Recent Publications
The Dynamic Impact of Exporting on Firm R&D Investment, with Florin Maican, Matilda Orth, and Van Anh Vuong, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 21, No.4 (August 2023), pp. 1319-1362. Summarized in VoxEU.org
Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure, with Bettina Peters and Van Anh Vuong, Research Policy, Vol. 51, No. 10 (December 2022). Summarized in VoxEU.org
Research on Exports and Trade
The Dynamic Impact of Exporting on Firm R&D Investment, with Florin Maican, Matilda Orth, and Van Anh Vuong, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 21, No.4 (August 2023), pp. 1319-1362. Summarized in VoxEU.org
Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure, with Bettina Peters and Van Anh Vuong, Research Policy, Vol. 51, No. 10 (December 2022). Summarized in VoxEU.org
The Role of Firm Factors in Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection for Chinese Footwear Producers, with Daniel Yi Xu, Xiaoyan Fan, and Shengxing Zhang, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 85, No. 4, (October 2018), pp. 2429-2461.
R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics, with Bee Yan Aw and Daniel Yi Xu, American Economic Review, Vol. 101, No. 4 (June 2011), pp. 1312-1344.
R&D Investments, Exporting, and the Evolution of Firm Productivity, with Bee Yan Aw and Daniel Yi Xu, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 98, No. 2 (May 2008), pp. 451-456.
Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity, and Export Dynamics, with Sanghamitra Das and James R. Tybout, Econometrica, Vol. 75, No. 3 (May 2007), pp.837-873.
Export Market Participation, Investments in R&D and Worker Training, and the Evolution of Firm Productivity, with Bee Yan Aw and Tor Winston, The World Economy, Vol. 30, Issue 1 (January 2007), pp. 83-104.
Firm Heterogeneity and Export-Domestic Price Differentials: A Study of Taiwanese Electronics Products, with Bee Yan Aw and Geeta Batra, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 54, No. 1 (June 2001), pp. 149-169.
Productivity and Turnover in the Export Market: Micro-Level Evidence from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, with Bee Yan Aw and Sukkyun Chung, The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 2000), pp. 65-90.
The Decision to Export in Colombia: An Empirical Model of Entry with Sunk Costs, with James R. Tybout, American Economic Review, Vol. 87, No. 4 (September 1997), pp. 545-564.
What Makes Exports Boom? with James R. Tybout, Directions in Development Series, The World Bank, 1997.
Colombia, 1977-1985: Producer Turnover, Margins, and Trade Exposure, Chapter 10 in Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries: Micro Patterns of Turnover, Productivity, and Market Structure, Mark J. Roberts and James R. Tybout, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Price and Quality Level Comparisons for U.S. Footwear Imports: An Application of Multilateral Index Numbers,” with Bee Yan Aw, in Robert Feenstra (ed.), Empirical Methods for International Trade, MIT Press, (1988), pp. 257-275.
Measuring Quality Change in Quota-Constrained Import Markets: The Case of U.S. Footwear, with Bee Yan Aw, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 21, No.1/2 (August 1986), pp. 45-60.
Research on Productivity, Production, and Cost Modeling
Estimating Dynamic R&D Demand: An Analysis of Costs and Long-Run Benefits, with Bettina Peters, Van Anh Vuong, and Helmut Fryges, The Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 48, No. 2, (Summer 2017), pp. 409-437.
Dynamic R&D Choice and the Firm’s Financial Strength, with Bettina Peters and Van Anh Vuong, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 26, No. 1-2, (January, 2017), pp. 134-149, Summarized at VoxEU.org
Empirical Modeling of R&D Demand in a Dynamic Framework, with Van Anh Vuong, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Vol. 35, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 185-205.
Productivity, Output, and Failure: A Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Manufacturers, with Bee Yan Aw and Sukkyun Chung, Economic Journal, Vol. 113, Issue 491 (November 2003), pp. F485-510.
Firm-Level Evidence on Productivity Differentials and Turnover in Taiwanese Manufacturing, with Bee Yan Aw and Xiaomin Chen, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 66, No. 1 (October 2001). pp. 51-86.
Producer Turnover and Productivity Growth in Developing Countries with James R. Tybout, The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 12, No. 1 (February 1997), pp. 1-18.
An Analysis of Ramsey Pricing in Electric Utilities, with Jon P. Nelson and Emsley Tromp, in Michael Crew (ed.), Regulating Utilities in an Era of Deregulation, Macmillan, (1987), pp. 85-110
Economies of Density and Size in the Production and Delivery of Electric Power, Land Economics, Vol. 62, No. 4 (November 1986), pp. 378-387.
