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Working Papers

2007

1. Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Economics of Transition (2008)

2006

2. When Knowledge Is Not Enough: HIV/AIDS Information and Risky Behavior In Botswana
   Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations

2005

3. Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (2007)
4. Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2005) View citations
5. Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-Level Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2005) View citations
6. Measuring and Mismeasuring Industry Productivity Growth Using Plant-Level Data
   2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2004

7. Computational Analysis of the U.S FTAs with Central America, Australia, And Morocco
   Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations
8. Fooling Ourselves: Evaluating the Globalization and Growth Debate
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2004) View citations
9. Globalization and the Returns to Speaking English in South Africa
   Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
   See also Chapter (2007)

2003

10. THE WORLD BANK’S POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER APPROACH: GOOD MARKETING OR GOOD POLICY?
    G-24 Discussion Papers, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

2001

11. Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?: The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries since 1972
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
12. Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data: The New Car Market
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)
13. The Distributional Impacts of Indonesia's Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: "A Rapid Response Methodology"
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (2001) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2002)

2000

14. Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2003)
15. Merger Policies And Trade Liberalization
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (1998)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2001)

1999

16. Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis: Price Changes and the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2003)
17. When Industries Become More Productive, Do Firms?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. When Industries Become More Productive, Do Firms?: Investigating Productivity Dynamics
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations

1997

19. Productivity in the U.S. Auto Industry: Evidence from Multiple Perspectives
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan

1996

20. Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium: Part I and II
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
21. Carwars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995)
    See also Chapter (1997)
22. Firm Heterogeneity, Jobs, and International Trade: Evidence from Chile
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (1996)

1995

23. Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Strategic TradePolicy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1994

24. Competition Policy and International Trade
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations
25. International Trade Theory: The Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1995)

1993

26. International Trade and the U.S. Automobile Industry: Current Research, Issues, and Questions
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan
    See also Journal Article in Japan and the World Economy (1994)
27. Monopolistic Competition and International Trade: Reconsidering the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (1993) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1995)
28. Product Differentiation as a Source of Comparative Advantage?
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations

1991

29. Testing the Imports-As-Market-Discipline Hypothesis
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1993)

1990

30. Import Competition and the Stock Market Return to Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1989)
31. Taxes, Tariffs, and Globale Corporation
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan
32. Taxes, Tariffs, and The Global Corporation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1993)

1989

33. A SIMPLE, CONSISTENT ESTIMATE FOR DISTURBANCE COMPONENTS IN FINANCIAL MODELS
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1989)
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989)
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies (1989)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1990)
34. DISTANCE, DEMAND AND OLIGOPOLY PRICING
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1989) View citations
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (1989) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations
35. ESTIMATING DEMAND AND OLIGOPOLY PRICING FOR DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS WITH MULTIPLE CARACTERISTICS
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies
36. IDENTIFYING THE COMPETITION
    Working Papers, Stockholm - International Economic Studies View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan (1988)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1990)

1988

37. WHICH TOOL IS RIGHT FOR THE JOB? AGRICULTUAL PRICING POLICIES FOR LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    Working Papers, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan

Journal Articles

2008

1. Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?
   The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (4), 715-740
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2004

2. Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data: The New Car Market
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (1), 68-105 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)
3. Production function estimation in Stata using inputs to control for unobservables
   Stata Journal, 2004, 4, (2), 113-123 View citations
4. SAVINGS, INSURANCE AND DEBT OVER THE POST-APARTHEID PERIOD: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
   South African Journal of Economics, 2004, 72, (3), 604-640

2003

5. Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables
   Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (2), 317-341 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

2002

6. The Distributional Impacts of Indonesia's Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: A "Rapid Response" Methodology
   World Bank Economic Review, 2002, 16, (3), 397-423 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

7. Merger Policies and Trade Liberalisation
   Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (470), 244-76 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

8. Employment responses to international liberalization in Chile
   Journal of International Economics, 1999, 47, (2), 321-344 View citations
9. Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Trade Policy
   American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (3), 400-430 View citations

1995

10. Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium
    Econometrica, 1995, 63, (4), 841-90 View citations
11. Estimating Markups and Market Conduct with Multidimensional Product Attributes
    Review of Economic Studies, 1995, 62, (1), 19-52 View citations
12. Monopolistic Competition and International Trade: Reconsidering the Evidence
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (3), 799-836 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1994

13. Comments on 'trade policies in the U.S. automobile industry", by Penny Koujianou Goldberg
    Japan and the World Economy, 1994, 6, (2), 211-215
14. International trade and the U.S. automobile industry: Current research, issues, and questions
    Japan and the World Economy, 1994, 6, (4), 335-357
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

15. A general equilibrium analysis of U.S. foreign trade policy: Jaime de Melo and David Tarr (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992) pp. xvii, 289, $40.00
    Journal of International Economics, 1993, 34, (1-2), 193-195
16. Applications and Limitations of Some Recent Advances in Empirical Industrial Organization: Price Indexes and the Analysis of Environmental Change
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 241-46 View citations
17. Product Differentiation as a
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 445-49 View citations
18. Taxes, tariffs, and the global corporation
    Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 51, (1), 97-116 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
19. Testing the imports-as-market-discipline hypothesis
    Journal of International Economics, 1993, 35, (1-2), 1-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1990

20. A Simple, Consistent Estimator for Disturbance Components in Financial Models
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (3), 516-20
    See also Working Paper (1989)
21. Identifying the competition
    Journal of International Economics, 1990, 28, (3-4), 199-215 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1989

22. Import Competition and the Stock Market Return to Capital
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1065-87 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
23. Strategic trade policy when firms can invest abroad: When are tariffs and quotas equivalent?
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 27, (1-2), 129-146 View citations

1988

24. LDC savings rates and debt crises
    World Development, 1988, 16, (7), 779-786

Chapters

2007

1. Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
   A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 561-598 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
2. Globalization and the Returns to Speaking English in South Africa
   A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 629-646
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

3. Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis.Price Changes and the Poor
   A chapter in Managing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets, 2003, pp 393-428
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1997

4. Carwars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets
   A chapter in The Effects of U.S. Trade Protection and Promotion Policies, 1997, pp 11-32 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

5. International trade theory: The evidence
   Chapter 26 in Handbook of International Economics, 1995, vol. 3, pp 1339-1394 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1994)

1990

6. The Linkage between Domestic Taxes and Border Taxes
   A chapter in Taxation in the Global Economy, 1990, pp 357-396 View citations

1988

7. Empirics of Taxes on Differentiated Products: The Case of Tariffs in the U.S. Automobile Industry
   A chapter in Trade Policy Issues and Empirical Analysis, 1988, pp 9-44