Research

Working Papers:

• 1. Trade Theory with Behavioral Agents

  2. Generalized Welfare Gains from Trade Formulas, under review

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

  4. Exchange Rate Volatility and Cross–Border Travel: Theory and Empirics [Slides], R&R at The Review of International Economics

  5. Optimal Trade Policy in a Ricardian Model with Labor-Market Search-and-Matching Frictions, R&R at the B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

  6. The Economic Aftermath of Thailand’s 2014 Military Coup: Evidence from Synthetic Control Method, R&R at The Asian Economic Journal

  7. Informal Loans in Thailand: Stylized Facts and Empirical Analysis (Joint with Pim Pinitjitsamut), R&R at The Asian Economic Journal

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

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

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

Publications:

• 1. "Pure-Exporter Premium," forthcoming at The Southeast Asian Journal of Economics

  2. “Consequences of Thailand’s 2006 military coup: Evidence from the synthetic control method,” European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80, 102475.

  3. “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”

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

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

  6. “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]

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

  8. “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

  9. “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]

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

  11. “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]

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

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?