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Pol Antras

Pol Antràs Puchal is a Spanish economist who has served as the Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics at Harvard… more

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I am very much looking forward to this event in Stockholm in October.

If you are a local, and want to attend, you can find more information here: www.kommerskollegium.se/en/analyses-...

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Thank YOU for the invitation. It was great fun to visit Cologne after so many years, and to attend the first day of #VfS_Conf2025

In case you are interested, here are the slides of my talk: t.co/NKxEXeda4N

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"Trump está convencido de que el libre comercio no es la manera óptima de manejar la globalización", nuevo #CIDOBinconversation con @pantras.bsky.social, profesor de economía en Harvard, sobre la agenda económica internacional y el impacto de las políticas de Trump
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I visited the University of Basel last December and sat down with Rolf Weder to discuss several aspects of my research and of global trade. A lot has changed in the last 4 months, but some of what I say may still be of relevance😅

Link to the interview: innoscape.ch/de/publikati...
Innoscape | Pol Antràs | Innoscape Talk #11
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Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, Kalina Manova and I are organizing the 8th Workshop on International Economic Networks (WIEN) to take place in beautiful Vienna on June 26-7, 2024. Send us a paper for consideration! We're particularly keen on receiving submissions from young scholars.

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10/ Want to dig deeper?

Full paper: antras.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Short version for AEA P&P: antras.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Our six-digit NAICS measure of the APP can be downloaded here: antras.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Replication package available soon.
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9/ Key takeaway: Production length is an important but overlooked aspect of production and firm behavior. We hope that our measure will find broader applications across fields.
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8/ The negative relationship between APPs and capital costs holds across countries and industries. Even in sector-specific regressions, most industries show a similar pattern.
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7/ Extending the analysis worldwide: APP rankings are highly correlated across countries. Some industries naturally require long production periods, regardless of where they are carried out.

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