Published or Forthcoming Papers

1. A "New Trade" Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations
Journal of Political Economy, 119(1):122-152, February 2011
(the heterogeneous firm extension can be downloaded here)

2. Profits in the "New Trade" Approach to Trade Negotiations (click here for slides)
American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 102(3): 466-469, May 2012

3. A Gold Rush Theory of Economic Development
Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1): 107-117, January 2013

4. Market Size, Division of Labor, and Firm Productivity (with Thomas Chaney)
Journal of International Economics, 90(1): 177-180, May 2013

Working Papers

Why Trade Matters After All (click here for slides)
also available as NBER Working Paper 18113, May 2012
(the online appendix can be downloaded here)

Trade Wars and Trade Talks with Data (click here for slides)
also available as NBER Working Paper 17347, April 2012
revise and resubmit at American Economic Review

A Global View of Productivity Growth in China (with Chang-Tai Hsieh - click here for slides)
also available as NBER Working Paper 16778, September 2011

Work in Progess

Economic Geography and International Inequality in General Equilibrium (with Thomas Chaney and Stephen Redding)

Preferential Trade Agreements: A Unified Approach