Publications:

New: New Protectionist Policies, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Organization of Firms (with O. Ivus), International Economics, 174, 196-197, 2023. article

New: Intellectual Property and the Organization of the Global Value Chains (with S. Bolatto, G. Ottaviano, K. Zajc Kejžar), Economica, 90 (359), 707-745, 2023. article

CEPR Discussion Paper 14256

CEP Discussion Paper 1673

VOX Commentary

New: Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain (with F. Cinnirella, G.Prarolo), Journal of Economic Growth, 28, 225-257, 2023. article

CEPR Discussion Paper 14561

CESIFO Discussion Paper 8223

New: Migration and Imitation (with O. Ivus and L. Qiu), Economica, 90 (357), 212-239, 2023. article

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Working Paper 457

Religion, Intellectual Property, and Innovation (with G. Pignataro), in K. F. Zimmerman, Ed., Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2022. chapter

pre-publication version

Learning by Supplying and Competition Threat (with Y. Chen and S. Peng), Review of World Economics, 157(1), 121-148, 2021. article
Multinationalization and the Scope of Innovation (with S. Bakhtiari and A. Minniti), Industrial and Corporate Change, 28(5), 1057-1077, 2019. article

Islam, Trade, and Innovation, in S. Iyer, J. Rubin, and J. Carvalho, Eds., Advances in the Economics of Religion, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2019. chapter

pre-publication version

The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency (with E. Farvaque and A. Mihailov), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174(4), 707-742,2018. article
Trade Liberalization, Democratization and Technology Adoption (with M. Cervellati and F. Toubal), Journal of Economic Growth, 23(2), 145-173, 2018. lead article
Harmonisation and Globalisation of Intellectual Property Culture (with G. Prarolo), World Economy, 41(7), 1847-1866, 2018. article

Offshoring, Product Scope and Firm Performance (with S. Bakhtiari and A. Minniti), in W. Kohler and E. Yalcin, Eds., Developments in Global Sourcing , MIT Press, Cambridge, 2018. chapter

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Trade and Geography in the Spread of Islam (with S. Michalopoulos and G. Prarolo), Economic Journal, 128, 3210-3241, 2018. article

Intellectual Property Protection and the Brain Drain, in C. Fink and E. Miguelez, Eds., The International Mobility of Talent and Innovation: New Evidence and Policy Implications , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. chapter

pre-publication version

Intellectual Property Rights and Diaspora Knowledge Networks: Can Patent Protection Generate Brain Gain from Skilled Migration? (with C. Strozzi), Canadian Journal of Economics, 50(4), 995-1022, 2017.article

Intellectual Property Rights, FDI, and Technological Development (with X. Yi), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 26 (4), 410-424, 2017. article

 

Relationship-Specific Investments and Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement with Heterogeneous Suppliers (with S. Peng and Y. Tsai), Review of International Economics, 25 (3), 626-648, 2017. article

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

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. article
Oligarchies and Development in a Global Economy: A Tale of Two Elites” (with A. Akerman, A. Seim), Economic Inquiry : 54(1), 229-246, 2016.article
Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation” (with C. Strozzi), Journal of International Economics: 96(1), 150-161, 2015. article

"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. article

“Cross-Border Intellectual Property Rights: Contract Enforcement and Absorptive Capacity” (with Y. Tsai), Scottish Journal of Political Economy: 63(2), 211-226, 2015. article
Theocracy and Resilience Against Economic Sanctions ” (with G. Pignataro), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization: 111, 1-12, 2015. lead article

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, 2014. chapter

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. article

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

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

“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. article

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

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

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

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

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, 2008. chapter

pre-published version

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

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

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

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

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