(Hopefully my research will do better than Brazil after the 1970s. Above, 1970s São Paulo as per the work of Agostinho Batista de Freitas. Taken at the MASP.)
(Hopefully my research will do better than Brazil after the 1970s. Above, 1970s São Paulo as per the work of Agostinho Batista de Freitas. Taken at the MASP.)
Trade and Industrial Policy
Innovation Spurred: Evidence from South Korea's Big R&D Push, with Chan Kim. [Video Presentation]. [AI-Generated Podcast]. Latest Version.
The Politics of Import Substitution Industrialization in Mexico and Taiwan, with Melissa Dell and Pablo Querubín. Work in Progress.
International Trade Infrastructure
Free-riding Yankees: Canada and the Panama Canal, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro. NBER Working Paper. [VoxEU Summary]. Journal of Economic Growth (2025). Published Version.
Market Access and Migration: Evidence from the Panama Canal Opening during the Great Migration, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro. NBER Working Paper. Submitted. Latest Version.
Changing Tides: The Geopolitical Effects of the Suez Canal, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro. Work in Progress.