Peter Neary

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Peter Neary




Publications

Publications

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See also:

Books

  1. (with Jim Anderson) Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005. (Click here for links to Table of Contents, sample chapters, etc.)

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Edited Books

  1. Readings in International Trade: Volume I. Welfare and Trade Policy, Volume II. Production Structure, Trade and Growth, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1995.

  2. (with Bill Ethier and Elhanan Helpman) Theory, Policy and Dynamics in International Trade: Essays in Honor of Ronald W. Jones, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993; paperback edition 1995.

  3. (with Sweder van Wijnbergen) Natural Resources and the Macroeconomy, Oxford: Basil Blackwell and Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986.

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Articles in Refereed Economics Journals

  1. (with Monika Mrázová) "Not So Demanding: Demand Structure and Firm Behavior," American Economic Review (forthcoming). [Slides] [Open Access]

  2. "International Trade in General Oligopolistic Equilibrium," Review of International Economics, 24:4, September 2016, 669-698. [Slides] [Open Access]

  3. (with Carsten Eckel, Leo Iacovone and Beata Javorcik) "Testing the Core Competency Model of Multi-Product Exporters," Review of International Economics, 24:4, September 2016, 699-716. [Slides] [Open Access]

  4. (with Jim Anderson) "Sufficient Statistics for Tariff Reform when Revenue Matters," Journal of International Economics, 98, January 2016, 150-159. [Open Access]

  5. (with Carsten Eckel, Leo Iacovone and Beata Javorcik) "Multi-Product Firms at Home and Away: Cost- Versus Quality-Based Competence," Journal of International Economics, 95:2, March 2015, 216-232. [Slides] [Open Access]

  6. (with Monika Mrázová) "Together at Last: Trade Costs, Demand Structure, and Welfare," American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 104:5, May 2014, 298-303. [Published version] [Online Appendices] [Slides]

  7. (with Rob Feenstra, Hong Ma and D.S. Prasada Rao) "Who Shrunk China? Puzzles in the Measurement of Real GDP," Economic Journal, 123:573, December 2013, 1100-1129. [Published version] [Slides]

  8. (with Joe Tharakan) "International Trade with Endogenous Mode of Competition in General Equilibrium," Journal of International Economics, 86:1, January 2012, 118-132. [Published version]

  9. "Two and a Half Theories of Trade," The World Economy, 33:1, January 2010, 1-19. [Published version]

  10. (with Carsten Eckel) "Multi-Product Firms and Flexible Manufacturing in the Global Economy," Review of Economic Studies, 77:1, January 2010, 188-217. [Published version] [JSTOR]

  11. (with Dermot Leahy) “Multilateral subsidy games,” Economic Theory, 41:1, October 2009, 41-66. [Read online] [JSTOR]

  12. “Putting the 'new' into new trade theory: Paul Krugman's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111:2, June 2009, 217-250. [Published version]

  13. “Trade costs and foreign direct investment,” International Review of Economics and Finance, 18:2, March 2009, 207-218; earlier version in S. Brakman and H. Garretsen (eds.): Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2008, 13-38. [Published version]

  14. (with Ian Crawford) “Testing for a reference consumer in international comparisons of living standards,” American Economic Review, 98:4, September 2008, 1731-1732. [Published version]

  15. (with Dermot Leahy) “Absorptive capacity, R&D spillovers and public policy,” International Journal of Industrial Organisation, 25:3, October 2007, 1089-1108. [Published version]

  16. “Cross-border mergers as instruments of comparative advantage,” Review of Economic Studies, 74:4, October 2007, 1229-1257. [Published version] [JSTOR]

  17. (with Jim Anderson) “Welfare versus market access: The implications of tariff structure for tariff reform,” Journal of International Economics, 71:1, March 2007, 187-205. [Published version]

  18. “Simultaneous reform of tariffs and quotas,” Review of International Economics, 15:1, February 2007, 37-44. [Published version]

  19. “Measuring competitiveness,” Economic and Social Review, 37:2, Summer/Autumn 2006, 197-213. [Published version]

  20. “International trade and the environment: Theoretical and policy linkages,” Environmental and Resource Economics, 33:1, January 2006, 95-118. [Published version]

  21. (with Dermot Leahy) "Symmetric research joint ventures: Cooperative substitutes and complements," International Journal of Industrial Organisation, 23:5-6, June 2005, 381-397. [Published version]

  22. "Rationalising the Penn World Table: True multilateral indices for international comparisons of real income," American Economic Review, 94:5, December 2004, 1411-1428. [Published version] [JSTOR] (Click here for Appendix, Gauss and data files.)

