Ph.D., Purdue University, 2010; international trade

• Ph.D., Economics, Purdue University, 2010
• M.A., Economics, Clemson University, 2005
• B.A., Economics, Babeṣ-Bolyai University, Romania, 2003

• International Trade
• Industrial Organization
• Applied Econometrics

• Economics of Globalization (EC 410)
• International Trade (EC 481)
• Graduate International Trade (EC 607)

•  “Estimating the Gains from Liberalizing Services Trade: The Case of Air Passenger Transport”  (w/ David Hummels and Brian Roberson), 2014, working paper.
• “Transfer Pricing by Multinational Firms: Evidence from Changes in Firm Ownership” (with Daniel X. Nguyen), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
• “Airports and Urban Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Policy Experiment” (with Bruce Blonigen), Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming. (NBER working paper 18278).
• “The Effect of Communication Costs on Trade in Headquarter Services”, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), forthcoming.
• “Trade and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Freight Transport” (with D. Hummels, L. Puzzello, M. Avetisyan), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 65(1) (January 2013), 153-173. (NBER working paper 17117)
• “Buyer-Seller Relationships in International Trade: Evidence from U.S. State Exports and Business- Class Travel", Journal of International Economics 84(2) (July 2011), 207-220.