Published Research
I have included links to the newest papers and some of the more cited. Many of the older papers can be found on REPEC
ICT, R&D and technological change
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'Cloud Performance and Firm Growth' (with Tim DeStefano and Jonathan Timmis) Review of Economics and Statistics. Working Paper Version
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'The Digital Divide: The Effect of Universal Broadband on Firm Performance' (with Tim DeStefano and Jonathan Timmis) Journal of Economic Geography. Working Paper Version
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‘Labor Market Reform and Innovation: Evidence from Spain’ (with Maria Garcia Vega and Joel Stiebale), Research Policy (2021). Working Paper Version
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‘Demand-driven technical change and productivity growth: Theory and evidence from the Energy Policy Act’ (with Giammario Impullitti and Danny McGowan) Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol 68(2) (2020) Working Paper Version
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‘Multinationals and the Globalization of R&D’ (with Maria Garcia Vega and Patricia Hofmann), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol 63, pp. 583-614 (2019) Working Paper Version
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‘Broadband Infrastructure, ICT use and Firm Performance: Evidence for UK Firms’ (with Tim De Stefano and Jonathan Timmis), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 155, pp. 110-139. (2018) Working Paper Version
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‘ICT and exporting: The effects of broadband on the extensive margin of business service exports’ (with Jonathan Timmis), Review of International Economics, Vol 39, pp.757-796. (2016)
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‘Environmental regulations and innovation activity in UK manufacturing industries’, (with Edward Manderson) Resource and Energy Economics, Vol. 34(2), pp. 211-235 (2012).
- ‘Do natural barriers affect the relationship between trade openness and growth?’ (with Michael Henry, and Chris Milner), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2012)
- ‘Trade, technology transfer and national efficiency in developing countries’, (with Michael Henry and Chris Milner), European Economic Review, vol. 53(2), pages 237-254. (2009)
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‘Productivity levels and dynamics: UK service sector firms 1988-1998’ (with Sourafel Girma), Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 736-746. (2006)
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‘Absorptive capacity and frontier technology: Evidence from OECD manufacturing industries’, (with Philip Stevens), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol 68, No. 1, pp1-21. (2006)
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‘Frontier technology, absorptive capacity and distance’. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol 67, No. 1, pp.1-23. (2005)
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‘The specification of the aggregate production function in the presence of inefficiency’. (with P. Stevens), Economics Letters, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 77-80. (2003)
International Trade and FDI
‘The impact of technological change on new trade: evidence from the container revolution’ (with Daniel M. Bernhofen and Zouheir El-Sahli) Canadian Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Working Paper Version
‘Implementation in Pakistan of the US Integrated Cargo Containers Control Programme: Trade Facilitating or Not?’ (with Salamat Ali and Chris Milner) Canadian Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Working Paper Version
‘Trade Liberalization, Input Intermediaries and Firm Productivity: Evidence from China’ (with Fabrice Defever and Michele Imbruno) Journal of International Economics, Vol 126. (2020)
‘Energy endowments and the location of manufacturing firms’ (with Edward Manderson) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol 101. (2020)
‘Measuring the impact of China’s export growth on its Asian neighbours’, (with Yoke Fong Kong) World Economy, Vol 39, pp. 195-220. (2016)
‘Estimating the effects of the container revolution on world trade’ (with Daniel Bernhofen and Zouheir El-Sahli) Journal of International Economics, Vol 98, pp. 36-50, (2016).
‘Quality selection, sectoral heterogeneity and Chinese exports’ (with Zhihong Yu) Review of International Economics, Vol 39, pp.857-874. (2016)
‘The effect of exchange rates on firm exports and the role of FDI,’ (with David Greenaway and Xufei Zhang) Review of World Economics Vol. 148(3), pp. 425-447, (2012).
‘What makes a successful export? Evidence from firm-product-level data,’ (with Holger Görg and Balázs Muraközy) Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 45(4), pp. 1332-1368, (2012).
‘Globalisation, multinationals and productivity in Japan’s lost decade,’ (with Danny McGowan, Tomohiko Inui and Toshiyuki Matsuura), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 26(1), pp. 110-128 (2012).
‘Environmental Regulations, Outward FDI and Heterogeneous Firms: Are Countries Used as Pollution Havens?, (with Ed Manderson) Environmental & Resource Economics, vol. 51(3), pages 317-352, (2012).
‘Demonstration or congestion: export spillovers in Sweden’ (with Patrik Karparty) Review of World Economics Vol. 147, pp. 893-930, (2011).