  23. "Europe on the road to Doha: Towards a new global trade round?,” CESifo Economic Studies, 50:2, Summer 2004, 319-332. [Published version]

  24. (with Dermot Leahy) "Revenue-constrained strategic trade and industrial policy," Economics Letters, 82:3, March 2004, 409-414.
  25. (with Jim Anderson) "The mercantilist index of trade policy," International Economic Review, 44:2, May 2003, 627-649.
  26. "Globalisation and market structure," Journal of the European Economic Association, 1:2-3, April-May 2003, 245-271; reprinted in R.E. Falvey and U. Kreickemeier (eds.): Recent Developments in International Trade Theory, Edward Elgar, 2005. [Published version] [JSTOR]

  27. "Competitive versus comparative advantage," The World Economy, 26:4, April 2003, 457-470.
  28. "Foreign competition and wage inequality," Review of International Economics, 10:4, November 2002, 680-693. [Published version]
  29. "Foreign direct investment and the single market,” The Manchester School, 70:3, June 2002, 291-314. [Published version]
  30. (with Dermot Leahy) "Robust rules for industrial policy in open economies,” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 10:4, December 2001, 393-409.
  31. "Of hype and hyperbolas: Introducing the new economic geography," Journal of Economic Literature, 39:2, June 2001, 536-561; reprinted in P.C. Cheshire and G. Duranton (eds.): Recent Developments in Urban and Regional Economics, Edward Elgar, 2004. [JSTOR]

  32. (with Dermot Leahy) "Strategic trade and industrial policy towards dynamic oligopolies," Economic Journal, 110, April 2000, 484-508. [JSTOR]

  33. (with Paul O'Sullivan) "Beat 'em or join 'em?: Export subsidies versus international research joint ventures in oligopolistic markets," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 101:4, December 1999, 577-596.
  34. (with Emla Fitzsimons and Vincent Hogan) "Explaining the volume of North-South trade in Ireland: A gravity model approach," Economic and Social Review, 30:4, October 1999, 381-401.
  35. (with Dermot Leahy) "Learning by doing, precommitment and infant industry promotion," Review of Economic Studies, 66:2, April 1999, 447-474. [JSTOR]

  36. (with Dermot Leahy) "R&D spillovers and the case for industrial policy in open economies," Oxford Economic Papers, 51:1, January 1999, 40-59. [JSTOR]

  37. "Pitfalls in the theory of international trade policy: Concertina reforms of tariffs, and subsidies to high-technology industries,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 100:1, March 1998, 187-206; reprinted in T.M. Andersen and K.O. Moene (eds): Public Policy and Economic Theory, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1998.
  38. (with Bríd Gleeson) "Measuring the wealth of nations: Reference prices and multilateral real income indexes," Economic and Social Review, 28:4, October 1997, 401-421.
  39. (with Dermot Leahy) "Public policy towards R&D in oligopolistic industries," American Economic Review, 87:4, September 1997, 642-662. Czech translation: "Veejná politika v oblasti výzkumu a vývoje v oligopolním prmyslu," Politická Ekonomie, 45:5, 1997, 683-698. [JSTOR]

  40. (with Dermot Leahy) "International R&D rivalry and industrial strategy without government commitment," Review of International Economics, 4:3, October 1996, 322-338.
  41. "Theoretical foundations of the ‘Geary Method’ for international comparisons of purchasing power and real incomes," Economic and Social Review, 27:2, January 1996, 161-179.
  42. (with Jim Anderson) "A new approach to evaluating trade policy," Review of Economic Studies, 63:1, January 1996, 107-125; reprinted in R.E. Falvey and U. Kreickemeier (eds.): Recent Developments in International Trade Theory, Edward Elgar 2005.
  43. "Factor mobility and international trade," Canadian Journal of Economics, 28, November 1995, S4-S23.
  44. "Trade liberalisation and shadow prices in the presence of tariffs and quotas," International Economic Review, 36:3, August 1995, 531-554.
  45. (with Jim Anderson and Geoff Bannister) "Domestic distortions and international trade," International Economic Review, 36:1, February 1995, 139-157.
  46. "Cost asymmetries in international subsidy games: Should governments help winners or losers?," Journal of International Economics, 37:3/4, November 1994, 197-218. [Published version]

