Books

‘Innovation and Structural Transformation in Asia’, (with Jesus Felipe, Önder Nomaler and Bart Verspagen), Taylor and Francis (2025).

Edited Volumes

‘New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy’, Edited Volume, (with Ludo Alcorta, Adam Szirmai and Bart Verspagen), Oxford University Press (March 2021).

Journal Publications

‘Unraveling Wage Inequality: Tangible and Intangible Assets, Globalization and Labor Market Regulations‘, Empirical Economics, (with Antonio Francesco Gravina), 2024, 67, 1375-1420.

‘Revisiting International Knowledge Spillovers: The Role of GVCs‘, Industrial and Corporate Change, (with Michele Delera), 2023, 32(5), 1163-1191.

‘Productive Efficiency, Structural Change and Catch-Up within Africa‘, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, (with Emmanuel Mensah and Solomon Owusu), 2023, 65, 78-100.

‘Structural Change, Productivity Growth, and Labour Market Turbulence in sub-Saharan Africa’, Journal of African Economies, (with Emmanuel Mensah, Solomon Owusu, and Adam Szirmai), 2023, 32(3), 175-208.

‘Stagnant Manufacturing Growth in India: The Role of the Informal Economy’, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (with Robert Djidonou), 2022, 63, 528-543.

‘The Breadth of Preferential Trade Agreements and the Margins of Exports’, Review of World Economics, (with Rod Falvey), 2021, 158, 181-251.

‘Characterizing Growth Instability: New Evidence on Unit Roots and Structural Breaks in Long Run Time Series’, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, (with Emanuele Russo), 2022, 32, 713-756.

‘Job Automation Risk, Economic Structure and Trade: A European Perspective’, Research Policy, (with Önder Nomaler and Bart Verspagen), 2021, 50(7), 104269.

‘Production Fragmentation and Upgrading Opportunities for Exporters: An Empirical Assessment of the Case of Brazil’, World Development, (with Caio Torres Mazzi and Glaucia E de Sousa Ferreira), 2021, 138, 105151.

‘Imported Intermediates, Technological Capabilities and Exports: Evidence from Brazilian Firm-Level Data’, Research Policy, (with Caio Torres Mazzi), 2021, 50(1), 104-141.

‘On PTAs and Bilateral Trade: Is GVC Trade Sensitive to the Breadth of Trade Policy Cooperation’, (with Michele Delera), Economies, 2020, 8(4), 84.

‘Global Value Chains and Employment Growth in Asia’, Asian Development Review, 36(2), September 2019, 100-130.

‘On the Relationship between the Breadth of PTAs and Trade Flows’, (with Rod Falvey), The World Economy, 41(4), April 2018, 1088-1110.

‘North-South FDI and Bilateral Investment Treaties’, (with Rod Falvey), The World Economy, 41(1), January 2018, 2-28.

‘Heterogeneous Effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties’, (with Rod Falvey), Review of World Economics, 153(4), November 2017, 631-656.

‘The Importance of Absorptive Capacities: Productivity Effects of International R&D Spillovers through Intermediate Inputs’, (with Johannes Pöschl and Robert Stehrer), Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 26(8), November 2017, 719-733.

‘Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Growth in Manufacturing and Services’, (with Bart Verspagen), Asian Development Review, 34(1), March 2017, 88-115.

‘Productivity Effects of Knowledge Transfers through Labour Mobility’, (with Johannes Pöschl), Journal of Productivity Analysis, 46(2), December 2016, 169-184.

‘The Role of Structural Change in the Economic Development of Asian Countries’, (with Bart Verspagen), Asian Development Review, 33(2), September 2016, 74-93.

‘International R&D Spillovers and Business Service Innovation’, (with Johannes Pöschl and Robert Stehrer), The World Economy, 39(12), December 2016, 2025-2045.

‘Offshoring and the Elasticity of Labour Demand’, (with Johannes Pöschl and Robert Stehrer), Open Economies Review, 27(3), July 2016, 515-540.

‘Importing, Productivity and Absorptive Capacity in Sub-Saharan Manufacturing Firms’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Open Economies Review. 27(1), February 2016, 87-117.

‘Foreign Ownership and Performance in sub-Saharan Manufacturing and Services Firms’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Journal of International Development, 27, October 2015, 1197-1222.

‘Foreign Ownership and Labour in Sub-Saharan African Firms’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), African Development Review, 27(2), June 2015, 130-144.

‘Offshoring, Inshoring and Labour Market Volatility’, (with Johannes Pöschl), Asian Economic Journal, 29(2), June 2015, 145-163.

‘Importing, Exporting and the Productivity of Services Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 24(4), 2015, 499-522.

‘Learning by Exporting versus Self-Selection: New evidence for 19 sub-Saharan African Countries’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Economics Letters, 125, November 2014, 212-214.

‘Importing, Exporting and Performance in sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Firms’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Review of World Economics, 150(2), May 2014, 309-336.

‘Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Exporting and Firm-Level Performance in sub-Saharan Africa’, (with Anders Isaksson and Florian Kaulich), Journal of Development Studies, 50(2), February 2014, 244-257.

‘Intellectual Property Rights and the Margins of International Trade’, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 23(1), January 2014, 1-30.