Cost-Minimizing Regulation of Sulfur Emissions: Regional Gains in Electric Power, with Frank Gollop, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 67, No. 1 (February 1985), pp. 81-90.
Environmental Regulations and Productivity Growth: The Case of Fossil-Fueled Electric Power Generation, with Frank Gollop, The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 91, No. 4 (August 1983), pp. 654-674.
The Sources of Growth in the U.S. Electric Power Industry, with Frank Gollop, in Thomas Cowing and Rodney Stevenson (eds.), Productivity Measurement in Regulated Industries, Academic Press, (1981), pp. 107-143
Research in Industrial Organization
Entry, Exit and the Determinants of Market Structure, with Timothy Dunne, Shawn Klimek and Daniel Yi Xu, The Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Fall 2013), pp.462-487.
The Dynamics of Market Structure and Market Size in Two Health Services Industries, with Timothy Dunne, Shawn Klimek and Daniel Yi Xu, in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, edited by Timothy Dunne, J. Bradford Jensen, and Mark J. Roberts, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Exit from Regional Manufacturing Markets: The Role of Entrant Experience, with Timothy Dunne and Shawn Klimek, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 23, Issue 5-6 (June 2005). pp. 399-421.
Output Price and Markup Dispersion in Producer Micro Data: The Roles of Producer Heterogeneity and Noise, with Dylan Supina, Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Vol 9, Industrial Organization, Michael Baye (ed.), JAI Press, 2000.
Output Price, Markups, and Producer Size, with Dylan Supina, European Economic Review, Vol. 40, Nos. 3/4 (April 1996). pp. 909-921.
The Role of Technology Use in the Survival and Growth of Manufacturing Plants, with Mark Doms and Timothy Dunne, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 13, No. 2 (December 1995), pp.501-522. Reprinted in Innovation, Evolution of Industry and Economic Growth, David Audretsch and Steven Klepper (eds.), Edward Elger Publishing, 1999.
Costs, Demand, and Imperfect Competition as Determinants of Plant-Level Output Prices, with Timothy Dunne, in Empirical Studies in Industrial Organizations: Essays in Honor of Leonard W. Weiss, D.B Audretsch and J.J. Siegfried (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.
Variation in Producer Turnover Across U.S. Manufacturing Industries, with Timothy Dunne, in Paul. A. Geroski and Joachim Schwalbach (eds.), Entry and Market Contestability: An International Comparison, Basil Blackwell, (1991), pp. 187-203.
Firm Entry and Post-Entry Performance in the U.S. Chemical Industries,” with Timothy Dunne and Larry Samuelson, The Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2, Pt. 2 (October 1989), pp. S233-S272.
The Growth and Failure of U.S. Manufacturing Plants with Timothy Dunne and Larry Samuelson, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 104, No. 4 (November 1989). pp. 671-698. Reprinted in Small Firms and Economic Growth, Zoltan Acs (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994. Reprinted in Innovation, Evolution of Industry and Economic Growth, Davide Audretsch and Steven Klepper (eds.) Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999.
An Empirical Analysis of Dynamic, Non-Price Competition in an Oligopolistic Industry with Larry Samuelson, The Rand Journal of Economics, Vol 19, No. 2 (Summer 1988). pp. 200-220.
Patterns of Firm Entry and Exit in U.S. Manufacturing Industries, with Timothy Dunne and Larry Samuelson, The Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Winter 1988), pp.495-515. Reprinted in Small Firms and Economic Growth, Zoltan Acs (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994.
Ramsey Numbers and the Role of Competing Interest Groups in Electric Utility Regulation, with Jon P. Nelson, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 21-42.
Testing Oligopolistic Behavior, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1984), pp. 365-383
Firm Interdependence in Oligopolistic Markets, with Frank Gollop, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 10, No. 3 (August 1979), pp. 313-333
Research on Labor Demand and Turnover
The Long Run Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor in Columbian Manufacturing Plants, with Emmanuel Skoufias, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.79, No. 2 (May 1997), pp.330-334.
Employment Flows and Producer Turnover in Three Developing Countries, in Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries: Micro Patterns of Turnover, Productivity, and Market Structure, Mark J. Roberts and James R. Tybout, Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 18-42.
The Duration of Employment Opportunities in U.S. Manufacturing with Timothy Dunne, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 73, No. 2 (August 1991), pp. 216-227.
Plant Turnover and Gross Employment Flows in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector with Timothy Dunne and Larry Samuelson, Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 1989), pp. 48-71.