James Tybout

TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods and developed a dynamic industry model in which firms decide whether to sell their products through Walmex, or use traditional retailers.

TL;DR: This article explored the combined effects of reductions in trade frictions, tariffs, and firing costs on firm dynamics, job turnover, and wage distributions in Colombia, and found little role for labor market reforms in driving these variables.

TL;DR: The authors analyzes plant-level data from Chile and Colombia to assess how manufactures might respond to carbon taxes and other policies that induces substitution between clean and dirty fuels. But, their analysis is limited to two countries, and their results show that the level and mixture of energy use within and between industries show that fiscal polices can significantly influence the change in energy use among manufacturers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of commercial and fiscal policy reforms on the incentive structure faced by manufacturing firms and found that the reforms created clear new signals for manufacturers, as effective protection rates fell by 80 to 120 percentage points, while neither the tax reforms nor the devaluation had a major systematic effect on profit margins.

TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods and developed a dynamic industry model in which firms decide whether to sell their products through Walmex, or use traditional retailers.