Esteban Rossi-Hansberg performs research in macroeconomics, international trade, and
urban economics. His research focuses on the internal structure of cities, the
distribution of economic activity in space, economic growth and the size distribution of
cities, the effect of offshoring on wage inequality, the role on information technology
on wages and organization, and firm dynamics and the size distribution of firms.
Rossi-Hansberg was a faculty member in the Economics Department at Stanford University.
He is a research fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and his
research receives support from the National Science Foundation. Ph.D. University of
Chicago.

Articles

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Firm Fragmentation and Urban Patterns (with Pierre-Daniel Sarte and Raymond Owens III), International Economic Review (2009)
 

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Spatial Growth and Industry Age (with Klaus Desmet), Journal of Economic Theory (2009)
 

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Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of Offshoring (with Gene Grossman), American Economic Review (2008)
 

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Establishment Size Dynamics in the Aggregate Economy (with Mark L. J. Wright), American Economic Review (2007)
 

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Urban Structure and Growth (with Mark L. J. Wright), Review of Economic Studies (2007)
 

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Books

Solutions Manual for Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics (with Claudio Irigoyen and Mark L. J. Wright) (2002)
 

Contributions to Books

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Organizing Offshoring: Middle Managers and Communication Costs (with Pol Antras and Luis Garicano), The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy (2008)
 

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The Rise of Offshoring: It's Not Wine for Cloth Anymore (with Gene Grossman), The New Economic Geography: Effects and Policy Implications (2006)
 

Working Papers

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External Economies and International Trade Redux (with Gene Grossman) (2008)
 

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Housing Externalities (with Pierre-Daniel Sarte and Raymond Owens III) (2008)
 

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Organizing Growth (with Luis Garicano) (2008)
 

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Spin-offs and the Market for Ideas (with Satyajit Chatterjee) (2008)
 

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Task Trade between Similar Countries (with Gene Grossman) (2008)
 

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