Research

Recent Publications

Current Working Papers

Advanced Graduate Students and Recent Graduates

 

Recent Publications

The faculty and students of ARE's program in international are very active in publishing in academic journals. Members of the department are also frequent contributors to books, conferences, professional newsletters, and publications and events geared toward general audiences. The following is a brief list of some recent publications. For a more complete listing, please contact individual faculty members directly. Some of the papers may be directly downloadable from the authors' Homepages.

Emma Aisbett "Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?", forthcoming, In Globalization and Poverty, Ann Harrison (ed.), University of Chicago Press and NBER.

Ann Harrison (ed.) Globalization and Poverty, forthcoming, University of Chicago Press and NBER. Project Web Page.

Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan, and Inessa Love "Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints", forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics.

Ann Harrison and Ann Bartel "Ownership versus Environment: Disentangling the Sources of Public Sector Inefficiency", forthcoming, The Review of Economics and Statistics.

Ann Harrison and Jason Scorse "The Impact of Globalization on Compliance with Labor Standards: A Plant-Level Study," July 2003, forthcoming, Brookings Trade Forum.

Ann Harrison and Margaret McMillan "Does direct foreign investment affect domestic firm credit constraints?", October 2003, Journal of International Economics, Volume 61, issue 1, pages 73-100.

Ann Harrison and Gunnar Eskeland "Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis", February 2003, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 1-23.

Larry Karp and Thierry Paul "Intersectoral Adjustment and Policy Intervention: the Importance of General Equilibrium Effects", forthcoming, Review of International Economics.

Larry Karp "Property Rights, Mobile Capital, and Comparative Advantage", forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics.

Pascal Favard and Larry Karp "How Many Cake-Eaters? Chouette, on a du monde a diner!", 2004, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 28, pp. 801-815.

Larry Karp, Jinhua Zhao, and Sandeep Sacheti "The Long-Run Effects of Environmental Reform in Open Economies.", March 2003, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 246-64.

Larry Karp and Jinhua Zhao, "The Dynamic Effects of Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy Harmonization". In Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analysis of Laws and Institutions edited by James Hartigan. Blackwell Press, 2003.

Larry S. Karp, Sandeep Sacheti, and Jinhua Zhao, "Common Ground Between Free-traders and Environmentalists," International Economic Review, 42 (August 2001): 617-647.

Philip G.Pardey and Brian D. Wright, "Agricultural R & D, Productivity and Global Food Prospects.", 2002,
In Plants, Genes and Agriculture, Second Edition. Eds by M. Chrispeels and D. Sadava. Chapter 2.

Ashraf, N., McMillan, M. and Alix Peterson Zwane, "My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?", forthcoming in Globalization and Poverty, Ann Harrison (ed.), National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass.

T. Arthur, C. Carter and Alix Peterson Zwane, "International trade and the road ahead for California agriculture.", 2004, In California Agriculture Dimensions and Issues, J. Seibert (ed.) University of California, Giannini Foundation.

M. Kremer and Alix Peterson Zwane, "Pull programs for international public goods for the tropics: The case of agricultural R&D." forthcoming, In Public Finance in a Globalizing World: Innovations in Theory and Practice, I. Kaul (ed.), United Nations Development Program.

C. Carter and Alix Peterson Zwane, "California's agricultural trade environment and prospects: A case for reform," March 2004, Case study prepared for Strategies for competing in a changing environment: An executive seminar for California agribusiness leaders.


Current Working Papers

The following is a brief list of some recent research by our faculty.

Ann Harrison and Jason Scorse "Moving Up or Moving Out? Anti-Sweatshop Activists and Labor Market Outcomes" April 2004.

Larry Karp. Property Rights, Mobile Capital, and Comparative Advantage. July 2003.

Larry Karp, In Ho Lee, and Robin Mason. A Global Game with Strategic Substitutes and Complements. January 2003.

Leo Simon, Rachael Goodhue, Gordon Rausser, Sophie Thoyer, Sylvie Morardet and Patrick Rio," Structure and Power in Multilateral Negotiations: An Application to French Water Policy " 2003.

 


Advanced Graduate Students and Recent Graduates

Graduate students in ARE work on a wide variety of environmental and resource issues. The following is a list of the dissertation titles and research interests of our advanced graduate students in the field. Potential employers should visit our list of job market candidates for more information.

Emma Aisbett. Dissertation: "Three Essays on Globalization: addressing developing country concerns." Ann Harrison & Larry Karp, co-chairs.

Holly Ameden. Dissertation: "International Trade and Pest Contamination," Gordon Rausser, chair. nterests: Structuring research partnerships, biotechnology, financial contracting, international trade.

Claudio Ferraz. Working Paper: "Does international trade affect pollution control? evidence from Brazil firm-level data"

Anna Gueorguieva. Dissertation: "Agricultural Intensification and Deforestation: Indonesia during the Asian Crisis," Peter Berck, chair. Research interests: deforestation and integration in world markets; institutional change, development programs and the environment.

Yanhong Jin. Dissertation: "Essays on Development and the Environment," David Zilberman, chair. Research interests: environmental issues in developing countries, especially industrial pollution control, formal and informal environmental regulations, and land use modeling.