Jesse MoraAssociate Professor
Department of Economics Occidental College 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041 Email: [email protected] Education: B.A. Claremont McKenna; M.A. John Hopkins-SAIS; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Research InterestInternational Trade, Development Economics, and Applied Microeconomics
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current projects
"Growing Exporters and Optimal Tariffs: The Case of the China Shock," with Alan Spearot
``Economic Development and Export Growth: The Role of Trade Costs.'' with Michael Olabisi.
``Economic Development and Export Growth: The Role of Trade Costs.'' with Michael Olabisi.
Publications
"The Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese trade and production: An empirical analysis of processing trade with Japan and the US" with Mary Everett Hancock, Journal of Asian Economics, June 2023.
"Economic Development and Export Diversification: The Role of Trade Costs" with Michel Olabisi, International Economics, May 2023.
“Export Failure and Its Consequences: Evidence from Colombian Exporters,” Review of World Economics, 2022.
"Export Growth Drivers and Economic Development," with Michael Olabisi, Empirical Economics, 2022
"Economic Development and the Margins of Trade: Are The Least Developed Countries Different?,'' with Michael Olabisi, Economic Inquiry, 2020.
"Export Survival in Africa and Latin America: Firm-Level Diversification, Synergies and Competition,'' with Luisa Blanco, Michael Olabisi, and James Prieger, Southern Economic Journal, 2020.
"Firms in International Trade,'' with Federico Diez and Alan Spearot, in Wesley Wilson and Bruce Blonigen (ed.) ``Handbook of International Trade and Transportation,'' Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2018.
“Trade Dynamics in the East Asian Miracle: A Time Series Analysis of US–East Asia Commodity Trade, 1962–1992,” with Terrie Carolan and Nirvikar Singh, Millennial Asia, 4(1), April 2013.
“Trade Productivity Upgrading, Trade Fragmentation, and FDI in Manufacturing: The Asian Development Experience,” with Nirvikar Singh, Indian Growth and Development Review, 6, 2013.
“Global Perspectives in the Decline of Trade Finance,” with William Powers, in Jean-Pierre Chauffour, Mariem Malouche (ed.) “Trade Finance during the Great Trade Collapse,” World Bank Publication, June 24, 2011.
“Decomposing China–Japan–U.S. Trade: Vertical Specialization, Ownership, and Organizational Form,” with Judith Dean and Mary Lovely, Journal of Asian Economics, 20 (6), November 2009.
“Did Trade Credit Problems Deepen The Great Trade Collapse?” with William Powers, in Richard Baldwin (ed.) “The Great Trade Collapse: Causes, Consequences and Prospects,” VoxEU.org Publication, The Graduate Institute, December 2009.
"Economic Development and Export Diversification: The Role of Trade Costs" with Michel Olabisi, International Economics, May 2023.
“Export Failure and Its Consequences: Evidence from Colombian Exporters,” Review of World Economics, 2022.
"Export Growth Drivers and Economic Development," with Michael Olabisi, Empirical Economics, 2022
"Economic Development and the Margins of Trade: Are The Least Developed Countries Different?,'' with Michael Olabisi, Economic Inquiry, 2020.
"Export Survival in Africa and Latin America: Firm-Level Diversification, Synergies and Competition,'' with Luisa Blanco, Michael Olabisi, and James Prieger, Southern Economic Journal, 2020.
"Firms in International Trade,'' with Federico Diez and Alan Spearot, in Wesley Wilson and Bruce Blonigen (ed.) ``Handbook of International Trade and Transportation,'' Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2018.
“Trade Dynamics in the East Asian Miracle: A Time Series Analysis of US–East Asia Commodity Trade, 1962–1992,” with Terrie Carolan and Nirvikar Singh, Millennial Asia, 4(1), April 2013.
“Trade Productivity Upgrading, Trade Fragmentation, and FDI in Manufacturing: The Asian Development Experience,” with Nirvikar Singh, Indian Growth and Development Review, 6, 2013.
“Global Perspectives in the Decline of Trade Finance,” with William Powers, in Jean-Pierre Chauffour, Mariem Malouche (ed.) “Trade Finance during the Great Trade Collapse,” World Bank Publication, June 24, 2011.
“Decomposing China–Japan–U.S. Trade: Vertical Specialization, Ownership, and Organizational Form,” with Judith Dean and Mary Lovely, Journal of Asian Economics, 20 (6), November 2009.
“Did Trade Credit Problems Deepen The Great Trade Collapse?” with William Powers, in Richard Baldwin (ed.) “The Great Trade Collapse: Causes, Consequences and Prospects,” VoxEU.org Publication, The Graduate Institute, December 2009.
Policy Publications
“A Time Series Database for Global Trade, Production, and Consumption Linkages,” with Zhi Wang, Marinos Tsigas, Xin Li, and Daniel Xu, GTAP Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Penang, Malaysia, June 2010.
“Effects of Foreign Import Tariffs and TRQs on US Food and Agricultural Exports,” with Marinos Tsiga, prepared for a symposium organized by the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Seattle, June 2009.
“The CoRe NTMs Database: A Compilation of Reported Non–Tariff Measures,” with Andrew Martinez and Jose Signoret, USITC Working Paper, No. 2009-12A, December 2009.
“The Bahamas: Trade Sector Policy Note,” with Christopher Vignoles and Matthew Shearer, Inter-American Development Bank, 2008.
“Belize: Exporting For Growth–Trade Sector Policy Note,” with Samantha Chaitram, Cristina Dengel, Timothy Mills, Matthew Shearer, and Kati Suominen, Inter-American Development Bank, 2008.
“Effects of Foreign Import Tariffs and TRQs on US Food and Agricultural Exports,” with Marinos Tsiga, prepared for a symposium organized by the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Seattle, June 2009.
“The CoRe NTMs Database: A Compilation of Reported Non–Tariff Measures,” with Andrew Martinez and Jose Signoret, USITC Working Paper, No. 2009-12A, December 2009.
“The Bahamas: Trade Sector Policy Note,” with Christopher Vignoles and Matthew Shearer, Inter-American Development Bank, 2008.
“Belize: Exporting For Growth–Trade Sector Policy Note,” with Samantha Chaitram, Cristina Dengel, Timothy Mills, Matthew Shearer, and Kati Suominen, Inter-American Development Bank, 2008.