I am professor of economics (with a chair in economic theory) with
the Johannes Kepler
Universität Linz. I am also a fellow of the Centre
for Economic Policy Research (London, director of the European
Trade Study Group and the Institute
for International and Development Economics, senior research
fellow with the Vienna Institute
for International Economic Studies, and a board member of the
Global Trade Analysis Project. I
serve on the editorial board of the
Review of Development Economics, and the World
Trade Review. Past professional incarnations have included
professor of economics at Erasmus
University Rotterdam, research economist for the World
Trade Organization, and chief of research and acting director
of economics for the U.S.
International Trade Commission. I studied economics at the University
of Maryland and economics and history at the University
of Virginia.
My current research interests
include: cross-border production chains and employment;
globalization and inequality; trade in services; open economy
competition policy and the regulation of firm behavior; financial
market integration; open economy growth and development; economic
integration broadly defined; the multilateral trading system;
trade and investment policy under imperfect competition (including
the location of industry); the role of the service sector
(finance, margin and intermediate services, etc.) in trade and
development; competition policy in open markets; computational
partial and general equilibrium modeling; and estimation and
inference within large nonlinear systems (like large scale,
multi-sector general equilibrium econometric models).
working papers & publications
You can find links to most of the papers listed below (published and unpublished) on the right. REPEC has the most complete collection of links. If you are looking for a book chapter of something of the sort, let me know and I will try to post it.
Occasional Blog posts on VoxEU:
My
own (retired) blog: (somewhat dormant as I also post on
VoxEU.)
Selected working papers:
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Bilateral
Exchange Rates and Jobs
Eddy Bekkers, Joseph Francois.
Modes
of Delivery in Services,
E. Christen and J. Francois,
CEPR discussion paper 7912.
Trading
Profiles and Developing Country Participation in the WTO Dispute
Settlement System, Francois, J., H.Horn and N. Kaunitz.
Dynamic
Factor Price Equalization and International Convergence,
J. Francois and C. Shiells.
Cross-Border
Trade and FDI in Services,
C. Fillat-Castejon, J. Francois, and J. Woerz.
articles/papers
Institutions, Infrastructure, and
Trade, (updated
2013 version can be downloaded here)
Francois J and M. Manchin, forthcoming World Development.
Trade
and industrial structure with large firms and heterogeneity.
(earlier version:
Heterogeneous Firms, the Structure of Industry & Trade under
Oligopoly),
Bekkers, E. and J. Francois, European Economic Review, forthcoming.
Import
Prices, Income, and Inequality,
Eddy Bekkers, Joseph Francois and Miriam Manchin, European Economic
Review, 2012.
Market
Structure in Multisector General Equilibrium Models of Open
Economies
J. Francois, M. Manchin and W. Martin, in P. Dixon and D. Jogenson
eds., Handbook
of Computable General Equilibrium Models, North Holland:
Elsevier, 2012.
CGE
Modeling of Trade and Investment in Services
E. Christen, J. Francois, and B. Hoekman, in P. Dixon and D.
Jogenson eds., Handbook
of Computable General Equilibrium Models, North Holland:
Elsevier, 2012.
Household
Inequality, Social Welfare, and Trade
J. Francois and H. Rojas-Romagosa, CEPR discussion paper
7998, Journal of Development Economics 2011.
Computable General Equilibrium Models of International Trade
Joseph Francois and Will Martin, in D. Berhofen et al, eds.,
Palgrave Handbook of International Trade, pp 571-593, 2011.
Shifts
in International Trade and Value Added from 1995 to 2007: Insights
into the Drivers of Growth, J. Francois and J. Woerz,
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 3,
pages 37-56, 2011.
Ex
Ante Assessment of the Welfare Impacts of Trade Reforms with
Numerical Models.
J. Francois and W. Martin. Chapter 13 Ex Ante, in John Gilbert
(ed.) New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
for Trade Policy (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume
7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.379-434, 2010.
The Impact
of Trade Liberalisation on Jobs and Growth: Technical Note
OECD Trade Policy Working Papers 107, OECD 2010.
Market
Structure and Market Access
Francois, J. and I. Wooton, World Economy 2010.
Services
Trade and Policy
Francois, J. and B. Hoekman, CEPR
discussion paper 7616 , Journal of Economic Literature
2010.
Non-linear
panel estimation of import quotas:
The evolution of quota premiums under the ATC,
Francois J. and J. Woerz, in the Journal of
International Economics, 2009.
Economic
Implications of Asian Integration
Francois J. and G. Wignaraja, in the Global Economy Journal,
2008.
Producer
Services,
Manufacturing Linkages, and Trade
Francois J. and J. Woerz, in the Journal of
Industry, Competition and Trade, 2008.
