Browsing by Author "Antras, Pol"

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    • Organizations and Trade 

      Antras, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (Annual Reviews, 2009)
      We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modeling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate ...

    • Organizing Offshoring: Middle Managers and Communication Costs 

      Antras, Pol; Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (Harvard University Press., 2008)
      Why do firms decide to offshore certain parts of their production process? What qualifies certain countries as particularly attractive locations to offshore? In this paper we address these questions with a theory of ...

    • Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices 

      Antras, Pol; Foley, C Fritz (University of Chicago Press, 2014-10-28)
      This paper analyzes the financing terms that support international trade and sheds light on how these terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of ...

    • Property Rights and the International Organization of Production 

      Antras, Pol (American Economic Association, 2005)

    • Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies 

      Antras, Pol; Foley, C. Fritz (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009)
      This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to ...

    • Trade Agreements and the Nature of Price Determination 

      Staiger, Robert W; Antras, Pol (American Economic Association, 2012-05)

    • Trade and Capital Flows: A Financial Frictions Perspective 

      Caballero, Ricardo J.; Antras, Pol (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007)
      The classical Heckscher-Ohlin-Mundell paradigm states that trade and capital mobility are substitutes, in the sense that trade integration reduces the incentives for capital to flow to capital-scarce countries. In this ...