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Working Papers
2025
- Long-Term and Lasting Impacts of Personal Initiative Training on Entrepreneurial Success
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2024)
2024
- Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
2023
- Bayesian Impact Evaluation with Informative Priors: An Application to a Colombian Management and Export Improvement Program
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- Fintech Failure: Examining B2B and B2C Solutions for Two-Sided Platform Adoption
Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
- Firms’ Digitalization during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Two Stories
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
See also Journal Article Firms’ digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tale of two stories, Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press (2025) (2025)
- The Future of Work
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
- Trade Promotion Organizations in the Pandemic World
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- Training Microenterprise Owners by Zoom
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
- Training Microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
See also Journal Article Training microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental evidence from Mexico, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
2022
- Cartels, Antitrust Enforcement, and Industry Performance: Evidence from Mexico
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- Drivers of bad management: evidence from Mexican firms
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
- Management and Misallocation in Mexico
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Also in POID Working Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2022) View citations (2)
- Productivity Growth in Mexico
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
2021
- Firm Recovery during COVID-19: Six Stylized Facts
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock: A Firm-Level Perspective
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)
See also Journal Article Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock: A Firm Level Perspective, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2021) View citations (34) (2021)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
2020
- Modernizing Retailers in an Emerging Market: Investigating Externally-Focused and Internally-Focused Approaches
Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
- Spatial Gaps in Management Quality: Evidence from a Lagging Region in Croatia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- Unmasking the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses: Firm Level Evidence from Across the World
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (57)
- Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
2019
- Family Firms and Contractual Institutions
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
- Improving Management in Colombian Firms Through Individual and Group Consulting
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
- Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2022) View citations (12) (2022)
- Management Practices in Croatia: Drivers and Consequences for Firm Performance
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
- Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
- Too Much Energy: The Perverse Effect of Low Fuel Prices on Firms
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Too much energy The perverse effect of low fuel prices on firms, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2022) View citations (8) (2022)
2018
- Personal Initiative Training Leads to Remarkable Growth of Women-Owned Small Businesses in Togo
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
2016
- Competition makes IT better: evidence on when firms use it more effectively
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Competition makes IT better: Evidence on when firms use IT more effectively, Research Policy, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
- ICT use, competitive pressures and firm performance in Mexico
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
See also Journal Article ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
- Opportunity versus necessity: understanding the heterogeneity of female micro-entrepreneurs
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
See also Journal Article Opportunity versus Necessity: Understanding the Heterogeneity of Female Micro-Entrepreneurs, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (24) (2017)
- Organizing knowledge to compete: impacts of capacity building programs on firm organization
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
- Testing The Core-Competency Model Of Multi-Product Exporters
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2015)
See also Journal Article Testing the Core-competency Model of Multi-product Exporters, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2016) View citations (15) (2016)
2015
- Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost- versus quality-based competence
Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (132)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (78)
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (14)
See also Journal Article Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost- versus quality-based competence, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (120) (2015)
- Regional productivity convergence in Peru
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
- Trade Integration, FDI, and Productivity
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
2014
- Stunted Growth: Why Don't African Firms Create More Jobs?
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (11)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (5)
2013
- Russian volatility: obstacle to firm survival and diversification
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
- Trade and innovation in services: evidence from a developing economy
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Trade and Innovation in Services: Evidence from a Developing Economy, The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell (2014) View citations (22) (2014)
2012
- Determinants of market integration and price transmission in Indonesia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
- Getting Ready: Preparation for Exporting
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (96)
- Productivity Performance in Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
2011
- Economic performance under NAFTA: a firm-level analysis of the trade-productivity linkages
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Economic Performance under NAFTA: A Firm-Level Analysis of the Trade-productivity Linkages, World Development, Elsevier (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
- Financing Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of South Africa
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (5)
- Gender and finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: are women disadvantaged ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (40)
- Success and Failure of African Exporters
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (47)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011)
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article Success and failure of African exporters, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (114) (2013)
- Supplier Responses to Wal-Mart's Invasion in Mexico
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (10)
See also Journal Article Supplier responses to Walmart's invasion in Mexico, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (36) (2015)
2010
- The DR-CAFTA and the extensive margin: a firm-level analysis
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
- Trade as an Engine of Creative Destruction Mexico experience with Chinese competition
Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (6)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (2)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010)
See also Journal Article Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (132) (2013)
2009
- Banking crises and exports: lessons from the past
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (130)
See also Journal Article Banking crises and exports: Lessons from the past, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (18) (2019)
- The better you are the stronger it makes you: evidence on the asymmetric impact of liberalization
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article The better you are the stronger it makes you: Evidence on the asymmetric impact of liberalization, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (36) (2012)
2008
- Essays on Firm-Level Responses to Globalisation
Economics PhD Theses, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School
- Multi-product exporters: diversification and micro-level dynamics
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (61)
Journal Articles
2025
