Research Interests

Networks in Trade and Finance
Industrial Organization
Economic Development, International Trade

Google Scholar Research Profile

Publications

• “Labor Market Power and Worker Turnover” (with Andrew Liu), European Economic Review. Vol. 163, April 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104701

• “Migrants Networks and Survival in the Job: Evidence from Foreign Newcomers on the PGA Tour” (with David Pastoriza, Jean-François Plante and Ekaterina Turkina). Journal of Sports Economics. 25(4), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/15270025241233551

• “Trade and Innovation: Unraveling a Complex Nexus,” (with Difei Geng), International Journal of Innovation Studies, 5(1), March 2021.

• “Rethinking the Aid-Growth Relationship: A Network Approach”, (with Andy Horowitz and Hongwei Song). Forthcoming in Review of Development Economics.

• “Regional innovation clusters and firm innovation performance: an interactionist approach,” (with Ekaterina Turkina and Boris Oreshkin), Regional Studies, 53(8), 2019.

• “Local and Trans-local linkages in the aerospace industry: an emerging small world? (with Ari Van-Assche and Ekaterina Turkina), in Gorgoni, S., Amighini, A., Smith , M., (Eds.), Networks of International Trade and Investment: Understanding globalisation through the lens of network analysis, Vernon Press, 2018.

• “Community evolution in patent networks: technological change and network dynamics,” (with Yuan Gao, Zhen Zhu and Massimo Riccaboni), Applied Network Science, 3:26 (2018).
• “Socio-Economic Mobility and Air Passenger Demand in the U.S.” (with Christian Hofer and Fabio Mendez), Transportation Research Part A. Vol. 112, June 2018.
• The Burden of Glory: Competing for Non-monetary Incentives in Rank-order Tournaments (Dowloadable PDF file) (with David Pastoriza and Jean-Francois Plante), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 27(1), Spring 2018.
• “Friendship, not Altruism: An Economic Theory with Cross-Cultural Applications,” (with Amy Farmer), Review of Social Economy, 76(1), 2018.
• Structure and Evolution of Global Cluster Networks: Evidence from the Aerospace Industry (Downloadable PDF file) (with Ekaterina Turkina and Ari Van Assche), Journal of Economic Geography. 16(6), November 2016.
• “Collegiality in Organizations: An Economic Approach to Organizational Citizenship Behavior,” (with Amy Farmer), Economics and Sociology, 9(2), 2016.

• “The Nature of the Business Group: Power, Relational Contracts and Scope,” Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 25(1&2), June 2014.

• Growth Networks (Downloadable PDF file) (with Javier Reyes, Josh McGee & Stuart Shirrell), Journal of Development Economics. 101, March 2013.

• “Diversification and Tunneling: Evidence from Indian Business Groups,” (Downloadable PDF file) (with Jayati Sarkar).  Journal of Comparative Economics, 39(3), September 2011.

• Have Community Banks Reduced Home Foreclosure Rates? (Downloadable PDF file) (with Kathy Fogel and Tim Yeager), Journal of Banking and Finance, 35(9), September 2011.

• “Financial Contagion on the International Trade Network,” (with Javier Reyes), Economic Inquiry, 48(4), October 2010.
• “Legal Systems, Information Asymmetry and Firm Boundaries: Cross-Border Choices to Diversify Through Mergers, Joint Ventures, or Strategic Alliances,” (with Tomas Jandik). Journal of International Business Studies, 40(4), May 2009.
• “Economic Progress, Social Regress?” (with Amy Farmer), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9(3), August 2007.
• The Architecture of Globalization: A Network Approach to International Economic Integration,” (with Javier Reyes), Journal of International Business Studies, 38(4), July 2007.
• “Trade Structure and Economic Growth,” (with Fabio Mendez and Javier Reyes), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 16(2), June 2007.
• “Connected Lending: Thailand Before the Financial Crisis,” (Abstract) (with Chutatong Charumilind and Yupana Wiwatanakantang), Journal of Business, 79(1), January 2006.
• “Business Groups, the Financial Market and Modernization,” (Abstract) Economics of Transition. 11(4), November 2003.
• “The City as a Giant Component: A Random Graph Approach to Zipf’s Law,” (Abstract),  Applied Economics Letters. 10(11), 2003.
• “Contractual Governance, Business Groups and Transition,” (Abstract) Economics of Transition. 10(2), June 2002.
• “Financially Interlinked Business Groups,” (Abstract) (with Maitreesh Ghatak), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 10, No. 4. Winter 2001.
• “Endogenous Business Networks,” (Abstract) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Volume 15, Issue 3. October 1999.
• “Guanxi versus the Market: Ethics and Efficiency’’ (with Steve Lovett and Lee Simmons), Journal of International Business Studies. Volume 30, No. 2, Summer 1999.
• “Minimum Advertised Price,” (Abstract) Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.  Vol. 7, No. 4. Winter 1998.
• “Business Networks in Transition Economies: Norms, Contracts and Legal Institutions,” (Abstract) in Assessing the Value of Law in the Economic Transition From Socialism, edited by Peter Murrell.  University of Michigan Press 2001.
• “Diversified Business Groups in Emerging Economies,” (Downloadable PDF file) (with Maitreesh Ghatak). Money and Finance, Oct.-Dec. 2000.

Working Papers

• Occupational Coherence and Local Labor Market Performance: Evidence from France.  (with Catherine Laffineur and Charlie Joyez).
• Stress Tests, Labor Demand, and the Dynamic Adjustment of Firms (with Andrew Yizhou Liu
• StockMarket Synchronicity and the Global Trade Network: A Random Walk Approach (Downloadable PDF file) (with Javier Reyes and Amat Adarov), December 2009.
• “Social Embeddedness and Economic Governance: A Small World Approach,” (Downloadable PDF file) Mimeo, University of Arkansas, Revised Version September 2013.

Work in Progress

• Divergence of Fortune: The Unequal Effects of Liberalization in India (with Jayati Sarkar)
• Entrepreneurship, Reputation and Business Groups (with Nisvan Erkal).
• Political Connections, Social Network Investment and Entrepreneurship (with Nisvan Erkal).
• Social Networks as a Source of Individuals’ Competitive Advantage (with David Pastoriza, Jean-François Plante and Ekaterina Turkina)