Research Papers

Selected Publications

“On the Relationship between Preferential and Multilateral Trade Liberalization: The Case of Customs Unions,” (with Kamal Saggi and Alan Woodland), forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2012.

“Some welfare implications of hub and spoke fee trade agreements”, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, forthcoming, 2012.

“Foreign Direct Investment and Customs Union: Incentives for Multilateral Tariff Cooperation over Free Trade, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, forthcoming, 2012.

“Free Trade, Autarky and the Sustainability of an International Environmental Agreement,” (with Hassan Benchekroun) B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 11/1 Article 9, 1-30, 2011.

“Bilateral Trade Agreements and the Feasibility of Multilateral Free Trade,” (with Kamal Saggi), Review of International Economics, 19/2, 356-373, 2011.

“Bilateralism, pure multilateralism, and the quest for global free trade,” (with Kamal Saggi), Journal of International Economics, 81 (1), pages 26-37, 2010.

“Trading Rules and the Environment: Does Equal Treatment Lead to a Cleaner World?” (with Ida Ferrara and Paul Missios), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 58, 206–225, 2009.

“The Role of MFN under Asymmetries in Environmental Standards” (with Paul Missios), Economics Letters, 93(2), 297-304, November 2006.

“On the International Linkages between Trade and Merger Policies,” (with Kamal Saggi), Review of International Economics, 14 (2), 212-225, May 2006.

“An analysis of the MFN clause under asymmetries of cost and market structure.” (with Kamal Saggi), Canadian Journal of Economics, 38 (1), 242-254, February 2005.

Papers Under Submission

“On the Relationship between Tariff Levels and the Nature of Mergers” (with Aysegul Ulus), under revision for the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

“Foreign Direct Investment and the Choice of Environmental Policy” (with Ida Ferrara and Paul Missios)”, submitted.

“Inter-regional Competition, Comparative Advantage and Environmental Federalism” (with Ida Ferrara and Paul Missios)”, submitted.