- Firms’ digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tale of two stories
Science and Public Policy, 2025, 51, (6), 1241-1256
See also Working Paper Firms’ Digitalization during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Two Stories, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2023) (2023)
2024
- The international empirics of management
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 121, (45), e2412205121
- Training microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental evidence from Mexico
Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167, (C) View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Training Microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental Evidence from Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2023) (2023)
2023
- Competition makes IT better: Evidence on when firms use IT more effectively
Research Policy, 2023, 52, (8) View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Competition makes IT better: evidence on when firms use it more effectively, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses
The World Bank Research Observer, 2023, 38, (1), 36-72 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
2022
- Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (1), 346-371 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (13) (2019)
- Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 71, (1), 111 - 149 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Shortening Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence from Fruit and Vegetable Vendors in Bogota, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
- Too much energy The perverse effect of low fuel prices on firms
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, 111, (C) View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Too Much Energy: The Perverse Effect of Low Fuel Prices on Firms, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
2021
- Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock: A Firm Level Perspective
(Economic Uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic)
The World Bank Research Observer, 2021, 36, (1), 41-66 View citations (34)
See also Working Paper Policies to Support Businesses through the COVID-19 Shock: A Firm-Level Perspective, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (24) (2021)
2019
- Banking crises and exports: Lessons from the past
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, (C), 192-204 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Banking crises and exports: lessons from the past, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (130) (2009)
2018
- Decomposing firm-level productivity growth and assessing its determinants: evidence from the Americas
The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2018, 43, (6), 1571-1606 View citations (10)
- Is Personal Initiative Training a Substitute or Complement to the Existing Human Capital of Women? Results from a Randomized Trial in Togo
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 256-61 View citations (9)
- Organizing knowledge to compete
Journal of International Economics, 2018, 111, (C), 1-20 View citations (16)
- Participating or Not? Characteristics of Female Entrepreneurs Participating in and Completing an Entrepreneurial Training Program
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 246-51 View citations (1)
2017
- ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 30, (Supplement_1), S109-S118 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper ICT use, competitive pressures and firm performance in Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
- Opportunity versus Necessity: Understanding the Heterogeneity of Female Micro-Entrepreneurs
The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 30, (Supplement_1), S86-S96 View citations (24)
See also Working Paper Opportunity versus necessity: understanding the heterogeneity of female micro-entrepreneurs, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (20) (2016)
2016
- Testing the Core-competency Model of Multi-product Exporters
Review of International Economics, 2016, 24, (4), 699-716 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper Testing The Core-Competency Model Of Multi-Product Exporters, CEPR Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (14) (2016)
2015
- Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost- versus quality-based competence
Journal of International Economics, 2015, 95, (2), 216-232 View citations (120)
See also Working Paper Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost- versus quality-based competence, Munich Reprints in Economics (2015) View citations (132) (2015)
- Supplier responses to Walmart's invasion in Mexico
Journal of International Economics, 2015, 95, (1), 1-15 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper Supplier Responses to Wal-Mart's Invasion in Mexico, CEPR Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (6) (2011)
2014
- Trade and Innovation in Services: Evidence from a Developing Economy
The World Economy, 2014, 37, (7), 953-979 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Trade and innovation in services: evidence from a developing economy, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
2013
- Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Gap?
World Development, 2013, 47, (C), 102-120 View citations (117)
- Economic Performance under NAFTA: A Firm-Level Analysis of the Trade-productivity Linkages
World Development, 2013, 44, (C), 180-193 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Economic performance under NAFTA: a firm-level analysis of the trade-productivity linkages, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (6) (2011)
- Success and failure of African exporters
Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, (C), 284-296 View citations (114)
See also Working Paper Success and Failure of African Exporters, CEP Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (47) (2011)
- Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition
Journal of International Economics, 2013, 89, (2), 379-392 View citations (132)
See also Working Paper Trade as an Engine of Creative Destruction Mexico experience with Chinese competition, Working Paper Series (2010) (2010)
2012
- The better you are the stronger it makes you: Evidence on the asymmetric impact of liberalization
Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (2), 474-485 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper The better you are the stronger it makes you: evidence on the asymmetric impact of liberalization, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
2010
- Catching up with the technological frontier:Micro-level evidence on growth and convergence
Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (6), 2073-2096 View citations (21)
- Multi-Product Exporters: Product Churning, Uncertainty and Export Discoveries
Economic Journal, 2010, 120, (544), 481-499 View citations (261)
Chapters
2015
- Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition**The authors are grateful to Gerardo Leyva and Abigail Duran for granting us access to INEGI data at the offices of INEGI in Aguascalientes under the commitment of complying with the confidentiality requirements set by the Mexican Laws. Special thanks go to all INEGI employees who provided assistance and answered our questions. in particular to Gabriel Romero, Alejandro cano. Araceli Martinez, Armando Arellanes, Ramon Sanchez, Otoniel Soto, candida Aguilar. and Adriana Ramirez. We also thank Christian Hansen for his help with the implementation of the quantile IV regressions and Philippe Aghion, Tibor Besedes, Chad Bown. Ana Cusolito, Judith Dean, Aaditya Mattoo. Guy Michaels, Emanuel Ornelas, Stephen Redding, Daniel Sturm as well as the participants at the seminars ofETSG, USITC, Penn State, Boston University, University of Vienna, london School of Economics, St Andrews University, FREIT, the World Bank trade seminar. the Econometric Society World Congress and the University of Kent for helpful comments. The views contained in this paper are of the authors and not necessarily those of the World Bank. The financial support of the World Bank's Research Support Budget is gratefully acknowledged
Chapter 19 in Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty Essays in Applied International Trade Analysis, 2015, pp 393-406 View citations (1)
2006
- CHECKING THE RESULTS OF THE CASE STUDY INTERVIEWS— AN ESSAY IN TRIANGULATION
Chapter 5 in Closing The EU East-West Productivity Gap Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness and Public Policy, 2006, pp 93-133
- IDENTIFYING THE CHANNELS AND MECHANICS OF FDI-INDUCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Chapter 2 in Closing The EU East-West Productivity Gap Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness and Public Policy, 2006, pp 19-33
- INTRODUCTION: PRODUCTIVITY AND SOCIAL CAPABILITY — A HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1 in Closing The EU East-West Productivity Gap Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness and Public Policy, 2006, pp 1-17
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