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Demand-driven Technical Change and Productivity Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Energy Policy Act (2020)
Journal Article
Impullitti, G., Kneller, R., & McGowan, D. (2020). Demand-driven Technical Change and Productivity Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Energy Policy Act. Journal of Industrial Economics, 68(2), 328-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/joie.12231

We present novel evidence on the effect of market size on technology adoption and productivity. Our tests exploit a natural experiment in the US corn industry where changes to national energy policy created exogenous increases in demand. Difference-i... Read More about Demand-driven Technical Change and Productivity Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Energy Policy Act.

Globalization and state capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO (2019)
Journal Article
Baccini, L., Impullitti, G., & Malesky, E. J. (2019). Globalization and state capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO. Journal of International Economics, 119, 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.02.004

What do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) do? How do they respond to market incentives? Can we expect substantial efficiency gains from trade liberalization in economies with a strong presence of SOEs? Using a new dataset of Vietnamese firms we document... Read More about Globalization and state capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO.

Firm Dynamics and Residual Inequality in Open Economies (2018)
Journal Article
Felbermayr, G., Impullitti, G., & Prat, J. (2018). Firm Dynamics and Residual Inequality in Open Economies. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(5), 1476-1539. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx049

© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Economic Association. All rights reserved. Wage inequality between similar workers has been on the rise in many rich countries. Recent empirical research suggests that h... Read More about Firm Dynamics and Residual Inequality in Open Economies.

Trade, Firm Selection and Innovation: The Competition Channel (2017)
Journal Article
Impullitti, G., & Licandro, O. (2018). Trade, Firm Selection and Innovation: The Competition Channel. Economic Journal, 128(608), 189-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12466

We study the welfare gains from trade in an economy with heterogeneous firms, variable markups and endogenous growth. Variable markups arise from oligopolistic competition, and cost-reducing innovation is the engine of long-run growth. Trade liberali... Read More about Trade, Firm Selection and Innovation: The Competition Channel.

Globalization and wage polarization (2015)
Journal Article
Cozzi, G., & Impullitti, G. (in press). Globalization and wage polarization. Review of Economics and Statistics, 98(5), https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00551

In the 1980s and 1990s, the US labour market experiences a remarkable polarization along with fast technological catch-up, as Europe and Japan improve their global innovation performance. Is foreign technological convergence an important source of wa... Read More about Globalization and wage polarization.

Global innovation races, offshoring and wage inequality (2015)
Journal Article
Impullitti, G. (2016). Global innovation races, offshoring and wage inequality. Review of International Economics, 24(1), 171-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12202

In the 1970s and 1980s the US position as the global technological leader was increasingly challenged by Japan and Europe. In those years the US skill premium and residual wage inequality increased substantially. This paper presents a two-region qual... Read More about Global innovation races, offshoring and wage inequality.