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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: International Trade, FDI, Multinational Organizations

Journal Articles:

The Task Composition of Offshoring by US Multinationals, International Economics, forthcoming

Export Versus FDI and the Communication of Complex Information, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 87, No. 2 (July 2012).
An earlier version of this paper was circulated under the title "Export Versus FDI: A Task-Based Approach."

Adaptation and the Boundary of Multinational Firms (w/ Arnaud Costinot and Jim Rauch), Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 93, No. 1 (Feb 2011).

Working Papers:

Offshoring and the Polarization of the US Labor Market. Revise and Resubmit

Separating the Opposing Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties (with Bruce Blonigen and Nick Sly) Revise and Resubmit

“Diversification, Cost Structure, and the Stock Returns of Multinational Corporations” (with Jose Fillat and Stefania Garetto) abstract.

Books:

Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Benefits, Suspicions, and Risks. (with Theodore H. Moran) Peterson Institute for International Economics, forthcoming.

Outward FDI, US Exports, US Jobs, and US R&D: Implications for US Policy. (with Garry Hufbauer and Theodore H. Moran) Peterson Institute for International Economics, forthcoming.

Handbook chapters:

“Offshoring and Outsourcing” in Sam Geall, Jingjing Liu, & Sony Pellissery (Eds.), The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 7: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability, Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing (2012)

“International Trade, Comparative and Absolute Advantage, and Trade Restrictions” in 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, Rhona C. Free, editor (SAGE Publications 2010).