Welcome to my research website. I am currently Senior Country Economist for Mexico at the Inter-American Development Bank. My current work focuses on understanding those factors that affect firm performance in Mexico and other developing countries. In the past I've studied several aspects of the global economy, including the impact of remittances on development, the liberalization of the Mexican economy and its implications, and some of the determinants of international trade flows.
Corruption
The incidence of graft on developing-country firms (with Alvaro Gonzalez and Elio Valladares), World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007)
This paper measures the extent to which firms in developing countries are the target of...
Democracy
The Impact of International Trade on Democracy: A Long-Run Perspective (with Christopher M. Meissner), World Politics (2008)
The incidence of graft on developing-country firms (with Alvaro Gonzalez and Elio Valladares), World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007)
This paper measures the extent to which firms in developing countries are the target of...
The Globalization of Trade and Democracy, 1870-2000 (with Christopher M. Meissner), NBER Working Paper No. 11117 (2005)
Development
Globalization, Migration and Development: The Role of Mexican Migrant Remittances, Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2005)
International Remittances and Development: Existing Evidence, Policies and Recommendations (with Alexandra Olmedo), Proceedings of the G 20 Workshop on Demographic Challenges and Migration (2005)
In this paper we survey the recent literature assessing the development impact of international migrant...
Economic Integration; Globalization; International Trade
The Impact of International Trade on Democracy: A Long-Run Perspective (with Christopher M. Meissner), World Politics (2008)
How Sensitive are US Imports to Competition from China? (with Alejandro Micco and Danielken Molina), Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2008)
In this paper we estimate the elasticity of substitution of US imports using detailed trade...
International, Migration, remittances, and Development: An Overview (with Alexandra Olmedo), Integration & Trade (2007)
Has Globalization Deepened Income Inequality in Mexico? (with Fernando Borraz), Global Economy Journal (2007)
In this paper we use household survey data to study the evolution of income distribution...
Globalization, Migration and Development: The Role of Mexican Migrant Remittances, Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2005)
Exchange rates; Exchange-rate regimes and policy
How Sensitive are US Imports to Competition from China? (with Alejandro Micco and Danielken Molina), Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2008)
In this paper we estimate the elasticity of substitution of US imports using detailed trade...
Exchange-Rate Regimes and International Trade: Evidence from the Classical Gold Standard Era (with Christopher M. Meissner), American Economic Review (2003)
Firm performance
Regional Integration and Productivity: The Experiences of Brazil and Mexico (with Mauricio Mesquita Moreira), Integrating the Americas: FTAA and Beyond (2004)
NAFTA and Manufacturing Productivity in Mexico, Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2003)
International Migration; Remittances
International, Migration, remittances, and Development: An Overview (with Alexandra Olmedo), Integration & Trade (2007)
Globalization, Migration and Development: The Role of Mexican Migrant Remittances, Economía (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association-LACEA) (2005)
International Remittances and Development: Existing Evidence, Policies and Recommendations (with Alexandra Olmedo), Proceedings of the G 20 Workshop on Demographic Challenges and Migration (2005)
In this paper we survey the recent literature assessing the development impact of international migrant...
Regulation
The incidence of graft on developing-country firms (with Alvaro Gonzalez and Elio Valladares), World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007)
This paper measures the extent to which firms in developing countries are the target of...