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Mimeos, Working Papers

`Inventory, Sourcing and the Effects of Trade Costs: Theory and Empirical Evidence’, with Chris Muris, Horst Raff and Frank Staehler, CESIfo WP 10253, 2023.

`Votes, Economic Growth and Attitudes Toward Immigration in Switzerland' (with Dominique Gross), mimeo, 2021.

`A Theory of Intermediation in Supply Chains based on Inventory Control' (with Z. Qu and H. Raff), 2016.

`Inventory Control and Intermediation in Global Supply Chains?, (with Z. Qu and H. Raff), CESifo Working Paper No. 5269, March 2015.


Op-Ed Articles
`La politique salariale des universités doit être incitative', Le Temps (Switzerland), January 2006
The Chinese economy and B.C., Vancouver Sun (Canada), September 2008.
`La santé des banques canadiennes', Le Temps (Switzerland), April 2009.
`Healthy Canadian Banks', Truthout, April 2009 (picked up and translated from April 2009 op-ed).
Press coverage
On the USMCA, Infobae (in Spanish), Argentina, October 6, 2018.
Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada, Globe and Mail, April 2013.
Links Co-authors
S.P. Anderson (UVA)
B.C. Eaton (Calgary)
D.M. Gross (SFU)
R.G. Harris (SFU)
J. Mercenier (Cergy)
H. Raff (Kiel)
P. Raimondos-Moeller (Copenhagen)
A. Soubeyran (Aix-Marseille)
R. Weder (Basel)
Z. Yu (Carleton)

Publications: For downloading final versions of these publications, see also my Research Gate or RePEc pages.

`On the Role of Import-Intermediaries in Canada' (with Loretta Fung), Canadian Public Policy 50,1, 87-107, 2024.

`Incentives through Inventory Control in Supply Chains, (with Zhan Qu and Horst Raff), International Journal of Industrial Organization 59, 486-513, 2018.

`NAFTA and the Transformation of Canadian Patterns of Trade and Specialization, 1990-2012" (with R. Harris), in Jesus Cañas and Michael Weiss (eds.), NAFTA at 20: Effects on the North American Market, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Chap 10, 2017.

`Manufacturers and Retailers in the Global Economy', (with H. Raff), Canadian Journal of Economics 49, 2, 685-706, 2016.

`Retailers and International Trade' (with H. Raff). In E.Basker (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Retail and Distribution, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2016. Publisher website

`Imports and the Structure of Retail Markets' (with H. Raff), Canadian Journal of Economics 45(4), 1431-55, 2012. Appendix: short run

`Temporary Foreign Workers and Regional Labour Market Disparities in Canada' (with D.M. Gross), Canadian Public Policy 38, 2, 233-63, 2012. (2012 John Vanderkamp Prize)

`Low- and High-Skill Migration Flows: Free Mobility versus other Determinants' (with D.M. Gross), Applied Economics 44, 1-3, 1-20 (lead article), 2012.

'Commodity Taxes and Parallel Imports' (with P. Raimondos-Moeller), Journal of Public Economics 94, 1/2, 153-62, 2010.

`Differentiated Products, International Trade and Simple General Equilibrium Effects' (with S. P. Anderson), in G. Dow, A. Eckert and D. West, (eds), Industrial Organization, Trade and Social Interaction: Essays in Honour of B. Curtis Eaton, University of Toronto Press, Chapter 7, 2010.

'Buyer Power in International Markets' (with H. Raff), Journal of International Economics 72, 2, 222-29, 2009. Appendix with Proofs

'Parallel Imports', in R.S. Rajan and K.A. Reinert (eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2009.

`Why Parallel Imports May Raise Producers' Profits' (with H. Raff), Journal of International Economics 71, 434-47, 2007.

`A Simple Model of Brain Circulation' (with A. Soubeyran), Journal of International Economics 69, 296-309, 2006.

`Exclusive Dealing and Common Agency in International Markets' (with H. Raff), Journal of International Economics 68, 485-503, 2006.

`Endogenous Vertical Restraints in International Trade' (with H. Raff), European Economic Review 49, 7, 1877-89, 2005.

`Competition for Foreign Talents and International Labour Mobility', (with A. Soubeyran), in S. Easton, R.G. Harris and N. Schmitt (eds), Brain on the Move: Essays on Human Capital Mobility in a Globalizing World, (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute), Chapter 7, 99-114, 2005.

`Cultural Clustering, Skills and International Labour Mobility' (with D. Gross), in S. Easton, R.G. Harris and N. Schmitt (eds), Brain on the Move: Essays on Human Capital Mobility in a Globalizing World, (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute), Chapter 8, 115-132, 2005.

`Labour Mobility and a North American Common Market: Implications for Canada' (with R. Harris), in S. Easton, R.G. Harris and N. Schmitt (eds), Brain on the Move: Essays on Human Capital Mobility in a Globalizing World, (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute), Chapter 9, 133-174, 2005.

`A Simple General Equilibrium Model with International Labor Market Linkages' (with Jean Mercenier), in R.G. Harris and T. Lemieux (eds.), Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages, Industry Canada Research Series, Volume 12, Chap 10, 451-81, (Calgary: University of Calgary Press), 2005.

