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Publications
Books

 

Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications,

Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003

(with Stephen Turnovsky)

 

Institutions, Development and Growth,

Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006

(with Cecilia García-Peñalosa)

 

International Economics

Routledge Press, New York, NY, 2009

(with John Mutti and Michelle Turnovsky)

 

Information Technology and Productivity Growth: German Trends and OECD Comparisons

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009

(with Thomas Strobel)

 

Journals

 

Education, Technological Change and Economic Growth   

Inter-American Review of Educational Development, No 119, III (1994): 461-81.

(With Thomas Bailey)

 

Interaction Between Endogenous Human Capital and Technological Change 

Review of Economic Studies vol. 63 (1) no 214, (January 1996):127-44.

 

The Human Capital Dimension to Direct Foreign Investment 

in Trade, Dynamics and Growth, B. Jensen, K. Y. Wong eds, U. Michigan Press, 1997.

(With Pantelis Kalaitzidakis).

 

Risk and Financial Development 

in Managing Capital Flows and Exchange Rates: Lessons from the Pacific Basin Economies,  Reuven Glick (ed), Cambridge University Press, 1998.

(With Steve Turnovsky).

 

Training, Adverse Selection and Appropriate Technology: Development and Growth in a Small Open Economy   

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 23, (April 1999):727-746.

 

International Capital Markets and Non Scale Growth   

Review of International Economics, 7, (May 1999):1-27.

(With Steve Turnovsky)

 

Trade, Development and Converging Growth Rates: Dynamic Gains From Trade Reconsidered   

Journal of International Economics, 48, (June 1999): 179-198.

 

A Generalized Model of Economic Growth  

Economic Journal, 109, (July 1999):394-415.

(With Steve Turnovsky).

 

Convergence in a Two Sector Non-Scale Growth Model   

Journal of Economic Growth, 4, (December 1999):413-429.

(With Steve Turnovsky).

 

Optimal Policies for Financial Liberalizations   

German Economic Review, 1, (February 2000):19-42.

(With Steve Turnovsky and Uwe Walz)

 

Scale, Congestion and Growth   

Economica, 67, (August 2000):325-47.

(With Steve Turnovsky).

 

Transition Dynamics in Non Scale Models  

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol 25, (2001):85-113.

(With Steve Turnovsky).

 

Financial Liberalization and Capital Flow Reversals: Optimal Policy for Short and Long Term Debt Management   

Economic Review Vol.52, No.4, (October 2001).

(With Steve Turnovsky and Uwe Walz)

 

Inequality and Growth: The Dual Role of Human Capital in Development   

Journal of Development Economics, Vol 66, (2001): 173-97.

(With Cecilia García-Peñalosa )

 

Protection for Sale: An Empirical Investigation: A Comment

American Economic Review, Vol 92, No 5 (2002): 1702-11.

(With Thomas Osang)

 

The Impact of Tax Policy on Inequality and Growth: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation

in Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications, Theo Eicher and Stephen Turnovsky eds., Cambridge: MIT Press.  2003.

(With Stephen Turnovsky and Carme Riera Prunera)

 

"On the Mechanics of Technical Change: New and Old Ideas in Economic Growth,"

in Old and New Growth Theories. An Assessment, Neri Salvadori ed., NY, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003

 

Market Structure and Innovation Revisited: Endogenous Productivity, Training and Market Shares

in Human Capital, Trade And Public Policy In Rapidly Growing Economies, M. Boldrin, B. Chen and P. Wang (eds), NY Edward Elgar, 2004.

(With Sang Choon Kim)

 

Political Support or Contributions: An Empirical Investigation of US Trade Policy

in "WTO and World Trade: Challenges in a New Era," G. Heiduk and K. Y. Wong eds. . Springer Verlag 2004

(With Thomas Osang)

 

Financial Liberalization, Openness and Convergence

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development Vol 13 (2005):443–459.

(With Leslie Hull)

 

How Do Institutions Lead Some Countries To Produce So Much More Output Per Worker Than Others?

in “Institutions, Development and Growth,” T. Eicher and C. García-Peñalosa eds MIT Press 2006.

