanics of Spatial Growth, 

 (with Sheng Cai, Lorenzo Caliendo, and Wei Xiang)

NBER WP #30579

Voluntary Emission Restraints in Developing Countries: The Role of Trade Policy, 

 (with Lorenzo Caliendo, Marcelo Dolabella, Mauricio Moreira, and Matthew Murillo)

NBER WP #32459

The Quantitative Effects of Trade Policy on Industrial and Labor Location

(November 2020, PRELIMINARY) (with Lorenzo Caliendo)

Published Papers

Labor Supply Shocks and Capital Accumulation: The Short and Long Run Effects of the Refugee Crisis in Europe  

American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol, 113, 577-584, 2023  (with Lorenzo Caliendo, Luca David Opromolla and Alessandro Sforza)

Lessons from U.S.-China Trade Relations 

Annual Review of Economics, vol, 15, 513-547, 2023 (with Lorenzo Caliendo)


Trade Policy  (Online Appendix) 

Handbook of International Economics, Volume V, March 2022  (with Lorenzo Caliendo)

Distortions and the Structure of the World Economy

AEJ: Macro, 14(4), 274-308, 2022 (with Lorenzo Caliendo and Aleh Tsyvinski)

Goods and Factor Market Integration: A Quantitative Assessment of the EU Enlargement (Online Appendix)

Journal of Political Economy, 129 (12), 3491-3545, 2021  (with Lorenzo Caliendo, Luca David Opromolla, and Alessandro Sforza)

Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of the China Trade Shock [online appendix]

Econometrica, 87(3), 741–835, 2019 (with Lorenzo Caliendo and Max Dvorkin)

Replication Packet    Four Sectors example

The impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the U.S. Economy  

The Review of Economic Studies 85(4), 2042-2096, 2018 (with Lorenzo Caliendo, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, and Pierre-Daniel Sarte)

Code and data files used in the paper: Replication Files

Estimates of the Trade and Welfare Effects of NAFTA 

The Review of Economic Studies, 82(1), 1-44, 2015 (with Lorenzo Caliendo)

Codes and data files used in the paper: Data and Codes CP 

Capital-Skill Complementarity and the Skill Premium in a Quantitative Model of Trade 

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 5, No. 2: 72-117, 2013

Replication Packet

Welfare Gains from Changing Partners in a Trade Bloc: The Case of MERCOSUR  

In Hamid Beladi, E. Kwan Choi (ed.) New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.41-60, with Lorenzo Caliendo.   

Comments

Comment on Trade Wars and Industrial Policy Competitions: Understanding the US-China Economic Conflicts

Journal of Monetary Economics CRN Conference, 2023.