  47. (with Dermot Leahy) "Time consistency, learning by doing and infant industry protection: The linear case," Economic and Social Review, 26:1, October 1994, 59-68.
  48. (with Jim Anderson) "The trade restrictiveness of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement," The World Bank Economic Review, 8:2, May 1994, 171-189.
  49. (with Jim Anderson) "Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy," The World Bank Economic Review, 8:2, May 1994, 151-169.
  50. (with Jim Anderson) "Trade reform with quotas, partial rent retention and tariffs," Econometrica, 60:1, January 1992, 57-76; reprinted in C. Kowalczyk (ed.): The Theory of Trade Policy Reform, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001.
  51. "Immigration and real wages," Economics Letters, 30:2, 1989, 171-174.
  52. "Export subsidies and national welfare," Empirica: Austrian Economic Papers, 15:2, 1988, 243-261. Spanish Translation: "Subsidios a las Exportaciones y Bienestar Nacional," Estudios Económicos (El Colegio De México), 4:2, July-December 1989, 135-156.
  53. "Tariffs, quotas and voluntary export restraints with and without internationally mobile capital," Canadian Journal of Economics, 21:4, November 1988, 714-735. [JSTOR]

  54. (with Frances Ruane) "International capital mobility, shadow prices and the cost of protection," International Economic Review, 29:4, November 1988, 571-585.
  55. "Determinants of the equilibrium real exchange rate," American Economic Review, 78:1, March 1988, 210-215. [JSTOR]

  56. "Stability of the mobile-capital Harris-Todaro model: Some further results," Economica, 55:217, February 1988, 123-127. [JSTOR]

  57. (with Albert Schweinberger) "Factor content functions and the theory of international trade," Review of Economic Studies, 53:3, July 1986, 421-432.
  58. "Two-by-two international trade theory with many goods and factors," Econometrica, 53:5, September 1985, 1233-1247.
  59. "International factor mobility, minimum wage rates and factor-price equalization: A synthesis," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100:3, August 1985, 551-570. [Published version]

  60. "The observational equivalence of the Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin explanations of trade patterns," Oxford Economic Papers, 37:1, March 1985, 142-147. [Published version]

  61. (with Sweder van Wijnbergen) "Can an oil discovery lead to a recession? A comment on Eastwood and Venables," Economic Journal, 94, June 1984, 390-395. [Published version]

  62. (with Joe Stiglitz) "Towards a reconstruction of Keynesian economics: Expectations and constrained equilibria," Quarterly Journal of Economics (Supplement), 98, 1983, 199-228; reprinted in G.K. Shaw (ed.): Schools of Thought in Economics: 1. The Keynesian Heritage, Volume 1, Aldershot: Gower Publishing, 1988. [Published version]

  63. (with Ron Jones and Frances Ruane) "Two-way capital flows: Cross-hauling in a model of foreign investment," Journal of International Economics, 14, 1983, 357-366.
  64. (with Max Corden) "Booming sector and de-industrialisation in a small open economy," Economic Journal, 92, December 1982, 825-848; reprinted in W.M. Corden: International Trade Theory and Policy: Selected Essays of W. Max Corden, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1992. [Published version]

  65. (with Doug Purvis) "Sectoral shocks in a dependent economy: Long-run adjustment and short-run accommodation," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 84:2, 1982, 229-253; reprinted in L. Calmfors (ed.): Long-run Effects of Short-run Stabilisation Policy, London: Macmillan, 1983.
  66. "On the Harris-Todaro model with intersectoral capital mobility," Economica, 48, August 1981, 219-234.
  67. "On the short-run effects of technological progress," Oxford Economic Papers, 33:2, July 1981, 224-233.
  68. (with John Martin) "Variable labour supply and the pure theory of international trade: An empirical note," Journal of International Economics, 10, 1980, 549-559. [Published version]
  69. "Non-traded goods and the balance of trade in a neo-Keynesian temporary equilibrium," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 95, November 1980, 403-429.
  70. "This side of paradox, or, in defence of the Correspondence Principle: A reply to Herberg and Kemp," American Economic Review, 70, September 1980, 815-818.
  71. (with Kevin Roberts) "The theory of household behaviour under rationing," European Economic Review, 13, 1980, 25-42.
  72. (with Ron Jones) "Temporal convergence and factor intensities," Economics Letters, 3:4, 1979, 311-314.
  73. "Income distribution and the aggregate demand schedule in the short run," The Manchester School, 47, June 1979, 160-167.
  74. "Capital subsidies and employment in an open economy," Oxford Economic Papers, 30:3, November 1978, 334-356.

