Nuno Limão

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limao@ econ.umd.edu

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

· Editor of the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

· Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics

· Associate Editor of the E-conomics Journal

Research

Publications

· “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, 2^nd 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]

· “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.

Work in Progress

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

· “Size Inequality, Coordination Externalities and International Trade Agreements”, NBER WP 17603, submitted (with Kamal Saggi)

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

· “Uncertainty and Trade Agreements” (with Giovanni Maggi)

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

· “Foreign Policy Risk and Export Growth: Theory and Evidence for China.” (with Kyle Handley)

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

Comments and 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

International Economics (Econ. 441)
Game Theory (Econ 414)
Econ 709 Workshop in Advanced Topics in Macro and International Economics
Advanced Topics in International Trade (Econ 745)
Advanced Topics in International Economics (Econ 742)

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