‘On the Determinants of Investment in sub-Saharan African Firms’, African Development Review, 25(4), December 2013, 573-586.

‘Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand’, (with Robert Stehrer and Gaaitzen de Vries), Review of World Economics, 149(4), December 2013, 631-662.

‘Value Added Content of Trade: A Comprehensive Approach’, (with Robert Stehrer), Economics Letters, 120(2), August 2013, 354-357.

‘Trade Liberalisation and Growth: A Threshold Exploration of Channels’, (with Rod Falvey and Ahmed Khalid), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 18(2), March 2013, 231-253. Reprinted in Noel Gaston (ed.), Economic and Policy Developments in East Asia, 2014, Routledge.

‘Preferential Trade Agreements and the Margins of Imports’, Open Economies Review, November 2012, 23(5), 869-889.

‘Trade Liberalisation, Economic Crises and Growth’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), World Development, 40(11), November 2012, 2177-2193.

‘Preferential Trade Agreements and the Structure of International Trade’, (with Robert Stehrer), Review of World Economics,147(3), October 2011, 385-409.

‘Determinants of Regional Economic Growth by Quantile’, (with Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma and Robert Stehrer), Regional Studies, 45(6), June 2011, 809-826.

‘Labour Market Rigidities and International Risk Sharing Across OECD Countries’, (with Jarko Fidrmuc and Johann Scharler), Journal of International Money and Finance, 30(4), June 2011, 660-677.

‘The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on the Margins of International Trade’, (with Johannes Pöschl and Robert Stehrer), Economic Systems, 35(1), March 2011, 64-83.

‘Sectoral Productivity, Density and Agglomeration in the Wider Europe’, (with Robert Stehrer), Spatial Economic Analysis, 4(4), February 2009, 377-396.

‘Trade, Imitative Ability and Intellectual Property Rights’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), Review of World Economics, 145(3), October 2009, 373-404.

‘The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Economic Growth: Evidence from a Quantile Regression Analysis’, Kyklos, 61(4), October 2008, 543-567.

‘Imported Equipment, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries’, (with Uwe Dulleck), Economic Analysis and Policy, 38(2), September 2008, 233-250.

‘Barriers to Technology Adoption, International R&D Spillovers and Growth’, (with Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma and Johann Scharler), Economics Bulletin, 15, March 2008, 1-7.

‘Relative Backwardness, Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Spillovers’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), Economics Letters, 97, December 2007, 230-234.

‘Modeling Transformation in CEECs using Smooth Transitions’, (with Robert Stehrer), Journal of Comparative Economics, 35(1), March 2007, 57-86.

‘Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), Review of Development Economics, 10(4), November 2006, 700-719.

‘Exports, Growth and Threshold Effects in Africa’, Journal of Development Studies, 42(6), August 2006, 1056-1074.

‘Does Venture Capital Investment spur Employment Growth’, (with Ansgar Belke and Rainer Fehn), Finance India, 20(1), March 2006, 75-98.

‘Dimensions of Quality Upgrading – Evidence for CEECs’, (with Uwe Dulleck, Robert Stehrer and Julia Wörz), Economics of Transition, 13(1), January 2005, 51-76.

‘Why Transition Countries May Specialize in Low Quality Production’, (with Uwe Dulleck), Transition Studies Review, 11(3), January 2005, 114-124.

‘Imports, Exports, Knowledge Spillovers and Growth’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), Economics Letters, 85(2), November 2004, 209-213.

‘Venture Capital Investment and Employment Growth’, (with Ansgar Belke and Rainer Fehn), Problems and Perspectives in Management, 1, March 2004, 5-19.

‘North-South Trade, Knowledge Spillovers and Growth’, (with Rod Falvey and Sir David Greenaway), Journal of Economic Integration, 17(4), December 2002, 650-670.

Book Chapters and Other Publications

‘Decarbonizing Value Chains in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Economies‘, (with Altynay Arapova and Lyaziza Sabyrova), Policy Brief, 2024.

‘Trade Based Structural Change and the Role of Declining Trade Barriers’, (with Michael Landesmann), in N. Foster-McGregor, A. Szirmai, B. Verspagen and L. Alcorta (2021), New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

‘The Rise of the Service Sector in the Global Economy’, (with Solomon Owusu and Adam Szirmai), in N. Foster-McGregor, A. Szirmai, B. Verspagen and L. Alcorta (2021), New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

‘Introduction’, (with Adam Szirmai), in N. Foster-McGregor, A. Szirmai, B. Verspagen and L. Alcorta (2021), New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

‘Mini Symposium on Perspectives on Structural Change – Introduction’, (with Jesus Felipe), Asian Development Review, 36(2), 2019, i-iii.

‘How does Trade Respond to Preferential Trade Agreements’, (with Robert Stehrer), World Trade Report Discussion Forum, World Trade Organization, 2011.

‘Venture Capital Investment and Labour Market Performance: A Panel Data Analysis’, (with Ansgar Belke and Rainer Fehn), in Kanniainen, V. and Keuschnigg, C. (eds.), Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, December 2004, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

‘On the Determinants of Absorptive Capacity: Evidence from OECD Countries’, (with Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma and Johann Scharler), Current Issues in Economic Growth, Proceedings of OeNB Workshops, March 2004, 58-81.