Research

Publications:

• 1. “Consequences of Thailand’s 2006 military coup: Evidence from the synthetic control method,” European Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming). 

  2. “Who Are Pure Exporters?" (with Doungdao Mahakitsiri), The World Economy, 2023, 46(6), 1759–1781. [Ungated link]

     • [Media coverage: ThaiPublica, aBRIDGEd]

     • previously circulated under the title “Understanding the Bimodality of the Export Intensity Distribution in a Developing Country”

  3. “An Inconvenient Truth: Welfare Losses from Asymmetric Reductions in Transportation Costs,” International Economic Journal, 2023, 37(1), 71–81. 

  4. “Protection for Sale: Evidence from Around the World” (joint with Andrew Jonelis), Public Choice, 2022, 191, 237–267. [Ungated link]

  5. “Why Does the WTO Treat Export Subsidies and Import Tariffs Differently?” (Joint with Tanapong Potipiti), Review of World Economics, 2022, 158, 1137–1172. [Ungated link]

  6. “The International Spillover Effects of US Trade Policy Uncertainty,” Economics Letters, 2022, 212. [Working paper version]

  7. “Optimal Trade Policy, Equilibrium Unemployment and Labor Market Inefficiency,” Review of International Economics, 2020, 28, 1232–1268.  [Ungated link]

     • Finalist in the 2016 WTO Essay Award

  8. “The Role of the Most Favored Nation Principle of the GATT/WTO in the New Trade Model,” Review of International Economics, 2020, 28, 760–798. [Slides] [Ungated link]

  9. “Trade Restrictiveness Index of Non-Tariff Barriers Under the CES Preference,” International Economic Journal, 2020, 34(1), 48–57.  [Working paper version] [Ungated link]

  10. “Endogenous Markup, Per Capita Income and Population Size in the Gravity Equation,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2). [Slides] [Working paper version]

  11. “A Note on "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A "New" Perspective on Protectionism" of Costinot (2009),” Economics Letters, 2017, 157, 163–166. [Working paper version]

Working Papers:

• 1. The International Spillover Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty on the Stockpiling and Destocking of US Imports R&R at The Review of International Economics

  2. Cross–Country Productivity Asymmetry and the Quest for Global Free Trade” (joint with Yaohan Duan) [Slides]

  3. Exchange Rate Volatility and Cross–Border Travel: Theory and Empirics [Slides], under review

  4. Optimal Trade Policy in a Ricardian Model with Labor-Market Search-and-Matching Frictions, under review

  5. Informal Loans in Thailand: Insights from Machine Learning Methods (Joint with Pim Pinitjitsamut), under review

  6. Pure-Exporter Premium, under review

  7. The Economic Aftermath of Thailand’s 2014 Military Coup: Evidence from Synthetic Control Method, under review

  8. The Gender Gap in the Informal Loan Markets: Insights from a Household Survey in Thailand, under review

  9. COVID-19 and Endogenous Public Avoidance: Insights from an Economic Model 

Work In Progress:

• 1. The Asymmetric Impact of Acquisition on Firms Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Thailand

  2. A Simple Complex Model of Brand Image

  3. Why Don't Countries Trade After All?