George Alessandria

Senior Economic Advisor and Economist

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Publications

"US Trade and Inventory Dynamics," with Joseph Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, American Economic Review P&P, May 2011.
"Pricing-to-Market and the Failure of Absolute PPP," with Joseph Kaboski, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, (January 2011).
"Inventories, Lumpy Trade, and Large Devaluations," with Joseph Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, American Economic Review, (December 2010), 100 (5) pp. 2304-39.
"The Great Trade Collapse of 2008-09: An Inventory Adjustment?" with Joseph Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, IMF Economic Review, (December 2010), 58 pp. 254-294.
"Consumer Search, Price Dispersion and International Relative Price Fluctuations," International Economic Review, (August 2009), pp. 803-29.
"Trade and the (Dis) Incentive to Labor Market Reform," (with Alain Delacroix), Journal of International Economics, (May 2008), pp. 151-66.
"Do Sunk Costs of Exporting Matter for Net Export Dynamics?" with Horag Choi, Quarterly Journal of Economics (February 2007), pp. 289-336.
"International Deviations from the Law of One Price: The Role of Search Frictions and Market Share," International Economic Review (November 2004), pp. 1263-91.
"Endogenous Financial Intermediation and Real Effects of Capital Account Liberalization," (with Jun Qian), Journal of International Economics (September 2005), pp. 97-128.

Working Papers

"Do Falling Iceberg Costs Explain Recent U.S. Export Growth?" with Horag Choi, Working Paper 12-20, August 2012.
"Trade Wedges, Inventories, and International Business Cycles," with Joseph Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, Working Paper 12-16, May 2012.
"Establishment Heterogeneity, Exporter Dynamics, and the Effects of Trade Liberalization," with Horag Choi, Working Paper 11-19/R, August 2012.
"U.S. Trade and Inventory Dynamics," with Joseph P. Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, Working Paper 11-6, January 2011.
"The Great Trade Collapse of 2008-09: An Inventory Adjustment?," with Joseph P. Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, Working Paper 10-18, May 2010.
"Do Falling Iceberg Costs Explain Recent U.S. Export Growth?," with Horag Choi, Working Paper 10-10, March 2010.
"Inventories, Lumpy Trade, and Large Devaluations," with Joseph Kaboski and Virgiliu Midrigan, Working Paper 08-3/R, September 2009.
"Pricing-to-Market and the Failure of Absolute PPP," with Joseph Kaboski, Working Paper 07-29, September 2007.
"Establishment Heterogeneity, Exporter Dynamics, and the Effects of Trade Liberalization," with Horag Choi, Working Paper 07-17, July 2007.
"Do Sunk Costs of Exporting Matter for Net Export Dynamics," Working Paper 05-20, September 2005 (with Horag Choi). Revision in Quarterly Journal of Economics.
"Consumer Search, Price Dispersion, and International Relative Price Volatility," Working Paper 05-9, May 2005.
"Trade and the (Dis) Incentive to Reform Labor Markets: The Case of Reform in the European Union," Working Paper 04-18, September 2004.
"Violating Purchasing Power Parity," Working Paper 04-19, September 2004.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review Articles

“The Great Trade Collapse (And Recovery),” First Quarter 2013.
"Understanding Exports from the Plant Up," with Horag Choi, Fourth Quarter 2010.
"The Exchange Rate: What's in It for Prices?," with Jarcy Zee, Third Quarter 2009.
"Why Are Goods So Cheap in Some Countries?," with Joseph Kaboski, Second Quarter 2008.
"Trade Deficits Aren’t as Bad as You Think," First Quarter 2007.

Research Interests

Empirical and Theoretical Issues in International Trade and Finance
Consumer Search