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Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Credit Supply Shocks and Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Brazil
   Working Papers Series, Central Bank of Brazil, Research Department
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023) View citations (1)
2. You Can Take Them With You: Recruiting Coworkers to One's Own New Firm
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024)

2019

3. History Dependence, Cohort Attachment, and Job Referrals in Networks of Close Relationships
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
   See also Journal Article History dependence, cohort attachment, and job referrals in networks of close relationships, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) (2020)

2018

4. Do Employee Spinoffs Learn Markets From Their Parents? Evidence From International Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (16)
   University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Do employee spinoffs learn markets from their parents? Evidence from international trade, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (13) (2018)
5. Unemployment and Development
   2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (19)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018) View citations (20)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (21)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article Unemployment and Development, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2015

6. Dynastic Entrepreneurship, Entry, and Non-Compete Enforcement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015)
   See also Journal Article Dynastic entrepreneurship, entry, and non-compete enforcement, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
7. The Impact of Entrepreneurial Risk Aversion on Wages in General Equilibrium
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (3)

2013

8. Employee Spinouts, Social Networks, and Family Firms
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
   See also Journal Article Employee spinouts, social networks, and family firms, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2012

9. Mobilizing Social Capital Through Employee Spinoffs
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2010

10. Client-Based Entrepreneurship
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Client-Based Entrepreneurship, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
11. Employee Spinoffs and Other Entrants: Stylized Facts from Brazil
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Employee spinoffs and other entrants: Stylized facts from Brazil, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2012) View citations (45) (2012)

2009

12. Adaptation and the Boundary of Multinational Firms
    CCES Discussion Paper Series, Center for Research on Contemporary Economic Systems, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University View citations (6)
    Also in Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (2009) View citations (30)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Adaptation and the Boundary of Multinational Firms, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011) View citations (103) (2011)

2007

13. Development Through Synergistic Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Development through synergistic reforms, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (6) (2010)

2005

14. Neckties in the Tropics: A Model of International Trade and Cultural Diversity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2005) View citations (9)
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society (2004) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Neckties in the tropics: a model of international trade and cultural diversity, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2009) View citations (24) (2009)

2003

15. Are There Too Many Entrepeneurs? A Model of Client-Based Entrepreneurship
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics

2002

16. Entrepreneurship in International Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (2001) View citations (4)

2001

17. Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Ties
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Ties, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2003) View citations (209) (2003)

2000

18. Information and Globalization: Wage Co-Movements, Labor Demand Elasticity, and Conventional Trade Liberalization
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

1999

19. Bureaucratic Structure and Bureaucratic Performance in Less Developed Countries
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Bureaucratic structure and bureaucratic performance in less developed countries, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (312) (2000)
20. Ethnic Chinese Networks in International Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Ethnic Chinese Networks In International Trade, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2002) View citations (874) (2002)
21. Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1999) View citations (9)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (1999) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Starting small in an unfamiliar environment, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2003) View citations (302) (2003)

1998

22. Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Group Ties
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (26)

1997

23. Anonymous Market and Group Ties in International Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Anonymous market and group ties in international trade, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (91) (2002)
24. Openness, Specialization, and Productivity Growth in Less Developed Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Openness, Specialization, and Productivity Growth in Less Developed Countries, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (1999) View citations (24) (1999)

1996

25. Networks versus Markets in International Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)
    See also Journal Article Networks versus markets in international trade, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (1986) (1999)
26. Trade and Search: Social Capital, Sogo Shosha, and Spillovers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (91)

1995

27. Choosing a Dictator: Bureaucracy and Welfare in Less Developed Polities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1994

28. Balanced and Unbalanced Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Balanced and unbalanced growth, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (1997) View citations (15) (1997)
29. Bureaucracy, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cities During the Progressive Era
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Bureaucracy, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cities during the Progressive Era, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1995) View citations (59) (1995)

