General Information

Main Areas of Research

• Primary: International Trade

• Secondary: Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Public Finance

Online Platforms

• Google Scholar: Profile

• ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Record: 0000-0002-2799-2439

• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics): Research Output

Working Papers and Work-in-progress

• Eckel, C., & Yeaple, S. R. (2023). Inefficient Labor Market Sorting. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 18552. CEPR Press, Paris & London. Conditionally accepted at Journal of Economic Theory
  (Previously circulated as: Too much of a good thing? Labor market imperfections as a source of exceptional exporter performance. NBER Working Paper No. 23834. National Bureau of Economic Research.)

• Eckel, C., Flach, L., & Meng, N. (2023). Demand and Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 18627. CEPR Press, Paris & London.

• Eckel, C., Jäkel, I., Macedoni, L., & Riezman, R. (2023). CATs as a Market Screening Device.

• Eckel, C., Jäkel, I., Macedoni, L., & Riezman, R. (2023). Explorations in Product Space: Multi-Product Exporters and their Product Portfolios

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Eckel, C., & Unger, F. (2023). Credit constraints, endogenous innovations, and price setting in international trade. International Economic Review, 64(4), 1715-1747.

• Eckel, C., Han, Y., Hynes, K., & Zhang, J. (2021). Structural fund, endogenous move and commitment. International Tax and Public Finance, 28, 465-482.

• Eckel, C., & Riezman, R. (2020). CATs and DOGs. Journal of International Economics, 126, 103338.

• Cole, M. T., & Eckel, C. (2018). Tariffs and markups in retailing. Journal of International Economics, 113, 139-153.

• Eckel, C., & Irlacher, M. (2017). Multi-product offshoring. European Economic Review, 94, 71-89.

• Eckel, C., & Egger, H. (2017). The dilemma of labor unions: Local objectives vs global bargaining. Review of International Economics, 25(3), 534-566.

• Eckel, C., Iacovone, L., Javorcik, B., & Neary, J. P. (2016). Testing the core‐competency model of multi‐product exporters. Review of International Economics, 24(4), 699-716.

• Eckel, C., Iacovone, L., Javorcik, B., & Neary, J. P. (2015). Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost-versus quality-based competence. Journal of International Economics, 95(2), 216-232.

• Bjorvatn, K., & Eckel, C. (2011). Strategic privatization in developing countries. Review of Development Economics, 15(3), 522-534.

• Davies, R. B., & Eckel, C. (2010). Tax competition for heterogeneous firms with endogenous entry. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(1), 77-102.

• Eckel, C., & Neary, J. P. (2010). Multi-product firms and flexible manufacturing in the global economy. The Review of Economic Studies, 77(1), 188-217.

• Eckel, C. (2009). International trade, flexible manufacturing, and outsourcing. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 42(4), 1449-1472.

• Eckel, C. (2009). Endogenous sunk costs, flexible manufacturing and the productivity effects of international trade. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(2), 369-386.

• Eckel, C., & Egger, H. (2009). Wage bargaining and multinational firms. Journal of International Economics, 77(2), 206-214.

• Eckel, C. (2008). Globalization and specialization. Journal of International Economics, 75(1), 219-228.

• Bjorvatn, K., & Eckel, C. (2006). Policy competition for foreign direct investment between asymmetric countries. European Economic Review, 50(7), 1891-1907.

• Eckel, C. (2006). Trade and Diversity: Is There a Case for ‘Cultural Protectionism?’. German Economic Review, 7(4), 403-418.

• Bjorvatn, K., & Eckel, C. (2006). Technology sourcing and strategic foreign direct investment. Review of International Economics, 14(4), 600-614.

• Eckel, C. (2003). Labor market adjustments to globalization: unemployment versus relative wages. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 14(2), 173-188.

• Eckel, C. (2003). Fragmentation, efficiency‐seeking FDI, and Employment. Review of International Economics, 11(2), 317-331.

Books

• Eckel, C. (2007). Außenhandel und Technologie: Endogene Sunk Costs im allgemeinen Gleichgewicht. Wiesbaden: DUV.

• Eckel, C. (2000). Verteilungswirkungen der Globalisierung. Folgen für den Arbeitsmarkt. Wiesbaden: DUV.

Book Chapters and other Publications

• Eckel, C. (2006). Ohlin, B.G.: Interregional and International Trade, 1933. Herz, D./Weinberger, V. (eds.): Lexikon ökonomischer Werke, Düsseldorf: Schäffer-Poeschel, 2006, 373-374.

• Eckel, C. (2005). Der Wettbewerb um Direktinvestitionen aus Ökonomischer Sicht. Steinmann A./Höhne F./Stoll PT.(eds.), Die WTO vor neuen Herausforderungen, Stuttgart et al.: Boorberg, 113-116.

• Eckel, C., & Rübel, G. (2005). Endogenous Sunk Costs and Multinational Enterprises. Rübel, G./El-Shagi, M. (eds.), Aspects of International Economics, Wiesbaden: DUV, 187-195.

• Eckel, C., & Bjorvatn, K. (2005). Technological Spillovers and Export Platform FDI. Graham, E. (ed.): Multinationals and Foreign Investment in Economic Development, IEA/Palgrave-Macmillan Series, Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 85-93.

• Eckel, C. (2000). International Production and Domestic Labor Demand. Rübel, G. (ed.): Real and Monetary Issues of International Economic Integration, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 51-64.

• Eckel, C. (1999). Beschäftigungseffekte von Produktionsverlagerungen. Stierle, M. (ed.): Globalisation: Effects on Enterprises, Employment and Government (INFER Research Edition; Vol. 1), Berlin: VWF, 101-110.

• Buch, C. M., Eckel, C., Koop, M. J., Laaser, C. F., Lücke, M., Schäfer, C., ... & Werner, K. (1994). Die wirtschaftliche Lage Rußlands: Fortsetzung des Niedergangs ohne hinreichenden Strukturwandel. Fünfter Bericht (No. 240/241). Kieler Diskussionsbeiträge.

(For a full list of publications see my CV)