  75. "Dynamic stability and the theory of factor-market distortions," American Economic Review, 68:4, September 1978, 671-682; reprinted in J.N. Bhagwati, (ed.): International Trade: Selected Readings, Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, 1981.

  76. "Short-run capital specificity and the pure theory of international trade," Economic Journal, 88, September 1978, 488-510; reprinted in J.N. Bhagwati, (ed.): International Trade: Selected Readings, Second Edition, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1987; in D.A. Lake (ed.): The International Political Economy of Trade, Volume I, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1993; and in E. Leamer (ed.): Worth Series in Outstanding Contributions in Economics: International Trade, New York: Worth Publishers, 2001. [JSTOR]

  77. "A note on heteroscedasticity in cross-section regressions estimated from Irish county data," Economic and Social Review, 8:2, January 1977, 143-147.

  78. "Relative efficiency of absolute data and first differences in regression analysis: The case of autocorrelated disturbances," Economic and Social Review, 5:1, October 1973, 47-58.

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Other Academic Articles

  1. (with Cormac Ó Gráda) "Brendan M. Walsh (1940-2016): The economist at work," Economic and Social Review, 48:2, Summer 2017, 109-125.

  2. (Dermot Leahy and J.P. Neary) "Oligopoly and Trade," in D. Bernhofen, R. Falvey, D. Greenaway and U. Kreickemeier (eds.): Palgrave Handbook of International Trade, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 197-235. [CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8172]

  3. “Foreign direct investment: The OLI framework, ” in K.A. Reinert, R.S. Rajan, A.J. Glass and L.S. Davis (eds.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Volume I, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, 472-477.

  4. “Purchasing Power Parity,” and “The Stolper-Samuelson Theorem,” in J.J. McCusker et al. (eds.): History of World Trade Since 1450, Volume 2, Farmington Mills: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005, 614-615 and 719-720.

  5. Monopolistic competition and international trade theory,” in S. Brakman and B.J. Heijdra (eds.): The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospect, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 159-184.

  6. (with Jim Mirrlees and Jean Tirole) "Evaluating economics research in Europe: An introduction," Journal of the European Economic Association, 1:6, December 2003, 1239-1249. [Published version]

  7. "The road less travelled: Oligopoly and competition policy in general equilibrium ,” in R. Arnott, B. Greenwald, R. Kanbur and B. Nalebuff (eds.): Economics for an Imperfect World: Essays in Honor of Joseph E. Stiglitz, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003, 485-500.

  8. (with Patrick Honohan) "W.M. Gorman, 1923-2003," Economic and Social Review, 34:2, Summer/Autumn 2003, 195-209.

  9. "Competition, trade and wages,” in D. Greenaway, R. Upward and K. Wakelin (eds.): Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, 28-46.

  10. "International trade: Commercial policy and trade negotiations,” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 11, Oxford: Elsevier Science, 2001, 7837-7843.

  11. "R&D in developing countries: What should governments do?," in H. de Largentaye, P.-A. Muet, J.-F. Rischard and J.E. Stiglitz (eds.): Governance, Equity and Global Markets: Proceedings of the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in Europe, Paris: La Documentation Francaise, 2000, 343- 350; and in P.-A. Muet and J.E. Stiglitz (eds.): Governance, Equity and Global Markets: The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics - Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001; French translation: "Recherche-developpement dans les pays en developpement: que devraient faire les gouvernements?,” Revue d'Economie du Developpement, 8:1-2, June 2000, 215-226.

  12. "The European Union Stability Pact and the case for European Monetary Union," Economic Outlook and Business Review, Belfast: First Trust Bank, 12:4, December 1997, 41-52.

  13. (with Rodney Thom) "Punts, pounds and euros: In search of an optimum currency area," IBAR: Journal of Irish Business and Administrative Research, 18, 1997, 211-225.

  14. "R.C. Geary's contributions to economic theory,,” in D. Conniffe (ed.): Roy Geary, 1896-1983: Irish Statistician, Dublin: Oak Tree Press in association with The Economic and Social Research Institute, 1997, 93-118.

  15. "Welfare effects of tariffs and investment taxes," in W.J. Ethier, E. Helpman and J.P. Neary (eds.): Theory, Policy and Dynamics in International Trade: Essays in Honor of Ronald W. Jones, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, 131-156.

  16. (with Ron Jones) "Wage sensitivity rankings and temporal convergence," in E. Helpman and A. Razin (eds.): International Trade and Trade Policy, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991, 270-288.

  17. "Export subsidies and price competition," in E. Helpman and A. Razin (eds.): International Trade and Trade Policy, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991, 80-95.

