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Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

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Economics and Finance

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55
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16717
World Ranking
1046
National Ranking
113

Overview

Beata Smarzynska Javorcik is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, covering both general and specialized subfields including accounting, finance, strategy, and management.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Global trade and economics
  • Working capital and financial performance
  • International business and foreign direct investment (FDI)
  • International development and aid
  • Firm innovation and growth
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • COVID-19 pandemic impacts

A significant portion of their publications appears in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with 17 contributions, followed by outlets such as the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, The Economic Journal, World Economy, and the Journal of Development Economics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Smarzynska Javorcik include:

  • "Climbing the Rungs of the Quality Ladder: FDI and Domestic Exporters in Romania" (2020) published in The Economic Journal
  • "Trade finance matters: evidence from the COVID-19 crisis" (2020) published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • "Trade policy changes, tax evasion and Benford's law" (2020) published in Journal of Development Economics
  • "The Eurasian Roundabout: Trade Flows Into Russia Through the Caucasus and Central Asia" (2023) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Reshaping of global supply chains will take place, but it will not happen fast" (2020) published in Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies

Their work includes book publications with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, featuring titles such as "Did the 2018 Trade War Improve Job Opportunities for US Workers?" (2022) and "Breaking Invisible Barriers: Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets?" (2025).

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Banu Demir
  • Maxim Chupilkin
  • Alexander Plekhanov
  • Katherine Stapleton
  • Benjamin Kett

Best Publications

  • Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

  • To share or not to share: Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment? ☆

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Mariana Spatareanu

  • The composition of foreign direct investment and protection of intellectual property rights : evidence from transition economies

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

  • Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India

    Jens Matthias Arnold;Beata Javorcik;Molly Lipscomb;Aaditya Mattoo

  • Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

  • Corruption and cross-border investment in emerging markets: Firm-level evidence

    Beata S. Javorcik;Shang-Jin Wei

  • Migrant networks and foreign direct investment

    Beata S. Javorcik;Beata S. Javorcik;Caglar Ozden;Mariana Spatareanu;Cristina Neagu

  • To share or not to share : does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment?

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Mariana Spatareanu

  • Does services liberalization benefit manufacturing firms ? Evidence from the Czech Republic

    Jens Arnold;Beata S. Javorcik;Aaditya Mattoo

  • Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Productivity in Indonesia

    Beata Javorcik;Jens Matthias Arnold

  • Does services liberalization benefit manufacturing firms ? Evidence from the Czech Republic

    Jens Matthias Arnold;Beata S. Javorcik;Aaditya Mattoo

  • Gifted kids or pushy parents? Foreign direct investment and plant productivity in Indonesia ☆

    Jens Matthias Arnold;Beata S. Javorcik

  • Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India

    Jens Matthias Arnold;Beata Javorcik;Molly Lipscomb;Aaditya Mattoo

  • Trade costs and location of foreign firms in China

    Mary Amiti;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

  • Roll Out the Red Carpet and They Will Come: Investment Promotion and FDI Inflows†

    Torfinn Harding;Beata K. Smarzynska Javorcik

  • Gifted kids or pushy parents? Foreign acquisitions and plant performance in Indonesia

    Jens Matthias Arnold;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

  • MULTI-PRODUCT EXPORTERS: PRODUCT CHURNING, UNCERTAINTY AND EXPORT DISCOVERIES*

    Leonardo Iacovone;Beata S. Javorcik

  • Multi-product firms at home and away: Cost- versus quality-based competence

    Carsten Eckel;Carsten Eckel;Leonardo Iacovone;Beata Javorcik;Beata Javorcik;J. Peter Neary;J. Peter Neary

  • Differentiated Products and Evasion of Import Tariffs

    Beata S. Javorcik;Gaia Narciso

  • Does it matter where you come from? vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors

    Beata S. Javorcik;Mariana Spatareanu

  • Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

    Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Beata Smarzynska Javorcik;Shang-Jin Wei;Shang-Jin Wei;Shang-Jin Wei

  • Tough Love: Do Czech Suppliers Learn from their Relationships with Multinationals?*

    Beata S. Javorcik;Mariana Spatareanu

  • Foreign direct investment and export upgrading

    Torfinn Harding;Beata S Javorcik

  • Does it matter where you come from? vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors

    Beata S. Javorcik;Kamal Saggi;Mariana Spatareanu

Frequent Co-Authors

James Tybout
James Tybout Pennsylvania State University
Aaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo World Bank
J. Peter Neary
J. Peter Neary University of Oxford
Shang-Jin Wei
Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University
Bernard Hoekman
Bernard Hoekman European University Institute
Mary Amiti
Mary Amiti Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Inessa Love
Inessa Love University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kamal Saggi
Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University
Caglar Ozden
Caglar Ozden World Bank
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens University of California, Los Angeles

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