Ricardo Lopez

Ricardo Lopez specializes in international trade, economic development, productivity analysis and Latin America. His research focuses on firms' behavior in international markets and the role of international trade as a source of economic growth. His research has been published in leading economics journals and presented in numerous conferences and seminars. Before joining IBS, he was a faculty member at the economics department of Indiana University, Bloomington for seven years. Previously, he had served as an economic adviser to the Ministry of Economy of Chile for four years. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Chile and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Education

• B.A., Universidad de Chile
• M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Previous Positions:

• Senior Researcher, Applied Economics Clinic, Somerville, MA (April 2018-June 2019)
• Assistant Professor of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University. (July 2010-May 2018)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Indiana University. (August 2003-May 2010)
• Research Assistant, Department of Economics, UCLA. (July 2002-Sept. 2002)
• Teaching Fellow; Teaching Associate; Teaching Assistant; Reader, Department of Economics, UCLA. (Sept. 1999-August 2002)
• Economic Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Republic of Chile, Santiago. (Sept. 1994-July 1998)
• Instructor, School of Economics and Management, University of Chile, Santiago. (July 1995-July 1998)
• Instructor, Central University; Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez Catholic University; Guillermo Subercaseaux Institute of Banking Studies, Santiago, Chile. (July 1994-July 1998)
• Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Chile, Santiago. (October 1993-Aug. 1994)
• Research Assistant, CIEPLAN (Economics Research Corporation for Latin America), Santiago. (August 1992-Sept. 1993)
• Teaching Assistant, School of Economics and Management, University of Chile, Santiago. (Mar. 1991-June 1994)

Honors:

• Number of Citations: +1,800 (as of June 2019), Google Scholar
• Ranked among the Top 200 Young Economists in the world by Ideas/RePEc (2012, 2013)
• Currently Ranked in the Top 10% of authors on SSRN by all-time downloads
• IU-CLACS International Travel Award, 2006
• Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2005
• UCLA Year Dissertation Fellowship 2002-2003.
• Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), University of California, Dissertation Fellowship 2002-2003.
• Winner Graduate Student Competition, Empirical Investigations in International Trade (EIIT), 2002.
• FACEA Award to the Best Student in Economics Graduated from the University of Chile (1995)
• ICU Award to the Best Ingeniero Comercial Graduated from the University of Chile (1995)

Selected Publications

“Foreign Direct Investment, Product Sophistication and the Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor in Chilean Manufacturing,” with W. Jia, Journal of Development Studies 57(1): 70-87 (2021).

“A Model of Firm Heterogeneity in Factor Intensities and International Trade,” with J. Emami Namini and Giovanni Facchini, Canadian Journal of Economics 48(3): 1456-80 (2015).

“Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Imports of Intermediate Inputs: A Microeconometric Analysis of Chilean Manufacturing Plants,” with H. Nguyen, Review of International Economics 23(5): 972-95 (2015).

“Export Growth and Firm Survival,” with J. Emami Namini and G. Facchini, Economics Letters 120(3): 481-86 (2013).

“Factor Price Overshooting with Trade Liberalization: Theory and Evidence,” with J. Emami Namini, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 60(2): 139-81 (2013).

“Do Firms Increase Productivity in Order to Become Exporters?” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 71(5): 621-42 (2009).

“Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Plant Survival,” Economics Letters 92(1): 58-62 (2006).

“Exporting and Performance: Evidence from Chilean Plants,” with R. Alvarez, Canadian Journal of Economics 38(4): 1384-1400 (2005).

“Trade and Growth: Reconciling the Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Evidence,” Journal of Economic Surveys 19(4): 623-48 (2005).