US
– Countervailing Duty Investigation of DRAMS
Francois J. and D. Palmeter, in the World Trade Review, 2008.
Antitrust in Open Economics,
Francois J. and H. Horn, in the The Political Economy of Antitrust
edited by Vivek Ghosal and Johan Stennek, Elsevier-North Holland,
2007.
Preference
Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization,
Francois, J. B. Hoekman and M. Manchin, World Bank Economic Review,
2006.
Macroeconomic
Determinants of Antidumping in Mexico,
Niels, G. and J.F. Francois, Review of Development Economics, 2006.
Preferential
Trade Agreements, Differentiated Intermediates, and Trade Patterns,
in O. Cadot et al, eds, Economics of Regional Trade Agreements,
Oxford University Press, 2006.
EU
Developing Country FTAs: Overview and Analysis,
J. Francois, M. McQueen, and G. Wignaraja, World Development 2005.
Trade
Liberalization in the Doha Development Round,
Francois, J.F., H. van Meijl and F. van Tongeren, Economic Policy
2005.
Assessing
the Impact of Trade Policy on Labor Markets and Production,
Francois, J.F., Économie International, 2004.
Commercial
Policy Variability, Bindings, and Market Access,
Francois, J.F. and W. Martin, European Economic Review, 2004.
Regulated
Efficiency and the Impact of China”s WTO Accession on the Auto
Sector,
Francois, J.F. and D. Spinanger, World Bank Economic Review. 2004.
Introduction
To The Special Section On China And The WTO,
J. Francois & S.Yao, Pacific Economic Review, 2003.
Formula
Approaches for Market Access Negotiations,
Francois, J.F. and W. Martin, World Economy, 2003.
A
Geometry of Specialization,
Francois, J.F. and D. Nelson, Economic Journal, 2002.
The
Cost of Rich (and Poor) Country Protection to Developing Countries,
Anderson, K., B. Dimaranan, J.F. Francois, T. Hertel, B. Hoekman,
and W. Martin J.F. , Journal of African Economies, 2001.
Introduction:
Services Trade and the GATS,
J. Francois and H. Horn, European Journal of Political Economy,
2001.
Market
Structure, Trade Liberalization, and the GATS,
Francois, J.F. and I. Wooton, European Journal of Political Economy,
2001.
Trade
in International Transport Services: The Role of Competition,
Francois, J.F. and I. Wooton, Review of International Economics,
2001.
Trade
Policy Transparency and Investor Confidence -- the Implications of
an Effective Trade Policy Review Mechanism,
Francois, J.F., Review of International Economics, 2001.
Trade,
Technology, and Wages: General Equilibrium Mechanics,
Francois, J.F. and D. Nelson, Economic Journal,1998 (reprinted
2001).
Costs
and Benefits of EU Enlargement to the East,
Baldwin, R.E., J.F. Francois, and R.E. Portes, Economic Policy,
1997.
Commercial
Policy and the Domestic Carrying Trade,
Francois, J.F., H. Arce, J. Flynn, and K.A. Reinert, Canadian
Journal of Economics, 1996.
The Role
of Services in the Structure of Production and Trade: Stylized
Facts from a Cross-Country Analysis,
Francois, J.F. and K.A. Reinert, Asia-Pacific Economic Review, 1996.
Aggregate
Demand Shifts, Income Distribution, and the Linder Hypothesis,
Francois, J.F. and S. Kaplan, Review of Economics and Statistics,
1996.
Labor
Force Growth, Trade, and Wages,
Francois, J.F., Economic Journal, 1996.
Dynamic
Implications of International Trade in Financial Services,
Francois, J.F., International Economic Journal, 1995.
Global
Production and Trade: Factor Migration and Commercial Policy
with International Scale Economies,
Francois, J.F., International Economic Review, 1994.
Explaining
the Pattern of Trade in Producer Services,
Francois, J.F., International Economic Journal, 1993.
Countervailing the Effects of
Subsidies: An Economic Analysis,
Francois, J.F., Journal of World Trade, 1992.
Models for Government Trade Policy
Analysis: A Survey of Methods,
Francois, J.F. and K.A. Reinert, Atlantic Economic Journal, 1992.
Optimal
Commercial Policy with International Returns to Scale,
Francois, J.F., Canadian Journal of Economics, 1992.
Trade
in Producer Services and Returns Due to Specialization Under
Monopolistic Competition
Francois, J.F., Canadian Journal of Economics, 1990.
Producer
Services, Scale, and the Division of Labor,
Francois, J.F., Oxford Economic Papers, 1990.
Trade in
Nontradables: Proximity Requirements and the Pattern of Trade in
Services,
Francois, J.F., Journal of Economic Integration, 1990.
