Research question: A growing literature has documented the role of firm heterogeneity for income inequality. This paper explores the implications for household price indices.
Research question: Are falling trade costs a force for the diffusion of production to peripheral regions, or do they reinforce the concentration of production in space?
Research question: Measuring changes in household welfare requires a combination of detailed microdata that are seldomly available. We propose and implement a new approach using widely available expenditure survey microdata that is grounded in theory.
Research question: We develop and calibrate a tractable GE model of farm production and trade to explore the average and distributional implications of scaling up local interventions.
Selected Work in Progress
The Gains from Online Integration: Theory and Evidence from China, with Victor Couture (UBC), Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley) and Yizhen Gu (Peking University)
Research question: What are the local and aggregate economic effects of the spread of broadband and mobile internet in China?
Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica, with Alonso Alfaro-Ureña (Banco Central de Costa Rica), Cecile Gaubert (UC Berkeley), Isabela Manelici (Princeton) and Jose Pablo Vasquez (Princeton)
Research question: What are the average and distributional implications of "Responsible Sourcing" policies by multinationals in host countries?
Research question: What is the effect of developing country trade liberalization on the price of quality, and household cost of living across the income distribution?
