Center for the Study of Auctions, Procurements and Competition Policy

 

 

 

 

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B.A. Universidad de Costa Rica, M.A. Ohio State University, Ph.D. Stanford University

Contact Information: andres@psu.edu

 

 

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Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Member of the Executive Committee of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association)
Associate Editor of Economia (Journal of LACEA)
Consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank

Expertise:

International Trade, Investment and Offshoring
Political Economy of Trade Policy
Economic Development and Growth

Selected Publications:

1. "A Political-Economy Theory of Trade Agreements," with Giovanni Maggi, American Economic Review, September 2007.

2. "Trade, Foreign Investment, and Industrial Policy," with Giovanni Maggi, chapter for the new Handbook of Economic Development.

3. "Clusters and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Industrial Policy," Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 82, February 2007, pp. 43-57.

4. "Externalities and Growth," with Peter Klenow, Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1A, Aghion, P. and S. N. Durlauf (eds), North-Holland.

5. "The Value of Free Trade Agreements in the Presence of Political Pressures," with Giovanni Maggi, Journal of Political Economy, June 1998.

6. "The Neoclassical Revival in Growth Economics: Has It Gone Too Far?" with Pete Klenow, 1997 NBER Macroeconomics Annual.

7. "Multinationals, Linkages and Economic Development," American Economic Review, September 1996.