Peer-Reviewed Publications
Reserve Currencies in an Evolving International Monetary System
With Alina Iancu, Gareth Anderson, Sakai Ando, Ethan Boswell, Andrea Gamba, Lusine Lusinyan, Neil Meads, and Yiqun Wu
Open Economies Review 33, pp. 879-915 (2022).
GSP Expiration and Declining Exports from Developing Countries
Canadian Journal of Economics 53(3), August 2020.
Looking for Local Labor Market Effects of the NAFTA
With John McLaren
The Review of Economics and Statistics 98(4), October 2016, pp. 728-741.
Previous version NBER Working Paper No. 16535
In the media and other citations: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal (January 27, 2017; August 1, 2016; November 22, 2010), The Financial Times, The Washington Post (August 17, 2017; July 17, 2017; February 15, 2017; February 1, 2017; December 19, 2016), Yahoo Finance, Charleston Post Courier, PolitiFact New York, FiveThirtyEight, Boston Globe, ILO interview, WTO World Trade Report 2011 Discussion Forum
EU—Fatty Alcohols (Indonesia): Corporate Structure, Transfer Pricing, and Dumping
With Joel Trachtman
World Trade Review 18(2), April 2019, pp. 245-261.
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2018/57, December 2018.
Do Anti-dumping Duties Still Matter? The Curious Case of Aluminum Foil
World Trade Review 17(4), October 2018.
Export Competitiveness of Developing Countries and US Trade Policy
The World Economy 40(7), July 2017, pp. 1405-29.
InsTED Column
Comparative Advantage and Labor Demand
With Daniel Lederman
When Growth is Not Enough: Explaining the Rigidity of Poverty and Inequality in the Dominican Republic,
eds Francisco Carneiro and Sophie Sirtaine, World Bank Group, 2017.
The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences in Principle and Practice
With Emily Blanchard
The World Economy 38(3), March 2015, pp. 399-424. Lead article.
Accounting for Underutilization of Trade Preference Programs: The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences
Canadian Journal of Economics 48(2), May 2015, pp. 408-436. Lead article.
In the media and other citations: The Washington Post, PIIE Trade Talks Podcast (Episode 19).
Policy Papers and Blogs
Mind the Gap: Decomposing the Public-Private Wage Differential in Lesotho
Selected Issues Paper, Staff Report for Lesotho 2023 Article IV Consultation, forthcoming.
Trade Integration in Africa—Unleashing the Continent’s Potential in a Changing World
With Asmaa ElGanainy, Fei Liu, Hans Weisfeld, Ali Abbas, Celine Allard, Hippolyte Balima, Celine Bteish, Rahul Giri, Daniel Kanda, Benjamin Kett, Sergii Meleshchuk, Megan Pohl, Gustavo Ramirez, and Robert Zymek
IMF Departmental Paper 2023/03, May 2023.
Building a More Food-Secure Sub-Saharan Africa
With Habtamu Fuje, Henry Rawlings, Ivanova Reyes, and Qianqian Zhang
Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Economic Outlook, Analytical Note, October 2022.
Lesotho’s Trade: Overview and Risks
Selected Issues Paper, Staff Report for Lesotho 2022 Article IV Consultation, June 2022.
In the Race to Vaccinate Sub-Saharan Africa Continues to Fall Behind
Chart of the Week, IMF Blog, November 22, 2021.
Vaccinating against COVID-19 to Avert a Disaster in Africa
With Reda Cherif
IMF Special Series on Covid-19, August 2021.
Trade in Medical Goods: Challenges and a Way Forward for Sub-Saharan Africa
With Reda Cherif
IMF Special Series on Covid-19, April 2021.
Six Charts Show the Challenges Faced by Sub-Saharan Africa
With Abebe Selassie
IMF Country Focus, April 15, 2021.
Reserve Currencies in an Evolving International Monetary System
With Alina Iancu, Gareth Anderson, Sakai Ando, Ethan Boswell, Andrea Gamba, Lusine Lusinyan, Neil Meads, and Yiqun Wu
IMF Departmental Paper No. 2020/002, November 2020.
Working Papers
From Global Supply Chain Disruptions to Local Inflation: Implications for Monetary Policy
With Zo Andriantomanga and Marijn Bolhuis, June 2023.
Divided We Fall: Differential Exposure to Geopolitical Fragmentation in Trade
With Sergii Meleshchuk and Robert Zymek
IMF Working Paper, forthcoming.
Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of AGOA Suspensions on Exports
With Habtamu Edjigu and Woubet Kassa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10424, May 2023, under review.
Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Challenges for Inflation and Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
With Zo Andriantomanga and Marijn Bolhuis
IMF Working Paper 2023/039, February 2023.
Equitable access to vaccines: Myth or reality?
With Henry Rawlings and Jiaxiong Yao
IMF Working Paper 2022/257.
NAFTA and the Gender Wage Gap
With John McLaren
Upjohn Institute Working Paper 17-270, 2017, under review.
Factor Endowments, Technology, Capital Mobility and the Sources of Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing
With Daniel Lederman
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7777, 2017.
Work in Progress
Local-Labor-Market Effects of NAFTA: The Other Shoe Drops (with John McLaren)
Accounting for Transshipment: The Case of Kosovo
Determinants of Intra- and Trans-Regional Value Chain Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Robert Zymek and Kabinet Kaba)
Tangled up in a Spaghetti Bowl: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa (with Lichen Wang)
Reserve Currencies in an Evolving International Monetary System
With Alina Iancu, Gareth Anderson, Sakai Ando, Ethan Boswell, Andrea Gamba, Lusine Lusinyan, Neil Meads, and Yiqun Wu
Open Economies Review 33, pp. 879-915 (2022).