Measuring
Homeownership Costs: Owners, Estimates of Implicit Rents and the
Relative Importance of Rental Equivalence in the Consumer Price
Index,
Francois, J.F., Real Estate Economics (formerly AREUEA Journal),
1989.
Monographs, books, &tc
Non-Tariff
Measures in EU-US Trade and Investment: An Economic Analysis,
Joseph Francois & Koen Berden & Saara Tamminen & Martin
Thelle & Paul Wymenga, 2009.
Francois, J.F. and G. Wignaraja, PAN-ASIAN INTEGRATION:
Linking East and South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009,
ISBN: 0-230-22178-5.
THE
NEXT WTO ROUND: North-South stakes in new market access
negotiations,
Francois, J.F., CIES Adelaide and the Tinbergen Institute,
CIES: Adelaide. ISBN: 0-86396-474-5, 2001.
Dynamic
Issue in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis,
Baldwin, R.E. and J.F. Francois, eds.,Cambridge University Press,
ISBN: 0-521-64171-3, 1999.
Economic
Transition and the Greening of Policies,
Brockmeier, M., J.F. Francois, T.W. Hertel, and P. Michael Schmitz,
Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel AG. ISBN: 3-8175-0285-0, 1998.
Applied
Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook,
Francois, J.F. and K.A. Reinert, eds., Cambridge University Press,
ISBN:0-521-58997-5, 1997.
Modeling
Trade Policy: Applied General Equilibrium Assessments of
North American Free Trade,
Francois, J.F. and C.R. Shiells, Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge,
ISBN:0-521-450003-9, 1994.
Miscellaneous stuff, papers, and such
Preferential
Trade Arrangements, Induced Investment, and National Income in a
Heckscher-Ohlin-Ramsey Model,
J. Francois and M. Rombout, CEPR and Tinbergen Institute discussion
paper.
Victims
of Progress: Economic Integration, Specialization, and Wages for
Unskilled Labor,
J. Francois and D. Nelson, CEPR and Tinbergen Institute discussion
paper.
Imperfectly
Competitive Financial Markets and Financial Market Integration,
Francois, J.F.,USITC Research Division Paper 92-08-B.
Factor
Mobility, Economic Integration, and the Location of Industry,
Francois, J.F.,in R.E. Baldwin and A. Brunetti, volume
editors, Economic Impact of EU Membership on Entrants: New
Methods and Issues, Kluwer Academic Publishers:
Boston/Dordrecht/London.
Transition
Dynamics and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries,
Francois, J.F. H. Nordstrom and C.R. Shiells,in R.E. Baldwin and
J.F. Francois, eds., Dynamic Issue in Applied Commercial Policy
Analysis, Cambridge University Press.
Commercial
Policy and North-South Migration,
Francois, J.F. and D. Nelson, in R.E. Baldwin and J.F. Francois,
eds., Dynamic Issue in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, Cambridge
University Press.
Scale
Economies and Imperfect Competition in Applied Trade Models,
Francois, J.F., and D.W. Roland-Holst,in J.F. Francois and K.A.
Reinert, eds., Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A
Handbook, Cambridge University Press.
Trade
Liberalization and the Capital Stock in a Multilateral Framework,
Francois, J.F., B.J. McDonald, and H. Nordstrom in R.E. Baldwin and
J.F. Francois, eds., Dynamic Issue in Applied Commercial Policy
Analysis, Cambridge University Press.
External
Bindings and the Credibility of Reform,
Francois, J.F., in A. Galal and B. Hoekman, eds., Regional
Partners in Global Markets, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Telecommunications
Network Quality and Export Performance,
Boatman, K. and J. Francois, in Regional Interests and Global
Issues: The Challenge of Telecommunications Integration for the
Pacific, edited by Mark D. Lofstrom and Dan J. Wedemeyer, Pacific
Telecommunications Council.
My (aging/old/yellowing) inaugural
lecture from my appointment to my chair at Erasmus University: The
International Economy and Economic Development.
“Many years ago this was a thriving, happy
planet—people, cities, shops, a normal world. Except that on
the high streets of these cities there were slightly more shoe
shops than one might have thought necessary. And slowly,
insidiously, the numbers of these shoes shops were
increasing. It’s a well-known economic phenomenon but tragic
to see it in operation, for the more shoe shops there were, the
more shoes they had to make and the worse the shoes and more
unwearable they became. And the worse they were to wear, the
more people had to buy to keep themselves shod, and the more the
shops proliferated, until the whole economy of the place passed
what I believe is termed the Shoe Event Horizon, and it
became no longer economically possible to build anything other
than shoe shops. Result—collapse, ruin,
famine. Most of the population died out.”
Douglas Adams,Restaurant at the
End of the Universe, PAN: MACMILLAN, 1980.
