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Working Papers

2008

1. A Quantile-based Test of Protection for Sale Model
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics (2007)
2. Is Protection Really for Sale? A Survey and Directions for Future Research
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics (2007)
   See also Journal Article in International Review of Economics & Finance (2009)
3. The Inside Scoop: Acceptance and Rejection at the Journal of International Economics
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2009)

2007

4. Firm Heterogeneity and Firm Behavior with Conditional Policies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2008)
5. Firm Level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
6. Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders: Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2007)
7. Trade and Trade Policy with Differentiated Products: A Chamberlinian-Ricardian Model: A Comment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (2007)

2006

8. Crime and Young Men: The Role of Arrest, Criminal Experience, and Heterogeneity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
9. Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence from Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
10. Protection for Sale or Surge Protection?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics (2006) View citations
11. Skill Acquisition, Credit Constraints, and Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Review of Economics & Finance (2009)

2005

12. Conditional Policies in General Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
13. Understanding Rules of Origin
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2004

14. Do security deposit rates matter: Evidence from a secondary market
    Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India
15. Quota Brokers
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
16. Unbalanced Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2005)

2003

17. Menu Auctions with Demand Uncertainty
    Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

2002

18. Quantity Controls, License Transferability, and the Level of Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2001)
19. Trade with Labor Market Distortions and Heterogeneous Labor: Why Trade Can Hurt
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
20. When Does Trade Hurt? Market, Transition and Developing Economies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2001

21. Employment, Dynamic Deterrence and Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Economics (2001) View citations
22. Lumpy Consumer Durables, Market Power, and Endogenous Business Cycles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Economics (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2004)
23. Transferability of Migration Licenses and the Distribution of Potential Rents
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Economics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2003)

2000

24. Can Subsidies for MARs be Procompetitive?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) (1998)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2001)
25. If at First You Don't Succeed...: Profits, Prices and Market Structure in a Model of Quality with Unknowable Consumer Heterogeneity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (2003)

1999

26. Efficient Competition With Small Numbers -- With Applications to Privatisation and Mergers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in CIE Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics (1999)

1998

27. A New Model of Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
28. Allocating multiple units by sealed-bid auctions
    CIE Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics View citations
29. Firm Behavior and Market Access in a Free Trade Area with Rules of Origin
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2005)
30. Trade, Investment, and Growth: Nexus, Analysis, and Prognosis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2003)

1997

31. Evaluating Trade Reform Using Ex-Post Criteria
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
32. Market Access and Welfare Effects of Piecemeal Policy Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
33. Procompetitive Market Access
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1996

34. Implementaing Market Access
    Working Papers, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) (1996) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (1998)
35. Implementing Results-Oriented Trade Policies: The Case of the US-Japanese Auto Parts Dispute
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1998)
36. Market Access and Welfare Effects of Free Trade Areas without Rules of Origin
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in EPRU Working Paper Series, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics (1995)
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics (1996) View citations
37. Transferable Licenses vs. Nontransferable Licences: What Is the Difference?
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996)
    EPRU Working Paper Series, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics
38. Whither Flat Panel Display?
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) (1995)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996)
    See also Chapter (1997)

1995

39. Implementing Free Trade Areas: Rules of Origin and Hidden Protection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
40. The Adding Up Problem: A Targeting Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics (1993)

1994

41. Structural Flexibility: A Partial Ordering
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1993

42. Implementation in the MFA: The Effect of Rules on Outcomes
    Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics
43. The dynamic behavior of quota license prices: theory and evidence from the Hong Kong apparel quotas
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1992

44. Conceptually Based Measures of Structural Adaptability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
45. License Price Paths: I. Theory II. Evidence from Hong Kong
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
46. Rent-sharing in the multi-fibre arrangement: evidence from U.S. - Hong Kong trade in apparel
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

1991

47. Optimal Polocies with Strategic Distortions
    Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1988) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1991)
48. RENT SHARING IN THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM US APPAREL IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1991) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (1994)
49. The Case of the Vanishing Revenues: Auction Quotas with Monopoly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1990)

1990

50. Auctions with Endogenous Valuations, The Snowball Effect Revisited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1999)
51. Auctions with Endogenous Valuations: The Persistence of Monopoly Revisited
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)
52. Export Restraints With Imperfect Competition: A Selective Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
53. Making Altruism Pay in Auction Quotas
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1989

54. High Tech Trade Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1988)
55. The Non-Optimality of Optimal Trade Policy: The U.S. Automobile Indust ry Revisited, 1979-1985
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
56. Trade Restrictions as Facilitating Practices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1989)
57. What Do Voluntary Export Restraints Do?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1988

58. Content Protection and Oligopolistic Interactions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1988)
59. Tariffs vs. Quotas with Endogenous Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
60. The Case of the Vanishing Revenues: Auction Quotas With Oligopoly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1985

61. Protection and the Product Line: Monopoly and Product Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1990)

Undated

62. Wage Equality in a General Equilibrium Model with Indivisibilities
    EPRU Working Paper Series, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Is protection really for sale? A survey and directions for future research
   International Review of Economics & Finance, 2009, 18, (2), 181-191
   See also Working Paper (2008)
2. Skill acquisition, credit constraints, and trade
   International Review of Economics & Finance, 2009, 18, (2), 227-238
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. The inside scoop: Acceptance and rejection at the journal of international economics
   Journal of International Economics, 2009, 77, (1), 120-132
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

