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The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation (2018)
Journal Article
García-Vega, M., & Huergo, E. (2019). The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157, 775-792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.11.009

Firms are increasingly outsourcing their high-tech services. Theory suggests that R&D outsourcing allows firms to specialize in core knowledge-intensive tasks, thereby increasing innovation, but R&D outsourcing may also undermine internal capabilitie... Read More about The role of international and domestic R&D outsourcing for firm innovation.

Testing the order of fractional integration of a time series in the possible presence of a trend break at an unknown point (2018)
Journal Article
Iacone, F., Leybourne, S. J., & Taylor, A. R. (2018). Testing the order of fractional integration of a time series in the possible presence of a trend break at an unknown point. Econometric Theory, 35(6), 1201 - 1233. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266466618000361

We develop a test, based on the Lagrange multiplier [LM] testing principle, for the value of the long memory parameter of a univariate time series that is composed of a fractionally integrated shock around a potentially broken deterministic trend. Ou... Read More about Testing the order of fractional integration of a time series in the possible presence of a trend break at an unknown point.

Broadband infrastructure, ICT use and firm performance: evidence for UK firms (2018)
Journal Article
DeStefano, T., Kneller, R., & Timmis, J. (2018). Broadband infrastructure, ICT use and firm performance: evidence for UK firms. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 155, 110-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.08.020

The recent economics literature has begun to recognise that ICT is a heterogeneous technology altering information storage, processing and communication in distinct ways. In this paper we use the arrival of a new communication technology, ADSL broadb... Read More about Broadband infrastructure, ICT use and firm performance: evidence for UK firms.

On the social inappropriateness of discrimination (2018)
Journal Article
Barr, A., Lane, T., & Nosenzo, D. (2018). On the social inappropriateness of discrimination. Journal of Public Economics, 164, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.06.004

We experimentally investigate the relationship between discriminatory behaviour and the perceived social inappropriateness of discrimination. We conjecture that discrimination will be weaker when social norms oppose it. Our results support this predi... Read More about On the social inappropriateness of discrimination.

Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11 (2018)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., García Lembergman, E., & Juarez, L. (2018). Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11. World Economy, 41(8), 2129-2148. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12653

This paper examines Argentine exports at the firm level between 2003 and 2011, a period of exceptional and sustained export growth. While at the product level, the pattern of specialisation barely changed, exporters exhibit new dynamics in internatio... Read More about Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11.

Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain (2018)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., Calvo, P., & Hauk, E. (2018). Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain. Economics Letters, 170, 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.015

This note provides evidence on how immigration costs affect school performance of immigrant children exploiting the information provided by the CDI; a standardized exam for all students enrolled in the last year of Primary education in the Madrid reg... Read More about Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain.

Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru (2018)
Journal Article
Outes-Leon, I., Sánchez, A., & Molina, O. (2018). Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru. Review of Development Economics, 22(4), 1536-1560. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12398

This paper assesses the importance of psychosocial status in the accumulation of cognitive skills during the transition from mid to late childhood. We use longitudinal data from a cohort of 700 Peruvian children drawn from a very rich dataset, the Yo... Read More about Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru.

Semi-autonomous revenue authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa: silver bullet or white elephant (2018)
Journal Article
Dom, R. (2018). Semi-autonomous revenue authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa: silver bullet or white elephant. Journal of Development Studies, 55(7), 1418-1435. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1469743

A major component of tax administration reform in sub-Saharan Africa for the last 30 years has been the creation of semi-autonomous revenue authorities (SARAs). The effects of their creation on revenue performance have been much debated, although the... Read More about Semi-autonomous revenue authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa: silver bullet or white elephant.

Credit Rating and Debt Crises (2018)
Journal Article
Holden, S., Natvik, G. J., & Vigier, A. (2018). Credit Rating and Debt Crises. International Economic Review, 59(2), 973-987. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12293

We develop an equilibrium theory of credit rating in the presence of rollover risk. By influencing rational creditors, ratings affect sovereigns' probability of default, which in turn affects ratings. Our analysis reveals a pro-cyclical impact of cre... Read More about Credit Rating and Debt Crises.

China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty (2017)
Working Paper
Facchini, G., Liu, M. Y., Mayda, A. M., & Zhou, M. China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty

We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one important channel of impact has been internal migration. Specifically, we study the changes in internal migration rates triggered by the r... Read More about China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty.

The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa (2016)
Journal Article
Cagé, J., & Rueda, V. (2016). The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(3), 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140379

This article investigates the long-term consequences of the printing press in the nineteenth century sub-Saharan Africa on social capital nowadays. Protestant missionaries were the first to import the printing press and to allow the indigenous popula... Read More about The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa.

Customs (2015)
Journal Article
Volpe Martincus, C., Carballo, J., & Graziano, A. (2015). Customs. Journal of International Economics, 96(1), 119-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2015.01.011

All international trade transactions are processed by custom agencies and such processing takes time. Despite the fact that time is a key trade barrier, the time it takes for shipments to clear customs and how customs' processing times affect firms'... Read More about Customs.

How do transport costs affect firms’ exports? Evidence from a vanishing bridge (2014)
Journal Article
Volpe Martincus, C., Carballo, J., Garcia, P. M., & Graziano, A. (2014). How do transport costs affect firms’ exports? Evidence from a vanishing bridge. Economics Letters, 123(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.030

In this paper we provide estimates of the effects of international transport costs on firms’ exports anddisentangle the channels of these effects. In so doing, we use a unique dataset consisting of highlydisaggregated transaction-level trade and tran... Read More about How do transport costs affect firms’ exports? Evidence from a vanishing bridge.

No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Eberhardt, M., & Teal, F. (2013). No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 75(6), 914-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00720.x

In line with the wider macro productivity literature existing studies of agricultural production largely neglect technology heterogeneity, variable time-series properties and the potential for heterogeneous but correlated total factor productivity (T... Read More about No mangoes in the tundra: Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural productivity analysis.

Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia (2013)
Journal Article
Dercon, S., Hill, R. V., Clarke, D., Outes-Leon, I., & Seyoum Taffesse, A. (2014). Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Economics, 106, 132-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.006

We show theoretically that the presence of basis risk in index insurance makes it a complement to informal risk sharing, implying that index insurance crowds-in risk sharing and leading to a prediction that demand will be higher among groups of indiv... Read More about Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia.

Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D? (2013)
Journal Article
Eberhardt, M., Helmers, C., & Strauss, H. (2013). Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D?. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(2), 436-448. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00272

A large body of literature estimates private returns to R&D adopting the Griliches knowledge production framework, which ignores the potential impact of spillovers on consistent estimation. Using a panel of twelve manufacturing industries across ten... Read More about Do spillovers matter when estimating private returns to R&D?.

Structural change and cross-country growth empirics (2012)
Journal Article
Eberhardt, M., & Teal, F. (2013). Structural change and cross-country growth empirics. World Bank Economic Review, 27(2), 229-271. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhs020

One of the most striking features of economic growth is the process of structural change whereby the share of agriculture in GDP decreases as countries develop. The cross-country growth literature typically estimates an aggregate homogeneous producti... Read More about Structural change and cross-country growth empirics.

Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections (2012)
Journal Article
Bonfatti, R., & Ghatak, M. (2013). Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections. Journal of International Economics, 89(1), (187-201). doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.07.005. ISSN 0022-1996

Trade liberalization in the 1980s and 1990s has been associated with a sharp increase in the skill premium in both developed and developing countries. This is in apparent conflict with neoclassical theory, according to which trade should decrease the... Read More about Trade and the allocation of talent with capital market imperfections.