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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: International Trade, Multinational Organizations

Publications:

Export Versus FDI and the Communication of Complex Information, Journal of International Economics (Forthcoming).
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).

International Trade, Comparative and Absolute Advantage, and Trade Restrictions, 2010, in 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, Rhona C. Free, editor.

Working Papers:

The Task Composition of Offshoring by US Multinationals
Separating the Opposing Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties (with Bruce Blonigen and Nick Sly)
Measuring Virtual Distance: The Role of Transport Costs in Services Trade

Research in Progress:

The Impact of Offshoring on the Occupational Structure of the U.S. Economy
The Role of FDI in Increasing Trade Flows
Chinese Direct Investment in the United States (with Ted Moran)