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Working Papers

2025

1. Do Creditor Rights Reduce Tunneling? Evidence From India’s Bankruptcy Law Reforms
   Working Papers, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL)

2024

2. Foreign Direct Investment, Geography, and Welfare
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2020

3. Family-Leave Mandates and Female Labor at U.S. Firms: Evidence from a Trade Shock
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (4)

2019

4. Do Institutions Determine Economic Geography? Evidence from the Concentration of Foreign Suppliers
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2016

5. Impact of Crime on Firm Entry: Evidence from South Africa
   ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa
6. Importing and firm performance: New evidence from South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)

2015

7. Buyer-Seller Relationships in International Trade: Do Your Neighbors Matter?
   ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa
   Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2014) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Buyer–seller relationships in international trade: Do your neighbors matter?, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (20) (2016)
8. Price-setting Behavior and Competition in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Retail Outlets in Lesotho
   ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa
   See also Journal Article Price-setting Behavior and Competition in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Retail Outlets in Lesotho, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer (2018) (2018)
9. Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing
   ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa
   See also Journal Article Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2014

10. A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Development Community
    ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa
    See also Journal Article A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Development Community, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
11. Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
    See also Journal Article Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: an analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) (2015)
12. Skills mismatch and informal sector participation among educated immigrants: Evidence from South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2013

13. Peers and Tiers and US High-Tech Export Controls: A New Approach to Estimating Export Shortfalls
    Working Paper Series, Peterson Institute for International Economics View citations (2)
14. Sizing Up US Export Disincentives for a New Generation of National-Security Export Controls
    Policy Briefs, Peterson Institute for International Economics

2012

15. Complementarity between Formal and Informal Manufacturing in India: The Role of Policies and Institutions
    Working Papers, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University View citations (17)

2010

16. Trade, Poverty and the Lagging Regions of South Asia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2008

17. Application of a multi-criteria integrated portfolio model for quantifying South Africa’s crude oil import risk
    ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa

Journal Articles

2025

1. Economic development reloaded: the AI revolution in developing nations
   New Zealand Economic Papers, 2025, 59, (1), 11-17 View citations (1)
2. Introduction to the special issue on ‘Development Economics: Evolution and New Horizons'
   New Zealand Economic Papers, 2025, 59, (1), 1-2

2024

3. Import competition, labor market regulations, and firm outsourcing
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, (C) View citations (6)

2021

4. The effects of labor regulation on firms and exports: Evidence from Indian apparel manufacturing
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49, (1), 183-200 View citations (8)
5. Trade liberalization, roads and firm productivity
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 153, (C) View citations (29)

2020

6. Importing and Productivity: An Analysis of South African Manufacturing Firms
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2020, 57, (2), 411-432 View citations (4)

2019

7. Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 110, (C), 89-101 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Do Institutions Determine Economic Geography? Evidence from the Concentration of Foreign Suppliers, Working Papers (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
8. Trade liberalization and volatility: Evidence from Indian firms
   Review of International Economics, 2019, 27, (5), 1409-1426 View citations (3)

2018

9. Importing and Firm Export Performance: New Evidence from South Africa
   South African Journal of Economics, 2018, 86, (S1), 79-95 View citations (26)
10. Price-setting Behavior and Competition in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Retail Outlets in Lesotho
    Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2018, 18, (4), 529-547
    See also Working Paper Price-setting Behavior and Competition in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Retail Outlets in Lesotho, ERSA Working Paper Series (2015) (2015)
11. Richard Baldwin: The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
    New Global Studies, 2018, 12, (2), 297-300 View citations (1)

2017

12. Labor Regulations, Employment and Wages: Evidence from India's Apparel Sector
    Asian Economic Policy Review, 2017, 12, (1), 70-90 View citations (8)
13. Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing
    Review of International Economics, 2017, 25, (3), 677-693 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing, ERSA Working Paper Series (2015) (2015)

2016

14. Buyer–seller relationships in international trade: Do your neighbors matter?
    Journal of International Economics, 2016, 102, (C), 128-140 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Buyer-Seller Relationships in International Trade: Do Your Neighbors Matter?, ERSA Working Paper Series (2015) (2015)

2015

15. A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Development Community
    Journal of African Economies, 2015, 24, (3), 390-415 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Development Community, ERSA Working Paper Series (2014) (2014)
16. Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: an analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa
    Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (17), 1415-1418
    See also Working Paper Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants: An analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa, SALDRU Working Papers (2014) (2014)
17. The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Micro Enterprises: Do Banks Matter? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 77, (6), 832-853 View citations (3)

2013

18. External liberalization by India and China: recent experience and future challenges
    Indian Growth and Development Review, 2013, 6, (1), 8-34
19. The Determinants of Capital Intensity in Manufacturing: The Role of Factor Market Imperfections
    World Development, 2013, 51, (C), 91-103 View citations (20)
20. What explains the high capital intensity of Indian manufacturing?
    Indian Growth and Development Review, 2013, 6, (2), 212-241 View citations (9)