Publications

Journal Papers

Capacity Building as a Route to Export Market Expansion: A Six-Country Experiment in the Western Balkans. Journal of International Economics. September 2023. Vol 144. September. 2023 (joint with David McKenzie and Ornella Darova)

Proximity to the Frontier, Markups, and the Response of Innovation to Foreign Competition: Evidence from Matched Production-Innovation Surveys in Chile. American Economic Review: Insights. March 2023. Vol. 5 (1) (joint with Alvaro Garcia Marin and William F. Maloney)

Can Government Intervention Make Firms More Investment Ready? A Randomized Experiment in the Western Balkans. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2021. Vol 103 (3) (joint with Ernest Dautovic and David McKenzie)

4. Capital Allocation in Developing Countries. The World Bank Economic Review. 2021. Vol. 00 (0) 1–20 (joint with Joel David, Venky Venkateswaran, and Tatiana Didier)

Near or Far? Spillovers in Patenting, Quality Upgrading, and Product Releases. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation, and Development. 2021. Vol 13 (1). 50-81 (joint with Claudio Bravo and Daniel Lederman)

Innovation Patterns and their Effect on Firm-Level Productivity in South Asia. Journal of Economics and Public Finance. 2019. Vol 5 (3), 261-292 (joint with Xavier Cirera)

7. Roads, Exports, and Employment in Developing Countries: Following the Trace of the Inca Roads. Journal of Development Economics. 2017. 125 (joint with Volpe Martincus Christian and Carballo Jeronimo)

8. The Additionality Impact of a Matching Grant Programme for Small Firms: Experimental Evidence from Yemen. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 2016. 9:1, 1-14 (joint with David McKenzie and Nabila Assaf)

9. The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen. IZA Journal of Labor & Development. 2016. 5:1 (joint with David McKenzie and Nabila Assaf)

10. Trade Policy Barriers: An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia. Journal of Banking and Financial Economics. 2015. 2(4). 91-129 (joint with Claire Hollweg)