Publications in Peer-Refereed Journals

"Does Dollarization Promote Trade? Evidence from Two Recent Episodes," Applied Economics, Vol. 56, No. 17 (2024), pp. 2058-2076. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2178632

"The Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Dollarized Economies," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 30, No. 17 (2023), pp. 2473-2480, with Juan Francisco Rumbea Pavisic. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2022.2098234

"The Causal Effects of FTAs on the Trade Margins: Evidence from Geographically Distant Partners," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 88 No. 4 (2022), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho and Hansoo Choi. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12556

"Skill Premium Divergence: The Roles of Trade, Capital and Demographics," Economic Theory, Vol. 67, No. 1 (2019), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-018-1098-8

"Do Free Trade Agreements Increase the New Goods Margin? Evidence from Korea," Open Economies Review, Vol. 29, No. 5 (2018), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho and Hansoo Choi. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-018-9500-5

"The Dynamics of Trade Margins: Evidence from the European Integration," Economics Letters, Vol. 167 (2018), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.03.014

"The New Goods Margin in New Markets," Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2018), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2017.01.001

"Accounting for Skill Premium Patterns: Evidence from the EU Accession," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 83, No. 1 (2016), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12108

"Trade Integration and the Skill Premium: Evidence from a Transition Economy," Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 41, No. 2 (2013), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2012.08.002

"Can Enforcement Constraints Explain the Patterns of Capital Flows Following Financial Liberalizations," Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 31, No. 5 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.01.001

"The Welfare Impact of Trade Liberalization," Economic Inquiry, Vol. 49, No. 2 (2011), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00296.x

"Trade Liberalization in Latin America and Eastern Europe: The Cases of Ecuador and Slovenia," Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 23, No. 4 (2008), with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2008.23.4.1002

Book Chapters

"A Monetary and Fiscal History of Ecuador, 1960-2017," in Timothy J. Kehoe and Juan Pablo Nicolini, Editors, A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960–2017, The University of Minnesota Press, 2021, with Simón Cueva. Link to the project website: https://manifold.bfi.uchicago.edu/projects/monetary-fiscal-history-latin-america-1960-2017

"La Historia Económica Contemporánea del Ecuador, 1972–2015" ("The Modern Economic History of Ecuador, 1972-2015"), in Javier Díaz Cassou and Marta Ruiz-Arranz, Editors, Reformas y Desarrollo en el Ecuador Contemporáneo, Inter-American Development Bank, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001378

"La Inserción Internacional de la Economía Ecuatoriana en Dolarización" ("The International Integration of the Ecuadorian Economy under Dollarization"), in Javier Díaz Cassou and Marta Ruiz-Arranz, Editors, Reformas y Desarrollo en el Ecuador Contemporáneo, Inter-American Development Bank, 2018.http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001378

Policy Publications

"New Goods" Trade in the Baltics, FREE Policy Briefs, Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies (FREE), May 2017, with Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho. https://freepolicybriefs.org/2017/05/22/new-goods-trade-baltics/