Publications


Adverse Selection and Entrepreneurship in a Model of Development, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 112 (1): 77-100, March 2010.

Sectoral Differentiation, Allocation of Talent, and Financial Development
, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 96 (1): 47-60, September 2011.

Quality Ladders in a Ricardian Model of Trade with Nonhomothetic Preferences
(with Vincenzo Merella), Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming. [Online Appendix]

Migration, Remittances and Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Rural Mexico (with Vera Chiodi and Gabriel Montes-Rojas), Journal of Development Studies, accepted for publication.


Working Papers


Love for Quality, Comparative Advantage, and Trade (October 2011), with Vincenzo Merella. [Online Appendix]

Excessive Public Employment and Rent-Seeking Traps (December 2011), with Juan Pablo Rud



Work in Progress


Sharks and Dolphins: Allocation of Talent in the NGO Sector, with Gani Aldashev and Thierry Verdier.

Imports Diversification along the Growth Path.