Main Publications

"FDI and Export Upgrading" with T. Harding
Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming [pre-print version]
[featured in CEPR vox column]


"Does Services Liberalization Benefit Manufacturing Firms? Evidence from the Czech Republic"
with J. Arnold and A. Mattoo, Journal of International Economics, 85(1), 2011 [pre-print version]
[featured in CEPR vox column]


"Roll out the Red Carpet and They Will Come: Investment Promotion and FDI Inflows" with T. Harding
Economic Journal, forthcoming [pre-print version]
[featured in CEPR Vox column, IGC column, Beyond Transition newsletter]


"Does It Matter Where You Come From? Vertical Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment and the Origin of Investors" with M. Spatareanu
Journal of Development Economics, 96(1), 2011 [pre-print version]


"Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment" with C. Ozden, M. Spatareanu and C. Neagu
Journal of Development Economics, 94(2), 2011 [pre-print version]


"Multi-product Exporters: Product Churning, Uncertainty and Export Discoveries" with L. Iacovone
Economic Journal CV, 120(544), 2010 [pre-print version]


"Tough Love: Do Czech Suppliers Learn from Their Relationships with Multinationals?" with M. Spatareanu
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(4), 2009 [pre-print version]


"Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Productivity in Indonesia" with J. Arnold,
Journal of International Economics, 79(1), 2009 [pre-print version]


"Differentiated Products and Evasion of Import Tariffs" with G. Narciso,
Journal of International Economics, 76(2), 2008 [pre-print version]


"Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China" with M. Amiti,
Journal of Development Economics, 85(1-2), 2008 [pre-print version]


"To Share or Not to Share: Does Local Participation Matter for Spillovers from FDI?" with M. Spatareanu,
Journal of Development Economics, 85(1-2), 2008 [pre-print version]


"Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms?
In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages
"
American Economic Review, 94(3), 2004 [pre-print version]
   Reprinted in Multinational Enterprises and Host Economies, K. Meyer, ed., Edward Elgar, 2008
   Reprinted in Globalization and Productivity, D. Greenaway, H. Gorg and R. Kneller, eds., Edward Elgar, 2008

"The Composition of Foreign Direct Investment and Protection of Intellectual Property
Rights in Transition Economies
" European Economic Review, 48(1), 2004 [pre-print version]
   Reprinted in Intellectual Property and Development: Lessons from Recent Economic Research, C. Fink and K. Maskus, eds.,
   Oxford University Press, 2005