GSP Expiration and Declining Exports from Developing Countries
Canadian Journal of Economics 53(3), August 2020.
Looking for Local Labor Market Effects of the NAFTA
With John McLaren
The Review of Economics and Statistics 98(4), October 2016, pp. 728-741.
Previous version NBER Working Paper No. 16535
In the media and other citations: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal (January 27, 2017; August 1, 2016; November 22, 2010), The Financial Times, The Washington Post (August 17, 2017; July 17, 2017; February 15, 2017; February 1, 2017; December 19, 2016), Yahoo Finance, Charleston Post Courier, PolitiFact New York, FiveThirtyEight, Boston Globe, ILO interview, WTO World Trade Report 2011 Discussion Forum
EU—Fatty Alcohols (Indonesia): Corporate Structure, Transfer Pricing, and Dumping
With Joel Trachtman
World Trade Review 18(2), April 2019, pp. 245-261.
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2018/57, December 2018.
Do Anti-dumping Duties Still Matter? The Curious Case of Aluminum Foil
World Trade Review 17(4), October 2018.
Export Competitiveness of Developing Countries and US Trade Policy
The World Economy 40(7), July 2017, pp. 1405-29.
InsTED Column
Comparative Advantage and Labor Demand
With Daniel Lederman
When Growth is Not Enough: Explaining the Rigidity of Poverty and Inequality in the Dominican Republic,
eds Francisco Carneiro and Sophie Sirtaine, World Bank Group, 2017.
The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences in Principle and Practice
With Emily Blanchard
The World Economy 38(3), March 2015, pp. 399-424. Lead article.
Accounting for Underutilization of Trade Preference Programs: The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences
Canadian Journal of Economics 48(2), May 2015, pp. 408-436. Lead article.
In the media and other citations: The Washington Post, PIIE Trade Talks Podcast (Episode 19).
Policy Papers and Blogs
Mind the Gap: Decomposing the Public-Private Wage Differential in Lesotho
Selected Issues Paper, Staff Report for Lesotho 2023 Article IV Consultation, forthcoming.
Trade Integration in Africa—Unleashing the Continent’s Potential in a Changing World
With Asmaa ElGanainy, Fei Liu, Hans Weisfeld, Ali Abbas, Celine Allard, Hippolyte Balima, Celine Bteish, Rahul Giri, Daniel Kanda, Benjamin Kett, Sergii Meleshchuk, Megan Pohl, Gustavo Ramirez, and Robert Zymek
IMF Departmental Paper 2023/03, May 2023.
Building a More Food-Secure Sub-Saharan Africa
With Habtamu Fuje, Henry Rawlings, Ivanova Reyes, and Qianqian Zhang
Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional Economic Outlook, Analytical Note, October 2022.
Lesotho’s Trade: Overview and Risks
Selected Issues Paper, Staff Report for Lesotho 2022 Article IV Consultation, June 2022.
In the Race to Vaccinate Sub-Saharan Africa Continues to Fall Behind
Chart of the Week, IMF Blog, November 22, 2021.
Vaccinating against COVID-19 to Avert a Disaster in Africa
With Reda Cherif
IMF Special Series on Covid-19, August 2021.
Trade in Medical Goods: Challenges and a Way Forward for Sub-Saharan Africa
With Reda Cherif
IMF Special Series on Covid-19, April 2021.
Six Charts Show the Challenges Faced by Sub-Saharan Africa
With Abebe Selassie
IMF Country Focus, April 15, 2021.
Reserve Currencies in an Evolving International Monetary System
With Alina Iancu, Gareth Anderson, Sakai Ando, Ethan Boswell, Andrea Gamba, Lusine Lusinyan, Neil Meads, and Yiqun Wu
IMF Departmental Paper No. 2020/002, November 2020.
Working Papers
From Global Supply Chain Disruptions to Local Inflation: Implications for Monetary Policy
With Zo Andriantomanga and Marijn Bolhuis, June 2023.
Divided We Fall: Differential Exposure to Geopolitical Fragmentation in Trade
With Sergii Meleshchuk and Robert Zymek
IMF Working Paper, forthcoming.
Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of AGOA Suspensions on Exports
With Habtamu Edjigu and Woubet Kassa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10424, May 2023, under review.
Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Challenges for Inflation and Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
With Zo Andriantomanga and Marijn Bolhuis
IMF Working Paper 2023/039, February 2023.
Equitable access to vaccines: Myth or reality?
With Henry Rawlings and Jiaxiong Yao
IMF Working Paper 2022/257.
NAFTA and the Gender Wage Gap
With John McLaren
Upjohn Institute Working Paper 17-270, 2017, under review.
Factor Endowments, Technology, Capital Mobility and the Sources of Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing
With Daniel Lederman
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7777, 2017.
Work in Progress
Local-Labor-Market Effects of NAFTA: The Other Shoe Drops (with John McLaren)
Accounting for Transshipment: The Case of Kosovo
Determinants of Intra- and Trans-Regional Value Chain Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Robert Zymek and Kabinet Kaba)
Tangled up in a Spaghetti Bowl: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa (with Lichen Wang)