Sharat Ganapati
@sganapati.com
Economist @ Georgetown University. Also NBER and CESifo.
Trade, Spatial, and Industrial Organization.
Trade, Spatial, and Industrial Organization.
Yay it is out!
Not only do supply chains matter, but their exact geographic routing matters. Ports and trade routes are still very important for economic outcomes.
Not only do supply chains matter, but their exact geographic routing matters. Ports and trade routes are still very important for economic outcomes.
Becoming a shipping hub matters. Intermediary trading locations start consuming goods that initially pass through their ports themselves and start exporting downstream products, from Anh D. Do, Sharat Ganapati, Woan Foong Wong, and Oren Ziv www.nber.org/papers/w34361
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yay it is out!
Not only do supply chains matter, but their exact geographic routing matters. Ports and trade routes are still very important for economic outcomes.
Not only do supply chains matter, but their exact geographic routing matters. Ports and trade routes are still very important for economic outcomes.
I'm a trade economist. It isn't surprising that taxes bite and matter. Especially taxes like tariffs. The questions all simply were a question of when and how much?
Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again
The second Xbox price hike this year
www.theverge.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm a trade economist. It isn't surprising that taxes bite and matter. Especially taxes like tariffs. The questions all simply were a question of when and how much?
I have great timing for the first time in my career. I have a new paper on tariffs and incidence that shows how the pricing structure of firms with market power all international markets magnifies a tariff's impacts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I have great timing for the first time in my career. I have a new paper on tariffs and incidence that shows how the pricing structure of firms with market power all international markets magnifies a tariff's impacts.
Yes, Canada is tied intrinsically to the US. But I do find it funny that it is still cheaper to ship a container to Montreal from Germany trucking it from Indiana.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more US companies say retailers turning away their products
The "Buy Canadian" movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves.
www.reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yes, Canada is tied intrinsically to the US. But I do find it funny that it is still cheaper to ship a container to Montreal from Germany trucking it from Indiana.
I'm proud of my institution.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm proud of my institution.
I wonder what happened next.
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I wonder what happened next.
IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
I have discovered the best use for chatGPT. Converting excel tables into latex tables.
Latex table creation is a pox on society.
Latex table creation is a pox on society.
December 11, 2024 at 6:32 PM
I have discovered the best use for chatGPT. Converting excel tables into latex tables.
Latex table creation is a pox on society.
Latex table creation is a pox on society.
One benefit of not being a high-enough profile professor. I barely get any of these requests. Like serious, are people getting spammed with these requests?
Who is telling high school students to (cold) email professors for internships? This just can't be a good use of anybody's time.
December 4, 2024 at 4:08 PM
One benefit of not being a high-enough profile professor. I barely get any of these requests. Like serious, are people getting spammed with these requests?
One underrated point. Most of us social scientists SUCK at coding. Myself included. My code is crap. My co-authors' code is crap. Every replication I've come across has crap code.
Most of us are not qualified to check our code.
Confession. Even my mom makes fun of my coding (she writes compilers)
Most of us are not qualified to check our code.
Confession. Even my mom makes fun of my coding (she writes compilers)
3) Check your fucking code.
December 3, 2024 at 7:53 PM
One underrated point. Most of us social scientists SUCK at coding. Myself included. My code is crap. My co-authors' code is crap. Every replication I've come across has crap code.
Most of us are not qualified to check our code.
Confession. Even my mom makes fun of my coding (she writes compilers)
Most of us are not qualified to check our code.
Confession. Even my mom makes fun of my coding (she writes compilers)
Wait does every economist use overleaf for everything? Without backup?
December 3, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Wait does every economist use overleaf for everything? Without backup?
I finally received the final proofs for my job market paper! It took 8 years from the first draft. Got a post-doc, a job, a kid, bought a house, remote taught for a year, and went up for tenure.
Also the publication process is a tad broken. The results are almost identical as the first draft.
Also the publication process is a tad broken. The results are almost identical as the first draft.
December 2, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I finally received the final proofs for my job market paper! It took 8 years from the first draft. Got a post-doc, a job, a kid, bought a house, remote taught for a year, and went up for tenure.
Also the publication process is a tad broken. The results are almost identical as the first draft.
Also the publication process is a tad broken. The results are almost identical as the first draft.
MY FIRST (primary) PHD STUDENT JUST GOT HIS FIRST TENURE TRACK INTERVIEW REQUEST AND I'M SO PUMPED! IT IS ALSO AT A FANTASTIC INSTITUTION!
He can do it!
I'm also as excited as I was 7 years ago when this happened to me!
He can do it!
I'm also as excited as I was 7 years ago when this happened to me!
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
MY FIRST (primary) PHD STUDENT JUST GOT HIS FIRST TENURE TRACK INTERVIEW REQUEST AND I'M SO PUMPED! IT IS ALSO AT A FANTASTIC INSTITUTION!
He can do it!
I'm also as excited as I was 7 years ago when this happened to me!
He can do it!
I'm also as excited as I was 7 years ago when this happened to me!
Reposted by Sharat Ganapati
Some exciting announcements re #IIOC2025, May 2-4 @ Drexel in Philly. The Distinguished Fellow Award will go to Chad Syverson; he will deliver the keynote. Shane Greenstein will receive the Distinguished Service Award. There will be two plenaries.
November 15, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Some exciting announcements re #IIOC2025, May 2-4 @ Drexel in Philly. The Distinguished Fellow Award will go to Chad Syverson; he will deliver the keynote. Shane Greenstein will receive the Distinguished Service Award. There will be two plenaries.
Folks, I think I'm a bit underpaid
October 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Folks, I think I'm a bit underpaid
I'm in The Economist this week talking the complex interplay between big business, productivity, and economic performance. Essentially, monopoly is not good, but the monopolists are also the most productive firms in the economy. A world of natural monopolies.
www.economist.com/special-repo...
www.economist.com/special-repo...
October 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I'm in The Economist this week talking the complex interplay between big business, productivity, and economic performance. Essentially, monopoly is not good, but the monopolists are also the most productive firms in the economy. A world of natural monopolies.
www.economist.com/special-repo...
www.economist.com/special-repo...