Ricardo A López
Biographic Data
| ID | 5935655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ricardo A López |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ricardo A |
| FAMILY NAME | López |
| SIGNATURE | LOPEZ R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Foreign Direct Investment, Product Sophistication, and the Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor in Chilean Manufacturing
This paper uses plant-level data from the manufacturing sector of Chile for the period 1995–2007 to analyse the existence of spillover effects from foreign direct investment (FDI) and the role of product sophistication on the demand for skilled and unskilled labour. We find that the presence of multinational corporations increases the demand for highly skilled labour while it decreases the demand for unskilled labour on firms located in the same …
Is Previous Export Experience Important for New Exports
Recent models of international trade show that trade costs are important determinants of exporting decisions. These theories, however, do not take into account that experienced firms may have lower trade costs, or that new exporters may reduce these costs by observing other exporters' decisions. We argue that previous experience exporting a product, or to a market, helps reduce entry costs for firms in international markets. Using firm-level data…
Factor price overshooting with trade liberalization
This paper develops an intra‐industry trade model with skilled and unskilled labor as factors of production, endogenous accumulation of skilled labor and firm heterogeneity in factor intensities to examine the effect of trade reforms on factor prices. Since exporters are more skill intensive than non–exporters, a decrease in trade barriers initially increases wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers, as a result of an increase in the…
The Making of the Middle Class
In this important and timely collection of essays, historians reflect on the middle class: what it is, why its struggles figure so prominently in discussions of the current economic crisis, and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, modernity. The contributors focus on specific middle-class formations around the world—in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas—since the mid-nineteenth century. They scrutinize these formations in r…
Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Spillover Effects
This paper uses plant-level data from Chile to examine the determinants of importing intermediate inputs paying special attention to the role of importing spillovers. The results show that plants that pay higher wages and plants with previous experience importing intermediate inputs are more likely to import inputs. This study also finds a positive correlation between the number of importers in the same region, regardless of their industry affili…
Foreign Technology Licensing, Productivity, and Spillovers
Foreign Technology Licensing, Productivity, and Spillovers
Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Spillover Effects
This paper uses plant-level data from Chile to examine the determinants of importing intermediate inputs paying special attention to the role of importing spillovers. The results show that plants that pay higher wages and plants with previous experience importing intermediate inputs are more likely to import inputs. This study also finds a positive correlation between the number of importers in the same region, regardless of their industry affili…
The Making of the Middle Class
In this important and timely collection of essays, historians reflect on the middle class: what it is, why its struggles figure so prominently in discussions of the current economic crisis, and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, modernity. The contributors focus on specific middle-class formations around the world—in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas—since the mid-nineteenth century. They scrutinize these formations in r…
Is Previous Export Experience Important for New Exports
Recent models of international trade show that trade costs are important determinants of exporting decisions. These theories, however, do not take into account that experienced firms may have lower trade costs, or that new exporters may reduce these costs by observing other exporters' decisions. We argue that previous experience exporting a product, or to a market, helps reduce entry costs for firms in international markets. Using firm-level data…
Factor price overshooting with trade liberalization
This paper develops an intra‐industry trade model with skilled and unskilled labor as factors of production, endogenous accumulation of skilled labor and firm heterogeneity in factor intensities to examine the effect of trade reforms on factor prices. Since exporters are more skill intensive than non–exporters, a decrease in trade barriers initially increases wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers, as a result of an increase in the…
Foreign Direct Investment, Product Sophistication, and the Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor in Chilean Manufacturing
This paper uses plant-level data from the manufacturing sector of Chile for the period 1995–2007 to analyse the existence of spillover effects from foreign direct investment (FDI) and the role of product sophistication on the demand for skilled and unskilled labour. We find that the presence of multinational corporations increases the demand for highly skilled labour while it decreases the demand for unskilled labour on firms located in the same …
Economics (5 works) · Global trade and economics (5 works) · International Business and FDI (4 works) · Macroeconomics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (3 works) · International economics (3 works) · International trade (3 works) · Foreign direct investment (2 works) · Global Trade and Competitiveness (2 works)