Publications:

NEW: Intellectual Property Rights and Diaspora Knowledge Networks: Can Patent Protection Generate Brain Gain from Skilled Migration? (with C. Strozzi), Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.

pre-publication version

Working Paper: Centro Studi Ld’A WP 380 (2014)

NEW: Intellectual Property Rights, FDI, and Technological Development (with X. Yi), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, forthcoming.

pre-publication version

 

NEW: Relationship-Specific Investments and Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement with Heterogeneous Suppliers (with S. Peng and Y. Tsai), Review of International Economics, forthcoming.

pre-publication version

Working Paper: Centro Studi Ld’A WP 381 (2015)

NEW: Islam, Inequality and Pre-Industrial Comparative Development (with S. Michalopoulos and G. Prarolo), Journal of Development Economics: 120, 86-98, 2016.

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Working Paper: NBER WP 21506 (2015)

NEW: Political Institutions and Government Spending Behavior: Theory and Evidence from Iran” (with S. Faraji Dizaji, M. Farzanegan), International Tax and Public Finance : 23, 522-549, 2016.

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Working Paper: Centro Studi Ld’A WP 382 (2015)

NEW: Oligarchies and Development in a Global Economy: A Tale of Two Elites” (with A. Akerman, A. Seim), Economic Inquiry : 54(1), 229-246, 2016.

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Working Paper: FEEM WP 65/2011 (2011)

Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation” (with C. Strozzi), Journal of International Economics: 96(1), 150-161, 2015.

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Vox Column: Sparking off the Magic of Diasporas; RES Press Release: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain

Working Paper: Centro Studi Ld’A WP 374 (2014)

"Intellectual Property Rights, Product Complexity, and the Organization of Multinational Firms" (with J. Spies, F. Toubal), Canadian Journal of Economics: 48(3), 881-902, 2015.

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Working Paper: CESifo

“Cross-Border Intellectual Property Rights: Contract Enforcement and Absorptive Capacity” (with Y. Tsai), Scottish Journal of Political Economy: 63(2), 211-226, 2015.

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Working Paper: FEEM

Theocracy and Resilience Against Economic Sanctions ” (with G. Pignataro), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization: 111, 1-12, 2015.

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Working Paper: Centro Studi Ld’A WP 383 (2015)

Migration, Technology Diffusion and Institutional Development at the Origin” (with O. Ivus), in R. Lucas, Eds., International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development, Edward Edgar Publishing, Northampton MA, 2014.

pre-published version

 

"Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indian Pharmaceuticals" (with A. Mantovani), Health Economics: 21(11), 1286-1299, 2012.

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Working Paper: FEEM (Previous title: "Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy")

"Rent Seeking and Regime Stability in Rentier States" (with K. Bjorvatn), European Journal of Political Economy: 27(4), 740-748, 2011.

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Working Paper: FEEM (Previous title: "Rent Seekers in Rentier States: When Greed Brings Peace")

 

"Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth" (with C. Davis), Economic Inquiry: 49(2), 334-348, 2011.

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Working Papers: RECent

“Intellectual Property Rights and Entry into a Foreign Market: FDI vs. Joint Ventures” (with D. Leahy), Review of International Economics: 18(4), 633-649, 2010.

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Working Papers: CEPR ; FEEM

 

"Outsourcing, Complementary Innovations and Growth " (with G.I.P. Ottaviano), Industrial and Corporate Change: 19(4), 1009-1035, 2010.

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Working Paper: CEPR

“Trade Sanctions and Green Trade Liberalization”, Environment and Development Economics: 15(4), 379-394, 2010.

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pre-published version

Working Paper: FEEM (previous title: "Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Trade Obligations: A Theoretical Analysis of the Doha Proposal")

“Firm Heterogeneity, Contract Enforcement, and the Industry Dynamics of Offshoring” (with G.I.P. Ottaviano), Scandinavian Journal of Economics: 111, 629-653, 2009.

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Working papers: FEEM; KITeS; Ld'A

Offshoring and Product Innovation” (with G.I.P. Ottaviano), Economic Theory: 38, 517-532, 2009.

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Working Paper: CEPR

Outsourcing, Contracts, and Innovation Networks” (with G.I.P. Ottaviano), in S. Brakman and H. Garretsen, Eds., Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2008.

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Working Paper: CEPR

 

Strategic Intellectual Property Rights Policy and North-South Technology Transfer”, Review of World Economics: 143, 55-78, 2007.

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Working Paper: FEEM

 

Asymmetric Labor Markets, Southern Wages, and the Location of Firms”, Review of Development Economics: 11, 463-481, 2007.

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Working Paper: FEEM

 

Can R&D Inducing Green Tariffs Replace International Environmental Regulations?”, Resource and Energy Economics: 29, 284-299, 2007.

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Working Paper: FEEM

 

Bootlegging in the Music Industry: A Note” (with G. Schulze), European Journal of Law and Economics: 12, 57-72, 2001.

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Other Publications:

“Green Trade Liberalization” , Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs: Special Issue on the Environment, 2008. link

“The Globalisation of Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Europe and the Newly Emerging Economies” (with M. Comune), Review of Environment, Energy and Economics: May, 2012. link