C. Freund - Other Publications

Journal Articles

• “Does Regionalism Promote External Trade Liberalization?” with A. Estevedordael and E. Ornelas, Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
• “Trading on Time”, with S. Djankov and C. Pham-Si, Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. 
• “Trade Policy and Loss Aversion”, with C. Ozden,  American Economic Review, forthcoming.
• “On the Conservation of Distance in International Trade”, with M. Berthelon,  Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.
• “Trade, Regulations, and Income”, with B. Bolaky, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.
• “Remittances, Transactions Costs, and Informality”, with N. Spatafora,  Journal of Development Economics 86(2), June 2008.
• “China’s Export Boom,”  with M. Amiti, Finance and Development 44(3), September 2007.
• “Current Account Adjustment in Industrial Countries,” Journal of International Money and Finance, 24.  2005.
• “On the Effect of the Internet on International Trade,” with D. Weinhold, Journal of International Economics 62, 2004.
• An Empirical Investigation of the Internet and International Trade: The Case of Bolivia with D. Weinhold, The Latin American Journal of Economic Development, 2004
•  “The Internet and International Trade in Services”, with D. Weinhold, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2002.
• “New Borders: Evidence from the Former Soviet Union” with S.Djankov, Weltwirkschaftliches Archiv, 138:3, 2002.
• “Trade Flows in the Former Soviet Union: 1989-1996” with S. Djankov, Journal of Comparative Economics, March 2002.
•  “Different Paths to Free Trade: The Gains from Regionalism,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2000. 
• “Multilateralism and the Endogenous Formation of Preferential Trade Agreements,” Journal of International Economics, December, 2000.
• “Public Sector Price Reforms in Transition Economies: Who Gains? Who Loses?” with C. Wallich, Economic Development and Cultural Change, October, 1997.  
• “The Welfare Effects of Raising Household Energy Prices In Poland,” with C. Wallich, The Energy Journal, January, 1996.
• “Decentralizing Fiscal Systems in Transition Economies,” with R. Bird and C. Wallich, Finance and Development, September, 1995.
• “Decentralization of Intergovernmental Finance in Transition Economies,” with R. Bird and C. Wallich, Comparative Economic Studies, Winter, 1994.

Chapters in Books

• WTO and Reciprocal Preferential Trade Arrangements, Edward Elgar Publishers: USA and UK, 2007.
• “An Anatomy of China’s Export Growth” with M. Amiti, in China’s Growing Role in World Trade, R. Feenstra and S.Wei (eds.), NBER, forthcoming.
• “Current Account Deficits: The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall?” with F. Warnock,  in Current Account Imbalances, Sustainability and Adjustment, NBER and University of Chicago, 2007.
• “The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade” with D. Weinhold, in Internet, Economic Growth and Globalisation, C. Barfield, G. Heiduk, P.J.J. Welfens (eds.), Springer: Heidelberg and New York, 2002.
• “Borders, Trade, and Welfare: A Comment,” in Brookings Trade Forum,  S. Collins and D. Rodrik (eds.), 2001, 2002.
• “On the Long-Run Effects of Regional Agreements,” in Regionalism in Europe, J. von Hagen and M. Widgren (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.

Other Papers

• Current Account Adjustment in Industrialized Countries, Federal Reserve Board Working Paper 692, 2000.
• Spaghetti Regionalism, International Finance Discussion Paper #680, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 2000.
• On the Dynamics of Trade Diversion: Evidence from Four Trade Blocks, with J. McLaren, International Finance Discussion Paper #637, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June, 1999.

Media Stories on Research Papers

• Regarding “Current Account Adjustment in Industrialized Countries”
  • International Herald Tribune, October 2003, IHT news television interview.
  • Bloomberg, September 26, 2003 “A Big Trade Deficit? Consider the Alternative”
  • The Economist, September 18, 2003 “The Price of Profligacy”
  • The Economist, September 18, 2003 “Shrinkproof”
  • The Economist, February 14, 2002, “Wanted $2 Billion a Day”
  • Financial Times, March 26, 2002, “Return of the Trade Gap Boogeyman”
  • Reuters, May 21, 2002, “Bloated U.S. Trade deficit Hurts Dollar”
  • Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2003, “As U.S. Shows Signs of Strength, Global Economies Look Up, Too”
  • Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan, November 20, 2003, 21st Annual Monetary Conference, Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and The Economist.
  • Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan, January 13, 2004, Before the Bundesbank Lecture 2004, Berlin, Germany.
  • Numerous Investment Bank Reports including: Morgan Stanley’s Stephen Roach Global Economic Forum, April 4, 2002, “On Current Account Adjustments”; August 1, 2003 “Global Warning Shot”, and Economic Trends, December 5, 2003 “Global Rebalancing and Dollar Risk”.
• Regarding “On the Effect of the Internet on International Trade”
  • Business Week, March 12, 2001, “Economic Trends”