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Mark J. Roberts

Professor of Economics

Research Associate NBER

Joined the faculty in 1980

Ph.D., 1980, 

  University of Wisconsin - Madison

513 Kern Graduate Building

Phone: (814) 863 - 1535

Fax: (814) 863 - 4775

E-mail: mroberts@psu.edu

Personal Homepage: http://econ.la.psu.edu/~mroberts/index.htm

Office hours for Fall 2008:  On Leave

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:

  • Applied Micro Economics
  • Industrial Organization 

Recent Publications:

"Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity, and Export Dynamics," (with S. Das and J.R. Tybout), Econometrica, May 2007.

"Export Market Participation, Investments in R & D and Worker Training, and the Evolution of Firm Productivity, " (with B.Y. Aw and T. Winston), The World Economy, January 2007.

"Exit from Regional Manufacturing Markets: The Role of Entrant Experience," (with T. Dunne and S. Klimek), International Journal of Industrial Organization, June 2005.

" Productivity, Output and Failure: A Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Manufacturers," (with B.Y. Aw and S. Chung). Economic Journal, November 2003.  

" Firm-Level Evidence on Productivity Differentials and Turnover in Taiwanese Manufacturing" (with B.Y. Aw and X. Chen), Journal of Development Economics, October 2001.

" Firm Heterogeneity and Export-Domestic Price Differentials: A Study on Taiwanese Electronics Products" (with B.Y. Aw and G. Batra), Journal of International Economics, June 2001.

 

Research in Progress:

  • Empirical Modeling of Entry, Exit, and Sunk Costs
  • Productivity and Firm Turnover

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