Gino Gancia
Biographic Data
| ID | 5729925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gino Gancia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gino |
| FAMILY NAME | Gancia |
| SIGNATURE | GANCIA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | CREI, Barcelona GSE and CEPR |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9375-261X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Robot Imports and Firm-Level Outcomes
We use French data over the 1994–2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots affect firm-level outcomes. Guided by a simple model, we develop a novel empirical strategy to identify the causal effects of robot adoption. Our results suggest that, while demand shocks generate a positive correlation between robot imports and employment at the firm level, exogenous exposure to automation leads to job losses. We also find that robot exposure …
Betting On Exports
We study the determinants of firm‐level heterogeneity in a model where innovation choices upon entry affect the variance of productivity draws. In equilibrium, productivity is Pareto distributed with a shape parameter that depends on industry‐level characteristics. We show that export opportunities, by increasing the pay‐offs in the tail, induce firms to invest in bigger projects with more dispersed outcomes. When more productive firms pay higher…
Uncertainty, Electoral Incentives and Political Myopia
We study the determinants of political myopia in a rational model of electoral accountability with informational frictions and uncertainty. When politicians' ability is ex ante unknown and policy choices are unobservable, elections improve political accountability and selection. However, incumbents underinvest in costly policies with future returns to signal high ability and increase re-election probability. Surprisingly, uncertainty reduces poli…
The Skill Bias of World Trade
This article suggests that international trade, even between identical countries, can raise the relative demand for skilled labour. It shows that a simple generalisation of Krugman's (1979) model of trade in differentiated products has implications for the skill premium, through economies of scale rather than Hecksher-Ohlin effects, that are consistent with a number of stylised facts. It provides new evidence in support of these results by showin…
Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and Factor Prices
We show how, in general equilibrium models featuring increasing returns, imperfect competition, and endogenous markups, changes in the scale of economic activity affect the income distribution across factors. Whenever final goods are gross substitutes (gross complements), a scale expansion raises (lowers) the relative reward of the scarce factor or the factor used intensively in the sector characterized by a higher degree of product differentiati…
Uncertainty, Electoral Incentives and Political Myopia
We study the determinants of political myopia in a rational model of electoral accountability with informational frictions and uncertainty. When politicians' ability is ex ante unknown and policy choices are unobservable, elections improve political accountability and selection. However, incumbents underinvest in costly policies with future returns to signal high ability and increase re-election probability. Surprisingly, uncertainty reduces poli…
The Skill Bias of World Trade
This article suggests that international trade, even between identical countries, can raise the relative demand for skilled labour. It shows that a simple generalisation of Krugman's (1979) model of trade in differentiated products has implications for the skill premium, through economies of scale rather than Hecksher-Ohlin effects, that are consistent with a number of stylised facts. It provides new evidence in support of these results by showin…
Robot Imports and Firm-Level Outcomes
We use French data over the 1994–2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots affect firm-level outcomes. Guided by a simple model, we develop a novel empirical strategy to identify the causal effects of robot adoption. Our results suggest that, while demand shocks generate a positive correlation between robot imports and employment at the firm level, exogenous exposure to automation leads to job losses. We also find that robot exposure …
Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and Factor Prices
We show how, in general equilibrium models featuring increasing returns, imperfect competition, and endogenous markups, changes in the scale of economic activity affect the income distribution across factors. Whenever final goods are gross substitutes (gross complements), a scale expansion raises (lowers) the relative reward of the scarce factor or the factor used intensively in the sector characterized by a higher degree of product differentiati…
The Skill Bias of World Trade
This article suggests that international trade, even between identical countries, can raise the relative demand for skilled labour. It shows that a simple generalisation of Krugman's (1979) model of trade in differentiated products has implications for the skill premium, through economies of scale rather than Hecksher-Ohlin effects, that are consistent with a number of stylised facts. It provides new evidence in support of these results by showin…
Uncertainty, Electoral Incentives and Political Myopia
We study the determinants of political myopia in a rational model of electoral accountability with informational frictions and uncertainty. When politicians' ability is ex ante unknown and policy choices are unobservable, elections improve political accountability and selection. However, incumbents underinvest in costly policies with future returns to signal high ability and increase re-election probability. Surprisingly, uncertainty reduces poli…
Betting On Exports
We study the determinants of firm‐level heterogeneity in a model where innovation choices upon entry affect the variance of productivity draws. In equilibrium, productivity is Pareto distributed with a shape parameter that depends on industry‐level characteristics. We show that export opportunities, by increasing the pay‐offs in the tail, induce firms to invest in bigger projects with more dispersed outcomes. When more productive firms pay higher…
Robot Imports and Firm-Level Outcomes
We use French data over the 1994–2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots affect firm-level outcomes. Guided by a simple model, we develop a novel empirical strategy to identify the causal effects of robot adoption. Our results suggest that, while demand shocks generate a positive correlation between robot imports and employment at the firm level, exogenous exposure to automation leads to job losses. We also find that robot exposure …
Economics (5 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (3 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (3 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · General equilibrium theory (2 works) · Global trade and economics (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works)