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Working Papers

2025

1. Industrial Policy under Constraints: Evidence from Pakistan’s Export Subsidy Schemes
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2024

2. Evaluating the impact of export finance support on firm-level export performance: Evidence from Pakistan
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (5)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2020) View citations (4)
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM) (2020) View citations (4)
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, GEP (2020) View citations (6)
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, City St George's, University of London (2020) View citations (5)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2024)

2022

3. Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Poland
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Economic integration, industrial structure, and catch‐up growth: Firm‐level evidence from Poland, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2023) (2023)
4. Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution
   Working Papers, SITES View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2021

5. Deep Trade Agreement and Foreign Direct Investments
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2020

6. All These Worlds are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Cash Subsidies to Export in Nepal
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, City St George's, University of London View citations (23)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (8)
   Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (8)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2020) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article All these worlds are yours, except india: The effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in nepal, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2020) View citations (7) (2020)
7. Import Duties and Performance
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
8. Internationally Linked Firms, Integration Reforms and Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
9. Slow Rockets and Fast Feathers or the Link between Exchange Rates and Exports: A Case Study for Pakistan
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
10. The Upstream Tariff Simulator (UTAS): A Tool to Assess the Impact of Tariff Reform on Input Costs and Effective Protection across Sectors
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2019

11. Integration and Price Transmission in Key Food Commodity Markets in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
12. Macro and Micro Features of Successful Economic Convergence
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2018

13. Pakistan
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2017

14. A bit far ? geography, international economic agreements, and foreign direct investment: evidence from emerging markets
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
15. All These Worlds Are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Export Subsidies in Nepal
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (6)
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, GEP (2017) View citations (4)
16. Trade Policy Reforms for the Twenty First Century
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (9)

2016

17. From Evidence to Policy Supporting Nepal’s Trade Integration Strategy
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (4)
18. Market integration and poverty: evidence from South Sudan
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
19. The role of exchange rate and non-exchange rate related factors in polish firms'export performance
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2015

20. Indonesia Current Account Assessment
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
21. Openness, Growth, and Productivity in Indonesia's Development Agenda
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
22. Revealing the Impact of Relaxing Service Sector FDI Restrictions on Productivity in Indonesian Manufacturing
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
23. Survival is for the fittest: export survival patterns in Georgia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Survival is for the fittest: Export survival patterns in Georgia, Economic Systems, Elsevier (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
24. Sustaining Micro Competitiveness to Ensure Convergence and Macro Resilience of the Polish Economy
    MF Working Papers, Ministry of Finance in Poland View citations (1)
25. The Role of Imported Intermediate Inputs in the Indonesian Economy
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
26. Uruguay
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2014

27. Asymmetric Price Transmission in Indonesia’s Wheat Flour Market
    ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank View citations (1)
28. Oriental Republic of Uruguay
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2013

29. Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
30. Export diversification in twelve European and Central Asian countries and the role of the commodity boom
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
31. Service sector reform and manufacturing productivity: evidence from Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (46)
32. Travel channel meets discovery channel or how tourism can encourage better export performance and diversification in Nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Travel Channel Meets Discovery Channel or How Tourism Can Encourage Better Export Performance and Diversification in Nepal, South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2012

33. Agglomeration and Manufacturing Activities in Indonesia
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
34. Constraints on Productivity and Investment in Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
35. Determinants of market integration and price transmission in Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
36. How the Macroeconomic Environment and Investment Climate Have Affected the Manufacturing Sector
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
37. Incomplete, slow, and asymmetric price transmission in ten product markets of Bolivia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
38. Productivity Performance in Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
39. Why the Manufacturing Sector Still Matters for Growth and Development in Indonesia
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)

2011

40. A Framework to Analyze the Impact of Exchange Rate: Uncertainty on Output Decisions
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (4)
41. Exchange rate expectations, uncertainty and output in the Southern Cone
    Economics PhD Theses, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (1)
42. Real Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Output: A Sectoral Analysis
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (2)
43. The Extrapolative Component in Exchange Rate Expectations and the Not-So-Puzzling Interest Parity: The Case of Uruguay
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School

2007

44. Determinants of Productivity in Morocco - The Role of Trade?
    CARIS Working Papers, Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex, University of Sussex View citations (2)

2006

45. Determinants of productivity in Morocco and Egypt - the role of trade?
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

1991

46. Profundización industrial y modernización estatal en el pensamiento político latinoamericano
    Documentos de Trabajo (working papers), Department of Economics - dECON

Journal Articles

2024

1. Comment on "How might China-US industrial policies affect the Philippines?: a quantitative exerciseâ"
   Philippine Review of Economics, 2024, 61, (2), 199-201
2. Emerging market multinationals and international investment agreements
   International Business Review, 2024, 33, (3)

2023

3. Economic integration, industrial structure, and catch‐up growth: Firm‐level evidence from Poland
   Review of International Economics, 2023, 31, (1), 106-140
   See also Working Paper Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Poland, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2022) (2022)

2022

4. Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (10), 2110-2131 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution, Working Papers (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
5. Why do exports react less to real exchange rate depreciations than to appreciations? Evidence from Pakistan
   Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, 81, (C) View citations (3)

2020

6. All these worlds are yours, except india: The effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in nepal
   European Economic Review, 2020, 128, (C) View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper All These Worlds are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Cash Subsidies to Export in Nepal, Working Papers (2020) View citations (23) (2020)

2018

7. Survival is for the fittest: Export survival patterns in Georgia
   Economic Systems, 2018, 42, (3), 397-413 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Survival is for the fittest: export survival patterns in Georgia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2015

8. Travel Channel Meets Discovery Channel or How Tourism Can Encourage Better Export Performance and Diversification in Nepal
   South Asia Economic Journal, 2015, 16, (2), 183-208 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Travel channel meets discovery channel or how tourism can encourage better export performance and diversification in Nepal, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2014

9. Information for Export Survival: An Analysis of Georgian Export Performance and Survival in International Markets
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2014, (151), 1-7 View citations (2)
10. Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself: Evidence on Imported Intermediates in Indonesia
    World Bank - Economic Premise, 2014, (136), 1-6 View citations (4)

2013

11. Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia
    World Bank - Economic Premise, 2013, (106), 1-7 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia, World Bank Publications - Reports (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
12. Can Tourism Encourage Better Export Performance and Diversification in Nepal?
    World Bank - Economic Premise, 2013, (127), 1-6 View citations (2)

Books

2015

1. New Voices in Investment: A Survey of Investors from Emerging Countries
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (7)