Profile
He hοlds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD in Economics from Yale University. He has worked as a researcher at the World Bank, as a visiting lecturer at Yale University and as a visiting professor at the European University Institute. In 2009-10 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization at Northwestern University. He is currently a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Senior Fellow at the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
Research Interests
Ιndustrial organization, international trade.
Selected Publications
"Gains from Trade in Used Goods: Evidence from Automobiles," Journal of International Economics 76(2), 322-336, December 2008.
"Quality Standards for Used Durables: An Indirect Subsidy?," Journal of International Economics 75(2), 268-282, July 2008 (with Costas Hadjiyiannis).
"Intermediaries as Quality Assessors: Tour Operators in the Travel Industry," International Journal of Industrial Organization 26(1), 372-392, January 2008 (with Paris Nearchou and Panos Pashardes).
"Book Value: Intertemporal Pricing and Quality Discrimination in the US Market for Books," International Journal of Industrial Organization 20(10), 1385-1408, December 2002.
"Is Learning by Exporting Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico, and Morocco," Quarterly Journal of Economics 113(3), 903-947, August 1998 (with Saul Lach and James Tybout).
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