My research explores three themes in international economics: global value chains and firm production networks; firm productivity, innovation, and management practices; and financial frictions in international trade and investment.
In 2024-2029, I am pursuing a research program on Firm Network Technology (the activities and costs of network formation) and Technology in Firm Networks (the impact of firm links on innovation), under ERC/UKRI Advanced Grant FIRMTECHNET.
Working Papers
Global Production Networks and Policy Reforms with Imperfect Competition
November 2021. CEPR DP 19408. Under review (with Hanwei Huang, Oscar Perelló and Frank Pisch)
Productivity, Matchability and Intermediation in Production Networks
February 2025. CEPR DP 20044. Under review (with Andreas Moxnes and Oscar Perelló)
Multinational Firms and Global Innovation
February 2025. CEPR DP 20045. Under review (with Anna Gumpert, Cristina Rujan and Monika Schnitzer)
Deep Integration and Trade: UK Firms in the Wake of Brexit Press release Blog
December 2024. CEP DP 2066. (with Rebecca Freeman, Marco Garofalo, Enrico Longoni, Rebecca Mari, Thomas Prayer and Thomas Sampson)
Featured in Financial Times, Economist, BBC, Times, Guardian, Independent, City AM
UK Trade in the Wake of Brexit
April 2022. CEP DP 1847. (with Rebecca Freeman, Thomas Prayer and Thomas Sampson)
Featured in Financial Times, Economist, BBC, SkyNews, Independent, Telegraph, Bloomberg, CEPR E-book & podcast.
Work in Progress
The Logic of Logistics: Endogenous Trade Costs in E-Commerce
With Chunmian Ge, Hanwei Huang and Daniel Xu
Risky Business: Export Finance Insurance and Trade
With Magnus Buus, Thilo Kroeger and Jakob Munch
Fragmentation, Tasks and Inequality in Production Networks
With Jan Bakker, Arnaud Dyevre, Andreas Moxnes and Aureo de Paula
Going Green: Multinational Activity and Environmental Practices
With Jeronimo Carballo, Claudia Steinwender and Christian Volpe