Davin Chor

Davin Chor is an associate professor in Tuck’s Economics group and a chair in Dartmouth’s academic cluster on globalization, which studies the far-reaching repercussions of globalization on world markets, governments, trade, and society. Professor Chor’s current research focuses on international trade and political economy.

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS

• International trade
• Political economy
• Growth and development
• Economic history

Education

• PhD Harvard University (2002 — 2007)
• AM Harvard University (1999 — 2000)
• AB Harvard University (1996 — 2000)
• Raffles Institution (1994 — 1995)
• Raffles Institution (1990 — 1993)

WORKING PAPERS

• With P. Antràs, “On the Measurement of Upstreamness and Downstreamness in Global Value Chains”
• With L.K. Bilir and K. Manova, “Host-Country Financial Development and Multinational Activity”
• With F.R. Campante, “Just Do Your Job”: Obedience, Routine Tasks, and the Pattern of Specialization”
• With E. L.-C. Lai, “Cumulative Innovation, Growth, and the Protection of Ideas”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Invited chapter, prepared for the Research Handbook on Global Value Chains, Edward Elgar. Eds: Gereffi, Ponte, Raj-Reichert, “Modelling Global Value Chains: Approaches and Insights from Economics”
• With L. Kamran Bilir and K. Manova, “Host-Country Financial Development and Multinational Activity,” European Economic Review, June 2019, 115: 192-220; NBER Working Paper No. 20046.
• With L. Alfaro, P. Antràs, and P. Conconi, “Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis,” Journal of Political Economy, April 2019, 127(2): 508-559; NBER Working Paper No. 21582.
• With P. Antràs.“On the Measurement of Upstreamness and Downstreamness in Global Value Chains,” In “World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity and Employment”. Eds: Lili Yan Ing and Maiojie Yu. Routledge, 2018; NBER Working Paper No. 24185.
• With F.R. Campante, “The People Want the Fall of the Regime: Schooling, Political Protest, and the Economy,” Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(3), 2014
• With P. Antràs, “Organizing the Global Value Chain,” Econometrica, 81(6), 2013
• With F.R. Campante, “Schooling, Political Participation, and the Economy,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(4), 2012
• With P. Antràs, T. Fally, and R. Hillberry, “Measuring the Upstreamness of Production and Trade Flows,” American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 102(3), 2012
• With F.R. Campante, “Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(2), 2012
• With K. Manova, “Off the Cliff and Back? Credit Conditions and International Trade during the Global Financial Crisis,” Journal of International Economics, 87(1), 2012
• “Unpacking Sources of Comparative Advantage: A Quantitative Approach,” Journal of International Economics, 82(2), 2010
• “Subsidies for FDI: Implications from a Model with Heterogeneous Firms,” Journal of International Economics, 78(1), 2009
• With F.R. Campante and Q. Do, “Instability and the Incentives for Corruption,” Economics and Politics, March 2009, 21(1): 42-92.
• “Institutions, Wages and Inequality: The Case of Europe and its Periphery (1500-1899),” Explorations in Economic History, October 2005, 42(4): 547-566.

AWARDS

• Award for Excellent Researcher, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2014
• Peter B. Kenen Fellow, Princeton University, 2012–13
• School of Economics Research Excellence Award, Singapore Management University, 2011
• Sing Lun Fellowship, Singapore Management University, 2010–12
• Harvard University Graduate Society Dissertation Completion fellowship, 2006–07
• Institute for Humane Studies fellowship, 2005–07, (Marcia Whitney Scholar, 2006–07)
• Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences fellowship, 2002–04
• Thomas T. Hoopes Prize and Allyn A. Young Prize, Harvard University, 2000
• Junior Phi Beta Kappa, 1999