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Recent Papers by Robert C. Feenstra: Pass-through of Exchange Rates and Competition Between Floaters and Fixers, 2008, with Paul R. Bergin. Revised version of NBER working paper no. 13620, November 2007. Optimal Choice of Product Scope for Multiproduct Firms, with Hong Ma, NBER working paper no. 13703, December 2007. China’s Exports and Employment, with Chang Hong, NBER working paper no. 13552, October 2007. Outsourcing and Volatility, with Paul R. Bergin and Gordon H. Hanson, NBER working paper no. 13144, June 2007. Export Variety and Country Productivity: Estimating the Monopolistic Competition Model with Endogenous Productivity, Journal of International Economics, March 2008, 5000-518, with Hiau Looi Kee. With Appendix. Globalization and its Impact on Labor, February 2007, presented as the Global Economy Lecture, Vienna Institute for International Economics Studies New Evidence on the Gains from Trade, Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, December 2006. Buyer Investment, Product Variety, and Intrafirm Trade, with Yongmin Chen, NBER working paper no. 11752, November 2005. Estimating Real Production and Expenditures Across Countries: A Proposal for Improving Existing Practise , with Alan Heston, Marcel Timmer and Haiyan Deng, July 2005. Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics. With Appendix and Data. Intermediaries in Entrepôt Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 13(1), Spring  2004, 3-35, with Gordon H. Hanson (with Appendix).  Published version:  This is an electronic version of an article published in the The Journal of Economics and Management Strategy complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of the The Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal’s website at www.blackwellpublishing.com or  http://www.blackwell-synergy.com. Ownership and Control in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property- Rights Theory of the Firm, with Gordon H. Hanson.  NBER working paper no. 10198, December 2003. Should Exact Index Numbers have Standard Errors?  Theory and Application to Asian Growth, with Marshall Reinsdorf.  NBER working paper no. 10197, December 2003.  Includes a Mathematical Appendix. A Market-Power Based Model of Business Groups, August 2002, with Deng-Shing Huang and Gary G. Hamilton.  Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 51, 2003, 459-485.  With Mathematical Appendix. Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of Trade and Wages, June 2001, with Gordon Hanson.  Forthcoming in Kwan Choi and James Harrigan, eds., Handbook of International Trade, Basil Blackwell. Technology in the Great Divergence, in Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor, and Jeffrey G. Williamson, eds, Globalization in Historical Perspective, Univ. of Chicago and NBER, 2003, 277-314, with Gregory Clark. High Frequency Substitution and the Measurement of Price Indexes, August 2001, with Matthew D. Shapiro. Published in Robert Feenstra and Matthew Shapiro, eds., Scanner Data and Price Indexes, Univ. of Chicago and NBER, 2003, 123-146. A Homothetic Utility Function for Monopolistic Competition Models, Without Constant Price Elasticity, Economic Letters, 78, 2003, 79-86.  Chaebol and Catastrophe: A New View of Business Groups and Their Role in the Korean Financial Crisis, Asian Economic Papers, 1(2), 2002, 1-45, with Gary G. Hamilton and Eun Mie Lim. Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in China: A Political Economy Approach, March 1999, with Lee Branstetter.  Published in Journal of International Economics, 58, 2002, 335-358. Pricing to Market, Staggered Prices and Real Exchange Rate Persistence, February 2000, with Paul Bergin.  Published in Journal of International Economics, 54(2), August 2001, 333-359. Imputation and Price Indexes: Theory and Evidence from the International Price Program, June 2000, with Erwin Diewert An Exact Price Index for the Almost Ideal Demand System, May 1999, with Marshall Reinsdorf.  Published in Economics Letters, 66(2), February 2000, 159-162. Understanding the Home Market Effect and the Gravity Equation: The Role of Differentiating Goods, October 1998, with James A. Markusen and Andrew K. Rose. Revised as: Using the Gravity Equation to Differentiate Among Alternative Theories of Trade, August 1999, with James A. Markusen and Andrew K. Rose.  Published in Canadian Journal of Economics, 34(2), May 2001, 430-447. One Country, Two Systems: Implications of WTO Entry for China, June 1998. The U.S.-China Bilateral Trade Balance: Its Size and Determinants, May 1998, with Wen Hai, Wing T. Woo and Shunli Yao.  Short version published in American Economic Review, May 1999, 338-343. Offshore Assembly from the United States: Production Characteristics of the 9802 Program, May 1998, with Gordon H. Hanson and Deborah L. Swenson.  Published in R. Feenstra, Editor.  The Impact of International Trade on Wages.  NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2000, 85-122. Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy, April 1998.  Published in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 1998, 31-50. Staggered Price Setting and Endogenous Persistence, February 1998, with Paul R. Bergin.  Published in Journal of Monetary Economics, 45, June 2000, 657-680. Facts and Fallacies about Foreign Direct Investment, February 1998.  Published in Martin Feldstein, ed. International Capital Flows, University of Chicago Press and NBER, 1999, 331-350. The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates for the U.S., 1972-1990, Revised September 1998, with Gordon H. Hanson.  Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1999, 114(3), 907-940 Putting Things in Order: Patterns of Trade Dynamics and Growth, April 1997, with Andrew K. Rose.  Published in Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3), August 2000, 369-382. Testing Endogenous Growth in South Korea and Taiwan, Revised August 1998, with Dorsati Madani, Tzu-Han Yang and Chi-Yuan Liang.  Published in Journal of Development Economics, 60, 1999, 317-341.