Nuno Limão

 

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[CV | Research | Teaching & Mentoring | Links]

 

limao@umd.edu

 

 

 

Current affiliations

·        Associate Professor, Department of Economics University of Maryland

·        Faculty Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

·        Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research

·        Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

·        Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics

·        Associate Editor of the E-conomics Journal

 

Research

 

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Work Submitted

·        “Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Firm Evidence,” NBER WP 17790 (with Kyle Handley)

·        “Uncertainty and Trade Agreements,” NBER WP 18703 (with Giovanni Maggi)

 

Work in Progress

·        “Policy Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare: Theory and Evidence for China.” (with Kyle Handley)

·        “Trade Collapse and Policy Uncertainty in the Great Recession.” (with Kyle Handley and Jeronimo Carballo)

·         “Trade and Investment under Exchange Rate Uncertainty: Firm-level Effects of the Euro.” (with Ruben Branco, Luca O’Promolla and Jose Tavares)

·         “Lobbying, Legislatures and Policy Choice.” (with Allan Drazen)

 

Publications

·        “Size Inequality, Coordination Externalities and International Trade Agreements,” European Economic Review (Forthcoming) (with Kamal Saggi)
[Working paper]

·        “Review of The Great Recession and Import Protection,” Journal of International Economics, 2012, 88(1), 209-210.

·        “Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence from Commitment via International Trade Agreements,”  Journal of International Economics. November 2011, 85(2), p. 186-205; with Patricia Tovar Rodriguez
[Abstract] [Working paper]

·        “Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence,” American Economic Review, December 2008, 98(5), p. 2032-65; with Christian Broda and David Weinstein.
[Abstract] [Revised nber wp 12033]

·        “Tariff Retaliation versus Financial Compensation in the Enforcement of International Trade Agreements,” Journal of International Economics. September 2008, 76(1), p. 48-60; with Kamal Saggi.
[Abstract] [Revised WP]

·        “A Bargaining Theory of Inefficient Redistribution Policies,” International Economic Review. May 2008,  49(2), p. 621-657; with Allan Drazen.
[Abstract] [Working paper]

·        “Optimal Tariffs.” New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition. 2008, eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. [Abstract]

·        “The Clash of Liberalizations: Preferential vs. Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the European Union,” Journal of International Economics. March 2008, 74(2), p. 299-327; with Baybars Karacaovali.
[Abstract] [Revised WP]

·         “Are Preferential Trade Agreements with Non-trade Objectives a Stumbling Block for Multilateral Liberalization?” Review of Economic Studies. July 2007, 74(3), p. 821-855.
[Abstract] [Appendix] [Data]

§  Reprinted in “Economics Of International Trade Law” by Edward Elgar, ed. Alan O. Sykes.

·        “Inequality and Endogenous Trade Policy Outcomes,” Journal of International Economics. July 2007, 72(2), p. 292-309; with Arvind Panagariya.
[Abstract] [Paper]

·        “Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence,” Journal of Public Economics. April 2007, 91(3-4), p. 723-754;  with Allan Drazen and Thomas Stratmann.
[Abstract] [Working paper]

·        “Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the U.S.” American Economic Review. June 2006, 96(3), p. 896-914.
[Abstract] [Working paper] [Data]

§  Reprinted in “The WTO and Reciprocal Preferential Trading Agreements” by Edward Elgar, ed. Caroline Freund.

·        “Trade Preferences to Small Developing Countries and the Welfare Costs of Lost Multilateral Liberalization”  World Bank Economic Review. June 2006, 20(2), p. 217-240; with Marcelo Olarreaga.
[Abstract] [Working paper]

§  Reprinted in “WTO Law and Developing Nations” by Cambridge University Press, eds. G. Breman and P. Mavroidis

·        “Preferential vs. Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence and Open Questions,” World Trade Review. July 2006, 5(2), p. 155-176. Lead Article.
[Abstract]

·        “Trade Policy, Cross-border Externalities and Lobbies: Do Linked Agreements Enforce More Cooperative Outcomes?” Journal of International Economics, sep. 2005, 67(1), p. 175-199.
[Abstract] [Working paper]

§  Reprinted in “The WTO and Labour and Employment” by Edward Elgar, ed. Drusilla Brown and Robert Stern.    

·        “Anti-trade Bias in Trade Policy and General Equilibrium,” Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 14; with Arvind Panagariya.
[Abstract]

·        “Geographical Disadvantage: a Hecksher-Ohlin-Von-Thunen Model of International Specialisation,” Journal of International Economics , dec. 2002, 58(2), p.239-63; with Anthony Venables. Lead article.
[Abstract]

§  Reprinted in “Economic Integration and Spatial Location of Firms and Industries” by Edward Elgar, ed. M. Jovanovic.

·        “Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs and Trade,” World Bank Economic Review, 2001, 15, p.451-479; with Anthony Venables. [Abstract] [Data]

§  Reprinted in Spanish for a special volume on trade and transport costs by ICE, Revista de Economia, Jan.-Feb. 2007, 834, p. 23-43.

 

Other work

·         “Comment on Horn et al's 'Beyond the WTO? Coverage and legal inflation in EU and US preferential trade agreements'”. Mimeo, 2008. Requested for “Preferential Trade Agreements: Yesterday's Issues, Tomorrow's Anxieties” Cambridge University Press; eds. Kyle W. Bagwell, Petros C. Mavroidis.

·        “The Clash of Liberalizations: Preferential Trade Agreements as a Stumbling Block to Multilateral Liberalization,” note for Professor Jagdish Bhagwati’s Festschrift, Aug. 2005. Mimeo.

 


 

Teaching & Mentoring

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Courses taught

·       Advanced Topics in International Economics (Econ 742)

·       Advanced Topics in International Trade (Econ 745)

·       International Economics (Econ 441)

·       Game Theory (Econ 414)

 

Mentoring

·       My 6-step “program” to writing a dissertation!

·       Information for graduate students (surviving the 1st year, finding a topic, getting funding, a job and a Nobel prize!)

·       Former students, dissertation topics and placements

·       Become part of the trade economists' family

 

Co-authors

·        Allan Drazen

·        Anthony Venables

·        Arvind Panagariya

·        Baybars Karacaovali

·        Christian Broda

·        David Weinstein

·        Giovanni Maggi

·        Kamal Saggi

·        Kyle Handley

·        Marcelo Olarreaga

·        Patricia Tovar Rodriguez

·        Thomas Stratmann

Economics

·        University of Maryland, Economics Department

·        Yale University, Economics Department

·        Yale University, MacMillan Center

·        Columbia University, Economics Department

·        London School of Economics, Economics Department

·        National Bureau of Research (NBER)

·        Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

·        Kiel Institute for the World Economy

·        National Science Foundation (NSF)

·        US Census Bureau

·        World Bank's Trade Research Group

·        World Trade Organization (WTO)

News and blogs

·       BBC News 

·       Economist

·       National Public Radio (NPR)

·       Vox

·       Marginal Revolution

·       Greg Mankiw

·       Paul Krugman

·       Policy uncertainty index (Baker, Bloom and Davis)

Other

·       Lisboa 

·       United World College

·       Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

·       Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian


 

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