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Current Position

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

Education

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

Publications

“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.