(With Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Utku Teksoz)

 

FDI, Exports or Acquisition: Optimal Entry Modes for Multinational Corporations

Journal of Development Economics, Vol 77, 1, (June 2005):207-228

(With Jong Woo Kang)

 

Sources of the German Productivity Demise

German Economic Review, 8, (May 2007): 211–236

(With Oliver Roehn)

 

“Institutional Determinants of Economic Performance in OECD Countries – An Institutions Climate Index” Journal for Institutional Comparisons Vol 1 No 1 (2007), pp. 39-49

(With Oliver Roehn)

 

"Gross Output vs. Value Added German Productivity Growth,"

in Divergences in Productivity Between Europe and the United States,G. Cette, M. Fouquin and H.-W. Sinn eds,  Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2007.

(With Thomas Fuchs and Hans-Guenther Vieweg)

 

"Unraveling the Fortunes of the Fortunate: An Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) Approach,"

Journal of Macroeconomics, 29, 3, September 2007, Pages 494-514

(With Chris Papageorgiou and Oliver Roehn)

 

“Endogenous Strength of Intellectual Property Rights: Implications for Economic Development and Growth,”
European Economic Review, Vol 52, 2, (February 2008):. 237-58

(with Cecilia García-Peñalosa)
 

The Rise and Fall of German Productivity: Software Investment as the Decisive Driver,”

Cesifo Economic Studies, Vol 54, 3, (September 2008): 386-414.

(with Thomas Strobel)

 

Dynamic Effects of Terms of Trade Shocks: The Impact on Debt and Growth,”

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol 27, (September 2008): 876-896

(with Stefan Schubert and Steve Turnovsky)

 

“In Search of a Sulphur Dioxide Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach,”

Environment and Development Economics, Vol 13, 6 (December 2008): 1-28

(with Jeff Begun)

 

“Institutions and Economic Performance: Endogeneity and Parameter Heterogeneity,”

Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Vol. 41, (February 2009): 197-219

 (with Andreas Leukert)

Modeling Uncertainty In Macroeconomic Growth Determinants Using Gaussian Graphical Models Statistical Methodology , 7, (May 2010): 292-306
(with Adrian Dobra and Alex Lenkoski)

“Structural Policies and Growth: Time Series Evidence from a Natural Experiment”
Journal of Development Econo mics, 91 (2010) 169 – 179
(with T ill Schreiber)

"In Search of WTO Trade Effects: Preferential Trade Agreements Promote Trade Strongly, But Unevenly "
Journal of International Economics , 83, 2, (March 2011): 137-154
(with Christian Henn)

Default Priors and Predictive Performance in Bayesian Model Averaging, with Application to Growth Determinants
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 26, 1, (February 2011): 30-55
(with Chris Papageorgiou and Adrian Raftery)

One Money, One Market: A Revised Benchmark For the Effects of Currency Unions on Trade Flows
Review of International Economics, 19 , (August 2011): 419- 43 5
(with Christian Henn)

Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited: Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 27, (March 2012): 296-321
(with Christian Henn and Chris Papageorgiou)

Bayesian Model Averaging and Endogeneity Under Model Uncertainty: An Application to Development Determinants
Econometric Reviews, forthcoming
(with Alex Lenkoski and Adrian Raftery)

Robust FDI Determinants: Bayesian Model Averaging in the Presence of Selection Bias
(with Lindy Helfman and Alex Lenkoski)

Intellectual Property Rights as Development Determinants
Canadian Journal of Economics , forthcoming
(with Monique Newiak)

 

Contributions to books, not refereed

 

The North American Free Trade Agreement and the U.S. Apparel Industry   

in U.S.-Mexico Trade: Pulling Together or Pulling Apart?,  US Congress, Office of Technological Assessment, ITE-545 (Washington DC, GPO: October 1992).

(With Thomas Bailey).

 

Comments On The Management of Financial Crisis  

in The World’s New Financial Landscape: Challenges for Economic Policy, in H. Siebert, (ed), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001.

Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Productivity Growth"

German Economic Review, 8, (May 2007): 123-4

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