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Overview

James Tybout is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. This work is further specialized into subfields such as General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Global trade and economics
  • International Business and FDI
  • Economic and Technological Innovation

James Tybout has published scholarly work in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Among their recent papers is the 2021 article titled A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics, which was authored in collaboration with Jonathan Eaton.

Collaborative research is a component of Tybout's work, with frequent co-authors such as:

  • Jonathan Eaton
  • Marcela Eslava
  • David Jinkins
  • C.J. Krizan

The scholarly output indicates a focus on the dynamics of international trade and export behavior, integrating learning models and economic strategy. Their engagement with topics on economic and technological innovation associates their work with contemporary issues in global commerce and business management.

Best Publications

  • Is Learning by Exporting Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico, and Morocco

    Sofronis K. Clerides;Saul Lach;James R. Tybout

  • The Decision to Export in Colombia: An Empirical Model of Entry with Sunk Costs

    Mark J. Roberts;James R. Tybout

  • Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why?

    James R. Tybout

  • Manufacuring firms in developing countries - how well do they do, and why?

    James Tybout

  • Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity, and Export Dynamics

    Sanghamitra Das;Mark J. Roberts;James R. Tybout

  • Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on "New" Trade Theories

    James Tybout

  • Trade liberalization and the dimensions of efficiency change in Mexican manufacturing industries

    James R. Tybout;M.Daniel Westbrook

  • A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics

    Jonathan Eaton;Marcela Eslava;David Jinkins;C.J. Krizan

  • Export dynamics in Colombia: firm-level evidence

    Jonathan Eaton;Marcela Eslava;Maurice Kugler;James Tybout

  • The effects of trade reforms on scale and technical efficiency: new evidence from Chile

    James Tybout;Jaime de Melo;Vittorio Corbo

  • A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics

    Jonathan Eaton;Marcela Eslava;David Jinkins;C. J. Krizan

  • Is "Learning-by-Exporting" Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco

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  • Linking trade and productivity : new research directions

    James R. Tybout

  • Industrial evolution in developing countries : micro patterns of turnover, productivity, and market structure

    Mark J. Roberts;James R. Tybout

  • Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

    A. Kerem Coşar;Nezih Guner;James Tybout

  • Firm-level productivity studies: Illusions and a solution

    Hajime Katayama;Shihua Lu;James R. Tybout;James R. Tybout

  • Plant‐ and Firm‐Level Evidence on “New” Trade Theories

    James R. Tybout

  • Why Plant-Level Productivity Studies are Often Misleading, and an Alternative Approach to Interference

    Hajime Katayama;Shihua Lu;James Tybout

  • The margins of entry into export markets: evidence from Colombia

    Jonathan Eaton;Marcela Eslava;Maurice Kugler;James Tybout

  • An empirical model of sunk costs and the decision to export

    Mark J. Roberts;James R. Tybout

  • Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on

    James Tybout;James Tybout

  • Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity, and Export Dynamics

    Sanghamitra Das;Mark J. Roberts;Mark J. Roberts;James Tybout;James Tybout

  • The effects of trade reforms on scale and technical efficiency

    James Tybout;James Tybout;Jamie de Melo;Vittorio Corbo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Eaton
Jonathan Eaton Pennsylvania State University
Mark J. Roberts
Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik University of Oxford
Maurice Kugler
Maurice Kugler George Mason University
Jaime de Melo
Jaime de Melo University of Geneva
Aart Kraay
Aart Kraay World Bank
Eric W. Bond
Eric W. Bond Vanderbilt University
Shantayanan Devarajan
Shantayanan Devarajan Georgetown University
Fabrizio Perri
Fabrizio Perri Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jeffrey S. Hammer
Jeffrey S. Hammer Princeton University

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