1993

30. Does History Matter Only When it Matters Little? The Case of City-Indu try Location
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
    See also Journal Article Does History Matter Only When It Matters Little? The Case of City-Industry Location, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1993) View citations (125) (1993)

1991

31. Economic Development, Urban Underemployment, and Income Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Economic Development, Urban Underemployment, and Income Inequality, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (1993) View citations (44) (1993)
32. Productivity Gains From Geographic Concentration of human Capital: Evidence From the Cities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Productivity Gains from Geographic Concentration of Human Capital: Evidence from the Cities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (1993) View citations (788) (1993)
33. Reconciling the Pattern of Trade with the Pattern of Migration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Reconciling the Pattern of Trade with the Pattern of Migration, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1991) View citations (24) (1991)

1990

34. Comparative Advantage, Geographic Advantage, and the Volume of Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Comparative Advantage, Geographic Advantage and the Volume of Trade, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1991) View citations (42) (1991)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Unemployment and Development
   The Economic Journal, 2024, 134, (658), 614-647 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Unemployment and Development, 2018 Meeting Papers (2018) View citations (19) (2018)

2020

2. History dependence, cohort attachment, and job referrals in networks of close relationships
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 170, (C), 75-95
   See also Working Paper History Dependence, Cohort Attachment, and Job Referrals in Networks of Close Relationships, CESifo Working Paper Series (2019) (2019)

2018

3. Do employee spinoffs learn markets from their parents? Evidence from international trade
   European Economic Review, 2018, 105, (C), 159-173 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Do Employee Spinoffs Learn Markets From Their Parents? Evidence From International Trade, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (16) (2018)

2016

4. Dynastic entrepreneurship, entry, and non-compete enforcement
   European Economic Review, 2016, 86, (C), 188-201 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Dynastic Entrepreneurship, Entry, and Non-Compete Enforcement, NBER Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2015

5. Client-Based Entrepreneurship
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2015, 31, (1), 30-60 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Client-Based Entrepreneurship, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2014

6. Employee spinouts, social networks, and family firms
   Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2014, 21, (1), 105-105 View citations (3)
   Also in Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2014, 21, (1), 4-17 (2014) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Employee Spinouts, Social Networks, and Family Firms, CESifo Working Paper Series (2013) (2013)
7. Introduction
   Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2014, 21, (1), 1-3

2012

8. Employee spinoffs and other entrants: Stylized facts from Brazil
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2012, 30, (5), 447-458 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper Employee Spinoffs and Other Entrants: Stylized Facts from Brazil, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (23) (2010)

2011

9. Adaptation and the Boundary of Multinational Firms
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (1), 298-308 View citations (103)
   See also Working Paper Adaptation and the Boundary of Multinational Firms, CCES Discussion Paper Series (2009) View citations (6) (2009)

2010

10. Development through synergistic reforms
    Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93, (2), 153-161 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Development Through Synergistic Reform, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)
11. Does Network Theory Connect to the Rest of Us? A Review of Matthew O. Jackson's Social and Economic Networks
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2010, 48, (4), 980-86 View citations (3)

2009

12. Neckties in the tropics: a model of international trade and cultural diversity
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42, (3), 809-843 View citations (24)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42, (3), 809-843 (2009) View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Neckties in the Tropics: A Model of International Trade and Cultural Diversity, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (9) (2005)
13. The Three Arab Worlds
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2009, 23, (3), 165-88 View citations (13)

2004

14. Network Intermediaries in International Trade
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2004, 13, (1), 69-93 View citations (111)

2003

15. Information, International Substitutability, and Globalization
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (3), 775-791 View citations (49)
16. Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Ties
    Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (484), 21-42 View citations (209)
    See also Working Paper Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Ties, University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series (2001) View citations (10) (2001)
17. Starting small in an unfamiliar environment
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (7), 1021-1042 View citations (302)
    See also Working Paper Starting Small in an Unfamiliar Environment, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (11) (1999)

