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48
Citations
17427
World Ranking
1486
National Ranking
898

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Pol Antràs is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work spans several subfields including General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations, and Finance. The primary focus of their research involves global trade and economics, demonstrated by numerous publications and topics addressed.

The main research topics covered in Antràs's work include:

  • Global trade and economics
  • Global Trade and Competitiveness
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Growth and Productivity

Pol Antràs has contributed to multiple academic publications across well-regarded venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • American Economic Review
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Econometrica

Their recent notable papers are:

  • "On the Geography of Global Value Chains" (2020), published in Econometrica
  • "Venting Out: Exports during a Domestic Slump" (2021), published in American Economic Review
  • "Globalization and Pandemics" (2023), published in American Economic Review
  • "Exporting, Global Sourcing, and Multinational Activity: Theory and Evidence from the United States" (2024), published in The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • "Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach" (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to journal articles, Pol Antràs has contributed to book publications, including a work published by the World Bank titled "Conceptual Aspects of Global Value Chains" (2020).

Antràs has collaborated frequently with a set of co-authors in their research efforts. These include:

  • Teresa Fort
  • Felix Tintelnot
  • Evgenii Fadeev
  • Agustín Gutiérrez
  • Gerard Padró i Miquel

Throughout their career, Pol Antràs has been recognized with several honors. They were named a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2015 and received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure

    Pol Antras

  • MEASURING THE UPSTREAMNESS OF PRODUCTION AND TRADE FLOWS

    Pol Antràs;Davin Chor;Thibault Fally;Russell Hillberry

  • Global Sourcing

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  • Organizing the Global Value Chain

    Pol Antràs;Davin Chor

  • Global Sourcing

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  • Measuring the Upstreamness of Production and Trade Flows

    Pol Antras;Davin Chor;Thibault Fally;Russell Hillberry

  • Contracts and Technology Adoption

    Daron Acemoglu;Pol Antras;Elhanan Helpman

  • Incomplete Contracts and the Product Cycle

    Pol Antràs

  • Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy

    Pol Antràs;Luis Garicano;Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

  • Multinational Firms and the Structure of International Trade

    Pol Antràs;Pol Antràs;Pol Antràs;Stephen R. Yeaple;Stephen R. Yeaple

  • The Margins of Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Firms

    Pol Antràs;Teresa C. Fort;Felix Tintelnot

  • Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices

    Pol Antràs;C. Fritz Foley

  • Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements

    Pol Antràs;Robert W. Staiger

  • On the Geography of Global Value Chains

    Pol Antràs;Alonso de Gortari

  • Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets

    Pol Antràs;Mihir A. Desai;C. Fritz Foley

  • Is the U.S. Aggregate Production Function Cobb-Douglas? New Estimates of the Elasticity of Substitution

    Pol Antras

  • Is the U.S. Aggregate Production Function Cobb-Douglas? New Estimates of the Elasticity of Substitution

    Pol Antràs

  • Trade and Capital Flows: A Financial Frictions Perspective

    Pol Antràs;Ricardo J. Caballero

  • Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

    Laura Alfaro;Paul Antràs;Davin Chor;Paola Conconi

  • Organizations and Trade

    Pol Antràs;Pol Antràs;Esteban Rossi-Hansberg;Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

  • Negotiating free trade

    Philippe Aghion;Pol Antràs;Pol Antràs;Pol Antràs;Elhanan Helpman

  • Contractual Frictions and Global Sourcing

    Pol Antras;Elhanan Helpman

  • Conceptual Aspects of Global Value Chains

    Pol Antràs

  • Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices

    Pol Antras;C. Fritz Foley

  • Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets

    Mihir Desai;Pol Antras;C. Fritz Foley

Frequent Co-Authors

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg University of Chicago
Elhanan Helpman
Elhanan Helpman Harvard University
C. Fritz Foley
C. Fritz Foley Harvard University
Luis Garicano
Luis Garicano London School of Economics and Political Science
Hans-Joachim Voth
Hans-Joachim Voth University of Zurich
Robert W. Staiger
Robert W. Staiger Dartmouth College
Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai Harvard University
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science

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