Konstantinos (Costas) Arkolakis

Research

Working Papers

The Extensive Margin of Exporting Goods: A Firm-Level Analysis (with Marc-Andreas Muendler)
First version: December 30, 2007 This version February 25, 2009
Abstract (preliminary, more info -Marc's website link- )

New Theories, Same Old Gains? (with Arnaud Costinot and Andres Rodriguez-Clare)
Abstract (preliminary, First version September 2009)

Selection, Growth and Learning (with Theodore Papageorgiou)
Abstract (preliminary, slides)

Submitted Papers

A Unified Theory of Firm Selection and Growth
(previously titled Market Penetration Costs and Trade Dynamics)
First version: July 2, 2007 This version: May 31, 2009
Abstract (additional appendices: technical appendix, alternative proof of double Pareto distr.,proof of Lemma 7, data appendix)

Market Penetration Costs and the New Consumers Margin in International Trade
NBER working paper 14214
First version: June 5, 2006, This version: February 3, 2008
Abstract (additional appendix: data and model )

Publications

Vertical Specialization and International Business Cycles Synchronization (with A. Ramanarayanan)
(previously titled Endogenous Specialization, Intermediate Goods, and International Business Cycles)
forth., special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics on Heterogeneity & Trade, Dec. 2009
First version: September 9, 2005, This version: September 6, 2009
Abstract (technical appendix, sensitivity appendix)

The Gains from Trade with Endogenous Variety (with P. Klenow, S. Demidova and A, Rodriguez-Clare)
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 98 (4), 444-450 and NBER working paper 13933
Abstract (additional appendices: Welfare in the Krugman model, Detailed derivations)

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