`The Consequences of Increased Labour Mobility within an Integrating North America' (with R.G. Harris), in R.G. Harris (ed.), North American Linkages: Opportunities and Challenges for Canada, Industry Canada Research Series, Volume 11, Chap 8, 313-54, (Calgary: University of Calgary Press), 2003.

`The Role of Cultural Clustering in Attracting New Immigrants' (with D.M. Gross), Journal of Regional Science 43, 2, 295-318, 2003.

`Non-Tariff Barriers and Trade Liberalization' (with S.P. Anderson), Economic Inquiry 41, 1, 80-97, 2003.

`Market Segmentation, Market Integration and Tacit Collusion' (with C. Colonescu), Review of International Economics 11, 1, 177-92, 2003.

`Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade and the Growth of International Trade' (with Z. Yu), in P. Lloyd and/et H.-H. Lee (eds.), Frontiers of Research on Intra-Industry Trade, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), Chap. 3, 2002.

`Economies of Scale and the Volume of Intra-Industry Trade' (with Z. Yu), Economics Letters 74, 1, 127-32, 2001.

`Strategic Export Policy with Foreign Direct Investment and Import Substitution' (with R.G. Harris), Journal of Development Economics 64, 291-310, 2001.

`Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Dynamic Oligopoly: An Empirical Investigation' (with D.M. Gross), Journal of International Economics 52, 1, 89-112, 2000.

`Do Two Wrongs Make a Right? Export Incentives and Bias in Trade Policy' (with R. Harris), in J. Piggott and A. Woodland (Eds.), International Trade and the Pacific Rim, (New York: St. Martin's Press Inc), Chap. 8, 1999.

`Sunk Costs and Cartel Formation: Theory and Application to the Dyestuff Industry' (with R. Weder), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 36, 197-220, 1998.

`On Sunk Costs and Trade Liberalization in Applied General Equilibrium' (with J. Mercenier), International Economic Review37, 3, 553-71, 1996.

`Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Rivalry in the Swiss Automobile Market' (with D.M. Gross), Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 278-303, 1996.

`Product Imitation, Product Differentiation and International Trade', International Economic Review 36, 3, 583-608, 1995.

`Antidumping Constraints and Trade Elimination' (with A. Cerny), Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 441-52, 1995

`Who Benefits from Antidumping Legislation?' (with S.P. Anderson, J.-F. Thisse), Journal of International Economics 38, 321-37, 1995.

Reprinted in Douglas Nelson and Hylke Vandenbussche (eds), The WTO and Anti-Dumping, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publ. Ltd.), Volume 1, Chapter 16, 2005.

`Flexible Manufacturing and Market Structure' (with B.C. Eaton), American Economic Review 84, 4, 875-88, 1994.

Reprinted in B.C. Eaton (ed.), Applied Microeconomic Theory: Selected Essays of B.Curtis Eaton, Economists of the Twentieth Century Series, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), Chap.11, 2002.

`Endogenous Pricing Modes in Markets for Inputs' (with B.C. Eaton), in H. Ohta and J.-F. Thisse (eds), Does Economic Space Matter?, (London: MacMillan Press), 352-73, 1993.

Reprinted in B.C. Eaton (ed.), Applied Microeconomic Theory: Selected Essays of B.Curtis Eaton, Economists of the Twentieth Century Series, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), Chap. 24, 2002.

`Switzerland and the European Economic Area: A General Equilibrium Assessment of Some Measures of Integration' (with G. Antille, M. Bacchetta, F. Carlevaro and T. Müller), Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 129 (4), 643-72, 1993.

`Equilibria and Entry in Two Interdependent Spatial Markets', Regional Science and Urban Economics 23, 1-27, 1993.

`Vertical Product Differentiation, Threat of Entry, and Quality Changes' (with N.M. Hung), in A. Gee and G. Norman (eds), Market Structure and Strategy, (London: Harvester Wheatsheaf), 289-306, 1992.

Effets d'équilibre général de l'intégration de la Suisse à l'Europe (with G. Antille, F. Carlevaro, M. Bacchetta, C. Maranon and T. Müller), (Chur: Verlag Rüegger), 75 pages, 1991.

`Two-Country Trade Liberalization in an Address Model of Product Differentiation', Canadian Journal of Economics 23, 3, 654-75, 1990.

`New International Trade Theory and Europe 1992: Some Results relevant for EFTA Countries', Journal of Common Market Studies 29, 1, 53-73, 1990.

`Europe 1992 and Beyond: Towards a Quantitative General Equilibrium Assessment for Switzerland' (with G. Antille and F. Carlevaro), Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 126 (3), 193-213, 1990.

`Quality, Competition and Threat of Entry in Duopoly' (with N.M. Hung), Economics Letters 27, 287-92, 1988.

`Les coûts en bien-être des barrières non-tarifaires provinciales relatives au commerce international' (with N. Audesse), in I. Bernier et A. Binette, Les provinces canadiennes et le commerce international, Institute for Research on Economic Policy, Ottawa, 221-58, 1988.

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