2002

18. Anonymous market and group ties in international trade
    Journal of International Economics, 2002, 58, (1), 19-47 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Anonymous Market and Group Ties in International Trade, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (12) (1997)
19. Ethnic Chinese Networks In International Trade
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (1), 116-130 View citations (874)
    See also Working Paper Ethnic Chinese Networks in International Trade, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (38) (1999)

2001

20. Business and Social Networks in International Trade
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (4), 1177-1203 View citations (625)
21. Leadership selection, internal promotion, and bureaucratic corruption in less developed polities
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (1), 240-258 View citations (9)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (1), 240-258 (2001) View citations (10)

2000

22. Bureaucratic structure and bureaucratic performance in less developed countries
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 75, (1), 49-71 View citations (312)
    See also Working Paper Bureaucratic Structure and Bureaucratic Performance in Less Developed Countries, University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series (1999) View citations (6) (1999)

1999

23. Networks versus markets in international trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1999, 48, (1), 7-35 View citations (1986)
    See also Working Paper Networks versus Markets in International Trade, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (62) (1996)
24. Openness, Specialization, and Productivity Growth in Less Developed Countries
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (4), 1009-1027 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Openness, Specialization, and Productivity Growth in Less Developed Countries, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (20) (1997)
25. Symposium on business and social networks in international trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1999, 48, (1), 1-1 View citations (13)
26. The Role of Transportation Costs for People
    International Regional Science Review, 1999, 22, (2), 173-178 View citations (1)

1997

27. Balanced and unbalanced growth
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 53, (1), 41-66 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Balanced and Unbalanced Growth, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (3) (1994)
28. Erratum to "Balanced and unbalanced growth" [Journal of Development Economics 53(1997) 41-66]
    Journal of Development Economics, 1997, 54, (2), 493-518

1995

29. Bureaucracy, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cities during the Progressive Era
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (4), 968-79 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Bureaucracy, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cities During the Progressive Era, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (3) (1994)

1994

30. Economics
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1994, 533, (1), 224-225

1993

31. Does History Matter Only When It Matters Little? The Case of City-Industry Location
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (3), 843-867 View citations (125)
    See also Working Paper Does History Matter Only When it Matters Little? The Case of City-Indu try Location, NBER Working Papers (1993) View citations (69) (1993)
32. Economic Development, Urban Underemployment, and Income Inequality
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1993, 26, (4), 901-18 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Economic Development, Urban Underemployment, and Income Inequality, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (4) (1991)
33. Geography and trade: Paul Krugman (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991) 85 pp., $15.95
    Journal of International Economics, 1993, 34, (1-2), 195-198
34. Productivity Gains from Geographic Concentration of Human Capital: Evidence from the Cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1993, 34, (3), 380-400 View citations (788)
    See also Working Paper Productivity Gains From Geographic Concentration of human Capital: Evidence From the Cities, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (22) (1991)

1992

35. A note on the optimum subsidy to a learning industry
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 38, (1), 233-243 View citations (3)

1991

36. Comparative Advantage, Geographic Advantage and the Volume of Trade
    Economic Journal, 1991, 101, (408), 1230-44 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Comparative Advantage, Geographic Advantage, and the Volume of Trade, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (3) (1990)
37. Modelling the informal sector formally
    Journal of Development Economics, 1991, 35, (1), 33-47 View citations (312)
38. Reconciling the Pattern of Trade with the Pattern of Migration
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (4), 775-96 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Reconciling the Pattern of Trade with the Pattern of Migration, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (24) (1991)

1989

39. Increasing returns to scale and the pattern of trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 26, (3-4), 359-369 View citations (15)

1986

40. The transfer of production from rich to poor countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 23, (1), 41-53 View citations (2)

Books

2005

1. Leading Issues in Economic Development
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (24)

Chapters

2014

1. The three Arab worlds on the eve of the ‘Arab Spring’
   Chapter 30 in Handbook on Islam and Economic Life, 2014, pp iii-iii