Journal Articles
A Commitment Theory of Subsidy Agreements (with Michele Ruta), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2013)
This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements...
Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth (with Michele Ruta), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2012)
We study the role of productive and unproductive entrepreneurship in economic growth in a setting...
Economic Integration, Political Integration or Both? (with Michele Ruta), Journal of the European Economic Association (2011)
We study the effects of economic and political integration by presenting a model in which...
Sheep and Their Herders: Testing the Myth of Rational Voters – A Latvian Case Study (with Kirk A. Collins and Brent McKenzie), International Journal of Economics and Business Research (2011)
Through the use of a simple behavioural political economy model, we cast doubt on the...
Special Interests and the Gains from Political Integration (with Michele Ruta), Economics and Politics (2006)
This paper presents a formal study of economic influence by special-interest groups under political integration...
Contributions to Books and Conference Proceedings
The Value of Domestic Subsidy Rules in Trade Agreements (with Edoardo Campanella and Michele Ruta), Valuing International Trade Rules (2012)
On the Political Substitutability between Tariffs and Subsidies (with Michele Ruta), Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (2009)
This paper provides a simple model that highlights the political substitutability between import tariffs and...
Lobbying, Bargaining and EU Enlargement (with Michele Ruta), Rivista di Politica Economica (2003)
The past fifty years of European integration can be seen as the result of a...