Publications in Refereed Journals

• Vertical contracts in a supply chain and the bullwhip effect, Management Science, forthcoming (with Zhan Qu).
   
• International trade and retail market performance and structure: Theory and empirical evidence Download
  Journal of International Economics 115 (2018), 99-114 (with Philipp Meinen).
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• Incentives through inventory control in supply chains Download
  International Journal of Industrial Organization 59 (2018), 486-513 (with Zhan Qu and Nicolas Schmitt).
   
• Financial frictions and foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese microdata Download
  Journal of International Economics 112 (2018), 109-122 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler)
   
• Foreign ownership and the export and import propensities of developing country firms [Download]
  The World Economy 40 (2017), 2543-2563 (with Dominik Boddin and Natalia Trofimenko).
   
• Manufacturers and retailers in the global economy [Download]

        Canadian Journal of Economics 49 (2016), 685-706 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Tax rate and tax base competition for foreign direct investment [Download]

         International Tax and Public Finance 22 (2015), 777-810 (with Peter Egger)

 

• Foreign ownership and the extensive margins of exports: Evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Germany     [Download]

        The World Economy 37 (2014), 579-591 (with Joachim Wagner)

 

• Cross-border and foreign-affiliate sales of services: Evidence from German micro-data [Download]

        The World Economy 36 (2013), 1373-1392 (with Markus Kelle, Jörn Kleinert and Farid Toubal)

 

• Greasing the wheels of international commerce: How services facilitate firms’ international sourcing                         [Download]

        Canadian Journal of Economics 46 (2013), 78-102 (with Peter Debaere and Holger Görg)

 

• Productivity and the product scope of multi-product firms: A test of Feenstra-Ma [Download]

        Economics Bulletin 33 (2013), 415-419 (with Joachim Wagner)

 

• Imports and the structure of retail markets [Download]

        Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012), 1431-1455 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Firm productivity and the foreign-market entry decision [Download]

       Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 21 (2012), 849-871 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler)

 

• Innovation and trade with heterogeneous firms [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 84 (2011), 149-159 (with Ngo Van Long and Frank Stähler)   

 

• Exchange-rate misalignment in duopoly: The case of Airbus and Boeing [Download]

        The World Economy 34 (2011), 623-641 (with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Lionel Fontagné)

 

• Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: Theory and application to the German clothing industry                   [Download]

        The World Economy 33 (2010), 1006-1022 (with Joachim Wagner)

 

• Buyer power in international markets [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 79 (2009), 222-229 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Whole versus shared ownership of foreign affiliates [Download]

        International Journal of Industrial Organization 27 (2009) 572-581 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler)

 

• The choice of market entry mode: Greenfield investment, M&A and joint venture [Download]

        International Review of Economics and Finance 18 (2009), 3-10 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler)

 

• Firm-specific characteristics and the timing of foreign direct investment projects [Download]

        Review of World Economics / Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 144 (2008), 1-31 (with Michael Ryan)

 

• Foreign direct investment in producer services: Theory and empirical evidence [Download]

        Applied Economics Quarterly 53 (2007), 299-321 (with Marc von der Ruhr)

 

• Why parallel trade may raise producers’ profits  [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 71 (2007), 434-447 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Exclusive dealing and common agency in international markets [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 68 (2006), 485-503 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Endogenous vertical restraints in international trade [Download]

        European Economic Review 49 (2005), 1877-1889 (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Inter- and intra-sectoral linkages in foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese investment in Europe         [Download]

        Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 19 (2005), 110-134 (with Dominique Gross and Michael Ryan)

 

• Preferential trade agreements and tax competition for foreign direct investment  [Download]

        Journal of Public Economics 88 (2004), 2745-2763

 

• Preferential trade liberalization under Cournot competition [Download]

        Review of International Economics 9 (2001) 455-461

 

• Cumbersome coordination in repeated games  [Download]

        International Journal of Game Theory 29 (2000) 101-111 (with David Schmidt)

 

• Optimal export policy in the presence of informational barriers to entry and imperfect competition [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 49 (1999) 99-123 (with Young-Han Kim)

 

• Tax incentives for import-substituting foreign investment: Does signalling play a role? [Download]

        Journal of Public Economics, 67 (1998) 167-193 (with Krishna Srinivasan)

 

• A theory of trade concessions [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 42 (1997) 483-504 (with Mehmet Baç)

 

• Income redistribution with well-informed regional governments [Download]

        International Tax and Public Finance 4 (1997), 407-428 (with John D. Wilson)

 

• Should the power to redistribute income be (de-)centralized? An example [Download]

        International Tax and Public Finance 4 (1997), 453-462 (with Eckhard Janeba)

 

• Issue-by-issue negotiations: The role of information and time preference [Download]

        Games and Economic Behavior 13  (1996), 125 - 134 (with Mehmet Baç)

 

• Incentive-compatible regulation of foreign-owned subsidiaries: A tax simulation for the Jamaican bauxite industry [Download]

        Journal of Development Economics 45 (1994) 339-364

 

• A model of expropriation with asymmetric information [Download]

        Journal of International Economics 33 (1992), 245-265

 

 

 

Other Publications 

• Retailing and International Trade 

        in E. Basker, ed., Handbook on the Economics of Retailing and Distribution, 

        Edward Elgar Publishers, forthcoming (with Nicolas Schmitt)

 

• Mergers and Acquisitions 

        in: Ramkishen S. Rajan and Kenneth A. Reinert, eds., Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, 

        Princeton University Press, 2008

 

• Joint Ventures

        in: Ramkishen S. Rajan and Kenneth A. Reinert, eds., Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, 

        Princeton University Press, 2008

 

 

 

Working Papers  

 

• International trade and inventory investment
  (with Sanne Kruse-Becher and Zhan Qu).
   
• How firms adjust to import tariffs: The inventory channel
  (with Chris Muris, Nicolas Schmitt and Frank Stähler).
   
• How importers may hedge demand uncertainty Download
  Simon Fraser University, Department of Economics Discussion Paper 18-03 (with Chris Muris, Nicolas Schmitt and Frank Stähler).
   
• International trade and retail market performance and structure: Theory and empirical evidence Download
  CESifo Working Paper 7099, KCG Working Paper 12 (with Philipp Meinen).
   
• Financial frictions and foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese microdata Download
  KCG Working Paper 10 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler)
   
• Financial frictions and foreign direct investment: Theory and evidence from Japanese microdata [Download]

         CESifo Working Paper 5260, Kiel Working Paper 1992 (with Michael Ryan and Frank Stähler).

 

• Centralized vs. decentralized inventory control in supply chains and the bullwhip effect Download
  CEPIE Working Papers 17/17, KCG Working Paper 6 (with Zhan Qu)
   
• Incentives through Inventory Control in Supply Chains Download
  CESifo Working Paper 6705, KCG Working Paper 7 (with Zhan Qu and Nicolas Schmitt)
   
• A Theory of Intermediation in Supply Chains Download
  Discussion Paper HIAS-E-40, CEPIE Working Paper 09/16 (with Zhan Qu and Nicolas Schmitt)
  

• Retailing and International Trade: A Survey of the Literature [Download]

        Kiel Economics Working Paper 2015-02 (with Nicolas Schmitt)
 

• Inventory control and intermediation in global supply chains [Download]

        CESifo Working Paper 5269, Kiel Working Paper 1993 (with Zhan Qu and Nicolas Schmitt)