4. Firm heterogeneity and firm behavior with conditional policies
   Economics Letters, 2008, 98, (2), 122-128
   See also Working Paper (2007)
5. Firm-Level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 457-62 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

6. Trade and trade policy with differentiated products: A Chamberlinian - Ricardian model. A comment
   Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2007, 16, (3), 435-441
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2005

7. Advanced international trade: theory and evidence
   Journal of International Economics, 2005, 66, (2), 541-544
8. Firm behaviour and market access in a Free Trade Area with rules of origin
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38, (1), 290-308 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)
9. Unbalanced growth
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38, (3), 832-851 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
10. When trade hurts: Consumption indivisibilities and labor market distortions
    Journal of International Economics, 2005, 67, (2), 413-427 View citations

2004

11. EMPLOYMENT, DETERRENCE, AND CRIME IN A DYNAMIC MODEL
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (3), 845-872 View citations
12. Immiserizing Growth in a Closed Economy
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106, (1), 143-158
13. Lumpy consumer durables, market power, and endogenous business cycles
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (2), 375-391
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2003

14. If at First You Don't Succeed: Profits, Prices, and Market Structure in a Model of Quality with Unknowable Consumer Heterogeneity
    International Economic Review, 2003, 44, (2), 573-597 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
15. Trade, investment and growth: nexus, analysis and prognosis
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 70, (2), 479-499 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
16. Transferability of migration licences and the distribution of potential rents
    Economics Letters, 2003, 80, (3), 323-328
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

17. Regulations, regime switches and non-monotonicity when non-compliance is an option: an application to content protection and preference
    Economics Letters, 2002, 77, (3), 315-321 View citations
18. research article: Allocating multiple units
    Economic Theory, 2002, 20, (4), 733-750

2001

19. Can subsidies for MARs be procompetitive?
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (1), 212-224
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

20. Evaluating trade reform with many consumers
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (3), 787-798 View citations
21. Necessary conditions for welfare improving reforms
    Economics Letters, 2000, 67, (2), 173-178
22. Welfare and market access effects of piecemeal tariff reform
    Journal of International Economics, 2000, 51, (2), 305-316 View citations

1999

23. Auctions with endogenous valuations: the snowball effect revisited
    Economic Theory, 1999, 13, (2), 377-391 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
24. Transferable Licenses versus Nontransferable Licenses: What Is the Difference?
    International Economic Review, 1999, 40, (3), 785-800 View citations

1998

25. Implementing Market Access
    Review of International Economics, 1998, 6, (4), 529-44 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
26. Implementing results-oriented trade policies: The case of the US-Japanese auto parts dispute
    European Economic Review, 1998, 42, (8), 1443-1467 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1997

27. A Note on India's MFA Quota Allocation System: The Effects of Subcategorization
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1997, (47), 04 View citations
28. Imputing license prices: limitations of a cost-based approach
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 52, (2), 355-374

1996

29. Entry Policy in an Open Economy
    Indian Economic Review, 1996, 31, (1), 41-56 View citations
30. The dynamic behavior of quota license prices
    Journal of Development Economics, 1996, 48, (2), 301-321 View citations

1994

31. Comments on 'the impact of the 1986 US--Japan semiconductor agreement' by Richard Baldwin
    Japan and the World Economy, 1994, 6, (2), 153-156
32. Rent Sharing in the Multi-fibre Arrangement: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Apparel Imports from Hong Kong
    Review of International Economics, 1994, 2, (1), 62-73 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1993

33. Auctions with Endogenous Valuations: The Persistence of Monopoly Revisited
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (1), 147-60 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
34. Theoretical Implications of Imperfect Competition on Quota License Prices and Auctions
    World Bank Economic Review, 1993, 7, (1), 113-36 View citations

1992

35. On Protection and the Product Line: A Reply
    International Economic Review, 1992, 33, (4), 977-79
36. Optimal policies and marketing board objectives
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 38, (1), 1-15 View citations

1991

37. Interest Rate Policy, Effective Demand, and Growth in LDCs
    International Review of Applied Economics, 1991, 5, (2), 127-53 View citations
38. Optimal policies with strategic distortions
    Journal of International Economics, 1991, 31, (3-4), 291-308 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
39. The economics of trade protection: Neil Vousden, (Cambridge University Press, 1990) pp. 305, $44.50
    Journal of International Economics, 1991, 31, (1-2), 191-193

1990

40. Protection and the Product Line: Monopoly and Product Quality
    International Economic Review, 1990, 31, (1), 87-102 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1985)
41. The Case of the Vanishing Revenues: Auction Quotas with Monopoly
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (4), 828-36 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

42. Trade restrictions as facilitating practices
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 26, (3-4), 251-270 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

43. Content Protection and Oligopolistic Interactions
    Review of Economic Studies, 1988, 55, (1), 107-25 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1987

44. Tariffs versus quotas with endogenous quality
    Journal of International Economics, 1987, 23, (1-2), 97-112 View citations

Chapters

1997

1. Whither Flat Panel Displays?
   A chapter in The Effects of U.S. Trade Protection and Promotion Policies, 1997, pp 247-271
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1994

2. The Nonoptimality of Optimal Trade Policies: The U.S. Automobile Industry Revisited, 1979-1985
   A chapter in Empirical Studies of Strategic Trade Policy, 1994, pp 11-40

1988

3. High-Tech Trade Policy
   A chapter in Issues in US-EC Trade Relations, 1988, pp 285-314 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1989)