  18. (with Cormac Ó Gráda) "Protection, economic war and structural change: The 1930s in Ireland," Irish Historical Studies, 27, May 1991, 250-266.

  19. (with Jim Anderson) "The coefficient of trade utilization: Back to the Baldwin Envelope," in R.W.Jones and A.O. Krueger (eds.): The Political Economy of International Trade: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Baldwin, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990, 49-72.

  20. "Neo-Keynesian macroeconomics in an open economy," Chapter 1 of R. van der Ploeg (ed.): Advanced Lectures in Quantitative Economics, New York: Academic Press, 1990, 3-59.

  21. "Rationing," in J. Eatwell, M. Milgate and P. Newman (eds.): The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 4, London: Macmillan, 1987, 92-96.

  22. (with Ron Jones and Frances Ruane) "International capital mobility and the Dutch Disease," in H. Kierzkowski (ed.): Protection and Competition in International Trade: Essays in Honour of W.M. Corden, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987, 86-98.

  23. "Natural resources and the macroeconomy: A theoretical framework," in J.P. Neary and S. van Wijnbergen (eds.): Natural Resources and the Macroeconomy, Oxford: Basil Blackwell and Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986, 13-45; reprinted in P. Stevens (ed.): The Economics of Energy, Volume I, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2000.

  24. "International trade," in A. and J. Kuper (eds.): The Social Sciences Encyclopedia, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985, 411-412; revised versions in Second Edition, 1996, 429-431; and forthcoming in Third Edition.

  25. "Theory and policy of adjustment in an open economy," in D. Greenaway (ed.): Current Issues in International Trade: Theory and Policy, London: Macmillan, 1985, 43-61; Second Edition 1996.

  26. "Real and monetary aspects of the Dutch Disease," in K. Jungenfelt and D. Hague (eds.): Structural Adjustment in Developed Open Economies, Proceedings of IEA Conference, London: Macmillan, 1985, 357-380. [Published version]

  27. (with Michael Moore) "Désequilibre intertemporel dans une économie ouverte," in P.-Y. Henin, W. Marois and P. Michel (eds.): Désequilibres En Economie Ouverte, Paris: Economica, 1985, 137-167.

  28. "The failure of economic nationalism," in Ireland: Dependence and Independence (RTE/UCD Lectures), Special Issue of The Crane Bag, 8:1, 1984, 68-77. [Published version: JSTOR]

  29. "The Heckscher-Ohlin model as an aggregate," in A. Ingham and A.M. Ulph (eds.): Demand, Equilibrium and Trade: Essays in Honour of Ivor F. Pearce, London: Macmillan, 1984, 57-76.

  30. (with Ron Jones) "The positive theory of international trade," Chapter 1 of R.W. Jones and P.B. Kenen (eds.): Handbook of International Economics, Volume 1, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984, 1-62; Reprinted in R.W. Jones (ed.): International Trade: Surveys of Theory and Policy, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986.

  31. (with Doug Purvis) "Real adjustment and exchange rate dynamics," in J.A. Frenkel (ed.): Exchange Rates and International Macroeconomics, Proceedings of NBER Conference, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, 285-308.

  32. (with Frances Ruane) "Inflation and growth," in D. McAleese and W.J.L. Ryan (eds.): Inflation in the Irish Economy: A Contemporary Perspective, Dublin: Helicon Press, 1982, 38-47.

  33. "Intersectoral capital mobility, wage stickiness and the case for adjustment assistance," in J.N. Bhagwati (ed.): Import Competition and Response, Proceedings of NBER Conference, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1982, 39-67.

  34. An Econometric Study of the Irish Postal Services, ESRI Paper No. 80, 98 pp., 1975.

  35. "The CII-ESRI quarterly and monthly surveys of business attitudes: Methods and uses," in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, March 1975, Dublin: ESRI, 27-36.

  36. (with Terry Baker) "A study of consumer prices," in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, March 1971, October 1971, and October 1972, Dublin: ESRI.

  37. (with Terry Baker and Joe Durkan) "A study of imports, part V," in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, December 1970, Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

  38. (with Terry Baker) Quarterly Economic Commentary (a quarterly review of the Irish economy), Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI); seven issues: December 1970 to October 1972.

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Book Reviews

  1. Economic Geography and Public Policy, By Richard Baldwin, Rikard Forslid, Philippe Martin, Gianmarco Ottaviano and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud, Princeton University Press, 2003, pp. 487; Journal of International Economics, 70:2, December 2006, 503-507. [Published version]

 

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