‘Barriers to exporting: what are they and who do they matter to’, (with Mauro Pisu), The World Economy, Vol. 34(6). pp.893-930 (2011)
‘The returns to exporting: evidence from UK firms’, (with Mauro Pisu) Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 43(2), pages 494-519. (2010)
‘The Effect of Exchange Rates on Firm Exports: The Role of Imported Intermediate Inputs’, ( with David Greenaway and Xufei Zhang), The World Economy, Vol. 33(8), pages 961-986. (2010)
‘Live or Let Die? Alternative Routes to Industry Exit’, (with David Greenaway and Joakim Gullstrand) Open Economies Review, Vol. 20(3), pages 317-337. (2009)
‘Exporting, Productivity and Agglomeration’ (with David Greenaway), European Economic Review. Vol. 52(5), pages 919-939 (2008)
‘Overseas Trading Costs and Firm Export Performance’ (with Mauro Pisu and Zhihong Yu) Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 41(2), pages 639-669. (2008)
‘Surviving Globalisation’ (with David Greenaway and Joakim Gullstrand). Journal of International Economics Vol. 74(2), pages 264-277. (2008)
‘Trade Creation, Replacement, and Destruction in Regional Trade Agreements: Micro-level Evidence for the UK ’ (with Sourafel Girma and Mauro Pisu), Review of International Economics, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp.142-158. (2008)
‘Financial Factors and Exporting Decisions’ (with Alessandra Guariglia and David Greenaway), Journal of International Economics, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp 377-395. (2007)
‘Industry differences in the effect of export market entry: learning by exporting?’ (with David Greenaway), Review of World Economics/Weltwirstschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 143, pp. 416-432. (2007)
‘Do exporters have anything to learn from foreign multinationals?’ (with Sourafel Girma and Mauro Pisu), European Economic Review, Vol. 51, No. 4. pp. 993-1010 (2007)
‘Firm heterogeneity, exporting and foreign direct investment’ (with David Greenaway), The Economic Journal. Vol. 117, Issue 517, pp. F134-161. (2007)
‘Industrial linkages an export spillovers from FDI’ (with Mauro Pisu), The World Economy, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 105-134. (2007)
‘Exporting may not always boost firm level productivity’, (with David Greenaway and Joakim Gullstrand) Review of World Economics/Weltwirstschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 141, No. 4, pp561-582 (2006)
‘Exporting and Productivity: Theory, evidence and future research’, Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 303-312. (2006)
‘Exports versus FDI: An empirical test’ (with Sourafel Girma and Mauro Pisu), Review of World Economics/Weltwirstschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 141, No 2, pp. 193-218. (2005)
‘Exporting and Productivity in the UK’. (with David Greenaway) Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 20. No. 3, pp. 429-439. (2004)
‘Export Oriented FDI in the UK’. (with Mauro Pisu) Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 20. No. 3, pp. 358-371. (2004)
‘Does Exporting Lead to Better Performance: A Microeconometric Analysis of Matched Firms’. (with Sourafel Girma & David Greenaway) Review of International Economics, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 855-866. (2004)
‘Export market exit and performance dynamics: A causality analysis of matched firms’. (with Sourafel Girma and David Greenaway), Economics Letters, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 181-187. (2003)
Fiscal Policy and Growth
‘Corporate taxation and productivity catch-up: evidence from European firms’ (with Norman Gemmell, Danny McGowan, Ismael Sanz and Jose Sanz-Sanz), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 120, pp. 372-399. (2018)
‘A survey of the output effects of tax reforms from a policy perspective’, (with Florian Misch) Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol 35, pp. 165-192. (2017)
‘Does the composition of government expenditure matter for long-run GDP levels’, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol 78, pp. 552-547 (2016)
‘Why does government investment fail to raise economic growth? The role of corruption’ Manchester School, Vol 83(6), pp.623-651, (2015).
‘Using surveys of business perceptions as a guide to growth-enhancing fiscal reforms’ (with Florian Misch and Norman Gemmell) The Economics of Transition, Vol 22(4), pp.683-725, (2014).
‘The growth effects of tax rates in the OECD,’ (with Norman Gemmell and Ismael Sanz) Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol 47(4), pp.1217-1255, (2014).
‘The effects of public spending composition on firm productivity,’ (with Florian Misch) Economic Inquiry, Vol. 52(4), pp. 1525-1542, (2014).
‘Fiscal Decentralization And Economic Growth: Spending Versus Revenue Decentralization’ (with Norman Gemmell and Ismael Sanz), Economic Inquiry, Vol. 51(4), pp. 1915-1931, (2013)
‘Growth and Welfare Maximization in Models of Public Finance and Endogenous Growth,’ (with Norman Gemmell and Florian Misch) Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 15(6), pp. 939-967, (2013).
‘The timing and the persistence of fiscal policy impacts on economic growth’ (with Norman Gemmell and Ismael Sanz) Economic Journal, Vol.121 (550), pp.F33-F58. (2011)
‘Foreign investment, international trade and the size and structure of public expenditures’ (with Norman Gemmell and Ismael Sanz) European Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 24(1), pages 151-171 (2008)
‘Business Cycle Volatility, Uncertainty and Economic Growth’ (with Garry Young), The Manchester School, Vol. 69, No. 5, pp.534-552. (2001)
‘Testing the Endogenous Growth Model: Public Expenditure, Taxation and Growth over the Long-Run’. (with Mike Bleaney & Norman Gemmell) Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 36-57. (2001)
‘Growth, Public Policy and the Government Budget Constraint: Evidence from OECD countries’. (with Mike Bleaney & Norman Gemmell) Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 74, No. 2 (1999)
Other Papers
‘Closure within multi-plant firms: evidence from Japan’ (with Danny McGowan, Tomohiko Inui and Toshiyuki Matsuura) Review of World Economics Vol. 148(3), pp. 647-668, (2012).
‘Trade Liberalisation and Economic Growth’ (with Wyn Morgan and Sunti Kanchanahattakij) World Economy. Vol. 31(6), pages 701-719. (2008)
‘A contribution to the empirics of press freedom and corruption’ (with Sebastian Freille and Emran Haque), European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 838-862. (2007)