Research
Publications:
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”
“An Inconvenient Truth: Welfare Losses from Asymmetric Reductions in Transportation Costs,” International Economic Journal, 2023, 37(1), 71–81.
“Protection for Sale: Evidence from Around the World” (joint with Andrew Jonelis), Public Choice, 2022, 191, 237–267. [Ungated link]
“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]
“The International Spillover Effects of US Trade Policy Uncertainty,” Economics Letters, 2022, 212. [Working paper version]
“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
“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]
“Trade Restrictiveness Index of Non-Tariff Barriers Under the CES Preference,” International Economic Journal, 2020, 34(1), 48–57. [Working paper version] [Ungated link]
“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]
“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:
The International Spillover Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty on the Stockpiling and Destocking of US Imports R&R at The Review of International Economics
Consequences of Thailand's Coup in 2006: Evidence from the Synthetic Control Method, R&R at the European Journal of Political Economy
Exchange Rate Volatility and Cross–Border Travel: Theory and Empirics [Slides], under review
Informal Loans in Thailand: Insights from Machine Learning Methods (Joint with Pim Pinitjitsamut), under review
Pure-Exporter Premium, under review
The Economic Aftermath of Thailand’s 2014 Military Coup: Evidence from Synthetic Control Method, under review
The Gender Gap in the Informal Loan Markets: Insights from a Household Survey in Thailand, under review
Cross–Country Productivity Asymmetry and the Quest for Global Free Trade” (joint with Yaohan Duan) [Slides]
COVID-19 and Endogenous Public Avoidance: Insights from an Economic Model
Optimal Trade Policy in a Ricardian Model with Labor-Market Search-and-Matching Frictions
Work In Progress:
The Asymmetric Impact of Acquisition on Firms Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Thailand
A Simple Complex Model of Brand Image
Why Don't Countries Trade After All?