I am a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at the University of Essex. I am also a research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and a research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). (download full C.V.)
Contact address: University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
E-mail: hbrein@essex.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1206 872768
Research Interests
International Trade, Economic Geography, Corporate Finance and Applied Econometrics
2001 – 2006: Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics (preliminary year at the University of Bonn, Germany)
1996 – 2001: B.Sc./M.Sc. Management and Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
“The Spatial Income Structure in the European Union – What Role for Economic Geography?”, Journal of Economic Geography, Nov. 2006, Vol. 6, No. 5
“Trade Liberalization and Industrial Restructuring through Mergers and Acquisitions”, Journal of International Economics, Dec. 2008, Vol. 76, No. 2
Working Papers and Work in Progress
“Foreign Market Conditions and Export Performance: Evidence from Italian Firm-Level Data”, with A. Tucci, Essex Discussion Paper 659, July 2008. (download)
“International Trade in Services: A Portrait of Importers and Exporters”, with C. Criscuolo, revise-and-resubmit, Journal of International Economics. An earlier version of this paper was published as CEP Discussion Paper 0901, February 2008. (download the newest version)
“Trade Liberalization and Heterogenous Firm Models: An Evaluation Using the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement”, with A. Cunat. Mimeograph, LSE and University of Essex. (download)
“Empirical Evaluations of Heterogeneous Firm Models: An Event Study Approach”, mimeograph, University of Essex.
“Channels of Firm Expansion and Contraction”, with S. Niemann. Mimeograph, University of Essex.