Costas Arkolakis

Research

Working Papers

The Elusive Pro-Competitive Effects of Trade (with A. Costinot, D. Donaldson and A. Rodriguez-Clare)
First version: March 16, 2012 (preliminary)

Innovation and Production in the Global Economy (with N. Ramondo, A. Rodriguez-Clare and S. Yeaple)
First version: June 13, 2011.
Abstract (preliminary)

Gains from Trade Under Monopolistic Competition: A Simple Example (with A. Costinot and A. Rodriguez-Clare)
First version: September 5, 2010

Selection, Growth and Learning (with T. Papageorgiou)
(preliminary, slides)

Submitted Papers or Under Revision

The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products: A Firm-Level Analysis (with M.-A. Muendler)
NBER Working Paper No. 16641
First version: December 30, 2007. This version: August 3, 2010
Abstract (additional material: Data Appendix, Theory Appendix)
Companion Paper: The Continuum Case

A Unified Theory of Firm Selection and Growth
(previously titled Market Penetration Costs and Trade Dynamics)
First version: July 2, 2007. This version: October 23, 2011 (New Version)
Abstract (additional material:Theory Appendix, Data Appendix, Additional Data)

Publications

New Trade Models, Same Old Gains? (with A. Costinot and A. Rodriguez-Clare)
American Economic Review, 2012, 102(1), 94-130. NBER Working Paper No. 15628.
Abstract (additional material: theory appendix)

Market Penetration Costs and the New Consumers Margin in International Trade
Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118 (6), 1151-1199. NBER working paper No. 14214
Abstract (additional material: data appendix, theory appendix, programs/data)

Vertical Specialization and International Business Cycles Synchronization (with A. Ramanarayanan)
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Special Issue on Heterogeneity & Trade, 2009, 111 (4), 665-680
Abstract (additional material: technical appendix, sensitivity appendix)

Endogenous Variety and the Gains from Trade (with P. Klenow, S. Demidova and A, Rodriguez-Clare)
American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 2008, 98 (4), 444-450. NBER working paper 13933
Abstract (additional appendices: Welfare in the Krugman model, Detailed derivations)

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