H. L. Kee - Other Publications

Journal Articles

• "Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence From Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters," the Journal of International Economics (forthcoming), with Svetlana Demidova and Kala Krishna.
  
  
• "Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing national trade policies during the crisis of 2008," C. Neagu and A. Nicita, Review of Economics and Statistics. Forthcoming.    Dataset
  
  
• "The Effects of Domestic Climate Change Measures on International Competitiveness," with H. Ma and M. Mani, World Economy, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 820-829. 2010.
   
  
• "The Coefficient of the Whole is an Average of the Coefficients of Its Parts: A Special Case of Restricted Least Squares," Economics Letters, vol. 104, no. 3, p. 136-139. 2009.
   
  
• "Findlay-Grubert versus Rybczynski: Testing Growth Hypotheses in Classic Trade Theories Using Singapore", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 443-486.  2009.
  Previously published as World bank Policy Research Working Paper 2702.
  
  
• "Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices," with A. Nicita and M. Olarreaga, Economic Journal, vol. 119, p. 172--199.  2009.    Dataset
  
  
• "Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions," with A. Nicita and M. Olarreaga,  Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 90, no. 4, p. 666-682. 2008. Dataset
  
  
• "Firm level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence From Bangladesh", with K. Krishna, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 457-462. 2008.
  
  
• "Export Variety and Country Productivity: Estimating the Monopolistic Competition Model with Endogenous Productivity", with R. Feenstra, Journal of International Economics, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 500-518. 2008.
  
  
• Imports, Entry and Competition Law as Market Disciplines, with B. Hoekman, European Economic Review, vol. 51, no. 4, p. 831-858. 2007.
  
  
• Trade Liberalization and Export Variety: A Comparison of China and Mexico, with R. Feenstra, World Economy, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 5-21. 2007.
  
  
• Market Access for Sale, with M. Olarreaga and P. Silva, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 82, p. 79-94. 2007.
  
  
• Trade, Capital Accumulation and Structural Unemployment: An Empirical Study of the Singapore Economy, with H. T. Hoon, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 77, no. 1, p. 125-152.  June 2005.
  Also published by  Elsevier.
  
  
• Productivity or Endowments? Sectoral Evidence for Hong Kong, Asian Economic Journal, vol. 19: 51-81. 2005.
  Also available online at Blackwell Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com).
  
  
• Estimating Productivity When Primal and Dual TFP Accounting Fail: An Illustration Using Singapore, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 4, no. 1, article 26. 2004.
  
  
• Markups, Entry Regulation and Trade: Country Size Matters, with B. Hoekman and M. Olarreaga, Contributions to Macroeconomics, vol. 4, no. 1, article 8. 2004.
  
  
• "On the Measurement of Product Variety in Trade", with R. Feenstra, American Economic Review, vol. 94, no. 2, p. 145-149. May 2004.
  
  

Chapters in Books

• "Developing Countries, New Trade Barriers, and the Global Economic Crisis," with C. Bown, in Managing Openness: Trade and Outward-Oriented Growth Strategies after the Crisis, M. Haddad and B. Shepherd (eds.).  2011.
  
  
• "Climate Change Policies and International Trade: Challenges and Opportunities," in International Trade and Climate Change: Economic, Legal, and Institutional Perspectives, The World Bank. 2008.
  
  
• "Estimating the Effects of Global Trade Reform," with A. Nicita and M. Olarreaga, in Global Trade and Poor Nations, Hoekman and Olarreaga (eds), Brookings Institute Press. 2008.
   
• Book review of J. Anderson and P. Neary,  Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy, in Journal of International Economics, vol. 73, no. 2, p. 434-438. 2007.
  
  
• "Firm Performance in the Services Sector," in Malaysia: Firm Competitiveness, Investment Climate, and Growth, Report no. 26841-MA, the World Bank. 2005.
  
  
• "Factors Shaping Singapore's Wages and Unemployment and the Role of the National Wages Council", with H.T. Hoon, in Wages and Wages Policies: Tripartism in Singapore, C.Y. Lim and R. Chew (eds.), p. 147-165. 1998.

Operational Reports

• "Firm Performance in the Services Sector, in Malaysia: Firm Competitiveness, Investment Climate, and Growth, 2005", Report no. 26841-MA, the World Bank.

Dataset

• Overall Trade Restrictiveness Indices and Import Demand Elasticities 
• Trade Policy Changes During Global Crisis 2008

Last updated on Jan 5, 2012