Publications

Publications in refereed journals: SELECTED

• “Heterogeneous Firms and Asymmetric Product Differentiation” (joint with Carlo Altomonte and Enrico Pennings) Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming
• “New Imported Inputs, New Domestic Products” (joint with Rosario Crino’) Journal of International Economics, 2014 – 92 (1): 147-165
• “Low-Cost Import Competition and Firm Exit: Evidence from the EU” (joint with Kristien Coucke and Leo Sleuwaegen) Industrial and Corporate Change, 2015 – 24 (1): 131-161
• “Trade Openness, Real Exchange Rates and Job Reallocation: Evidence from Belgium” Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 2012 – 148: 669-706
• “International Trade, Exit and Entry: A Cross-Country and Industry Analysis” (joint with Leo Sleuwaegen) Journal of International Business Studies, 2010 – 41: 1240-1257.
• “Firm Heterogeneity and Endogenous Regional Disparities” (joint with Carlo Altomonte) Journal of Economic Geography, 2008 – 8(6):779-810

Current work in progress:

• “The Hidden Cost of Globalization: Import Competition and Mental Distress” (joint with Rosario Crinò and Laura Ogliari), Baffi Carefin Bocconi Working Paper No. 2015-11.
• “Does (Value Added) Trade Cause Growth?” (joint with Carlo Altomonte and Afrola Plaku)

Chapters in Books:

• Altomonte, C., Colantone, I., Rungi, A., and Sonno, T. (2015) “Global Value Networks”, in Amador, J. and F. di Mauro (eds.), The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues, VoxEU eBook, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Other Policy-Oriented Reports:

• Colantone, I. and Sleuwaegen, L. (2007) “Globalization and Entrepreneurship: What do we know?” Flanders DC Report Series
• Altomonte, C. and Colantone, I. (2005) “The European Union as a global player: constraints and development opportunities” (in Italian), Quaderni di Thesmos, n.8, Rubbettino