Work in Progress

José de Sousa

International economics

⊳ “Export Decision under Risk” (with Anne-Célia Disdier and Carl Gaigné) [pdf]

The line: the most productive exporters are more affected by higher volatility than are the least productive exporters. Scheduled: U. of Michigan (Oct. 14, EIIT). Presented at UC Davis, Harvard Kennedy School, UC Berkeley Trade Workshop, SED 2015, U. of Geneva, Georges Washington U. Trade Seminar, U. of Virginia, Clermont U., CEPII, U. of Munich (ETSG14), CEP/LSE International Economics Seminar, U. of Strathclyde, U. of Caen.

⊳ “Market Integration and Convergence in Consumption Patterns” (with Thierry Mayer and Eve Sihra) [Slides]

Research question: Are consumer tastes affected by market integration?

Scheduled: Bayreuth U. (Nov 23), Passau U. (Nov 24), Havard (Dec 12). Presented at the U. of Oregon, UC Berkeley Trade Workshop.

⊳ “Terror networks and trade: Does the neighbor hurt?” (with Daniel Mirza and Thierry Verdier). [pdf]

CEPR DP 7946, CEPII #2010-04, in media: Telos, Lavoce and Indian Express.

Presented at the Public Economic Theory, Catolica, Lisbonne; Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference 2013, U. of Calgary; U. of Paris-Sud; U. of Saint-Etienne; U. of Porto.

⊳ “Trade and Trust” (with Amélie Guillin and Julie Lochard)

Presented at U. of British Columbia Trade Workshop, U. of Paris-Sud, U. of Darmdstadt, ETSG 2016.

⊳ “Trade openness and pollution in China: processing versus ordinary trade” (with Laura Hering and Sandra Poncet), Old version CEPII #2015-11

Presented at the ERE Seminar UC Berkeley, PSE RUE Seminar, Fudan University, Paris Environmental and Energy Economics Seminar.

Behavioral economics

⊳ “Trickle Down Affirmative Action” (with Muriel Niederle)

Presented: 2016 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (Muriel’s keynote speech); Paris Sud (Nov 7); Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Workshop On the Gender Agenda (June 7-8).

⊳ “Labour Mobility and Racial Discrimination” (with Pierre Deschamps). LIEPP WP 35; the latest version (PDF)

Presented at the Labor lunch seminar at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, SOLE 2015 - U. Montreal, DES seminar U. Paris 1 - U. Limoges, Paris School of Economics, UCL Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar, U. Paris-Dauphine, U. of Washington (APET14), ETH-Zurich RIEF, U. of Paris-Sud, Sciences-Po, U. of Porto.

Our Vox CEPR. Alexandre Delaigue wrote about this paper in his blog. We wrote a column in the French daily newpaper Libération. Pierre gave an interview (in French).

Web appendix where we show evidence on Racism in soccer in the post-Bosman era in the United Kingdom.

⊳ “Gender differences: evidence from field tournaments” (with Guillaume Hollard).

Presented at the 8th Transatlantic Theory Workshop 2015 Northwestern U., AMSE, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2015, Ecole Polythechnique, 7th Maastricht Behavioral and Experimental Economics Symposium (M-BEES 2014) Theory and Experiments; Gate Lyon Seminar.