Here you can find my academic publications, including journal articles and book chapters. My research focuses on topics like international trade, productivity, finance, and industrial organization.
Co-Edited Book
Handbook on Trade and Development, Oliver Morrissey, Ricardo A. Lopez, Kishor Sharma (editors). UK: Edward Elgar, April 2015.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Financial Subsidies, Female Employment, and Plant Performance – Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment, with Raffi Garcia, Journal of Financial Stability, Vol. 76, pp. 1-18 (2025).
Foreign Direct Investment, Product Sophistication and the Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor in Chilean Manufacturing, with W. Jia, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 57, No 1, pp. 70-87 (2021).
A Model of Firm Heterogeneity in Factor Intensities and International Trade, with Julian Emami Namini and Giovanni Facchini, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 1456-1480 (2015).
Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Imports of Intermediate Inputs: A Microeconometric Analysis of Chilean Manufacturing Plants, with Huong Nguyen, Review of International Economics, Vol. 23, No 5, pp. 972-995 (2015).
Foreign Technology Acquisition and Changes in the Real Exchange Rate, with Roberto Alvarez, The World Economy, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 613-628 (2015).
Access to Banking Finance and Exporting, with Roberto Alvarez, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 1523-1539 (2014).
Export Growth and Firm Survival, with Julian Emami Namini and Giovanni Facchini, Economics Letters, Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 481-486 (2013)
Factor Price Overshooting with Trade Liberalization: Theory and Evidence, with Julian Emami Namini, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 139-181 (2013)
Is Previous Export Experience Important for New Exports? with Roberto Alvarez and Hasan Faruq, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 426–441 (2013)
Financial Development and Exporting in Chilean Plants, with Roberto Alvarez, Review of World Economics, Vol. 149, No. 1, pp. 183-207 (2013)
Trade Liberalization and Industry Dynamics, with Roberto Alvarez, Open Economies Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 579-595 (2012)
Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Spillover Effects: Evidence from Chilean Plants, with Niru Yadav, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 46, No. 8, pp. 1385-1403 (2010)
Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants, with Jens Suedekum, Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 721-747 (2009)
Do Firms Increase Productivity in Order to Become Exporters? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics,Vol. 71, No. 5, pp. 621-642 (2009)
Skill Upgrading and the Real Exchange Rate, with Roberto Alvarez, The World Economy, Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 1165-1179 (2009)
Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Exporter Premia-Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries, as a member of The International Study Group on Exports and Productivity, Review of World Economics, Vol.144, No. 4, pp. 596-635 (2008)
Is Exporting a Source of Productivity Spillovers? with Roberto Alvarez, Review of World Economics, Vol. 144, No. 4, pp. 723-749 (2008)
Entry and Exit in International Markets: Evidence from Chilean Data, with Roberto Alvarez, Review of International Economics, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 692-708 (2008)
Foreign Technology Acquisition, Spillovers and Sunk Costs: Evidence from Plant-Level Data, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 1-7 (2008)
Foreign Technology Licensing, Productivity, and Spillovers, World Development, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 560-574 (2008)
Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Plant Survival, Economics Letters, Vol. 92, No.1, pp. 58-62 (2006)
Exporting and Performance: Evidence from Chilean Plants, with Roberto Alvarez, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 1384-1400 (2005)
Trade and Growth: Reconciling the Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Evidence, Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 623-648 (2005)
Export Orientation and Productivity in Chilean Manufacturing Industry, with Roberto Alvarez, Latin American Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No. 124, pp. 315-343 (2004) (In Spanish).
Book Chapter
The Effects of Public Sector Governance on Trade: Does Foreign Trade Facilitation Improve Export Performance? with K. McQueeney, in Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, Volume 3: International Trade and Commercial Policy (World Scientific Publishers) by C. Erbil and F. Rivera Batiz (2020).
Book Reviews
“An Introduction to Behavioral Economics: Using Psychology to Explain Economic Behavior – A Review of Behavioral Economics: The Basics” by P. Corr and A. Plagnol, Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020).
“Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalization,” by K. Sharma and O. Morrissey, Journal of International Development 19(3): 444-6 (2007).
“The WTO, Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda: Prospects and Challenges for Trade-Led Growth,” by B. Guha-Khasnobis, Journal of International Development 18(5): 741-2 (2006).
“Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries,” by K. Sharma, Journal of International Development 18(2): 296-7 (2006).
“Trade and Development: New Directions for the 21st Century,” by J. Toye, Journal of International Development 17(5): 705-6 (2005).
Contributions to Academic Blogs
Access to Credit is Crucial for Exporting, Vox.LACEA, Research Review, 26 May 2016. With Roberto Alvarez (University of Chile).
Foreign Trade Facilitation and Export Activity of Manufacturing Plants in Chile, Vox.LACEA, Research Review, 4 February 2016. With Kathleen McQueeney (International Business School, Brandeis University).
Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Imports of Intermediate Inputs – the Case of Chilean Plants, Vox-LACEA, 12 June 2015. With Huong (Vina) Nguyen (International Monetary Fund). Selected as one of the top 10 blog articles of 2015 at Vox.LACEA.
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