Stockholm School of Economics
Box 6501
SE-113 83 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 736 9203
Fax: +46 8 31 3207
E-mail: paul.segerstrom@hhs.se
Brandeis University, 1975-1979, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
Major Fields: Economics and Mathematics
Brown University, 1979-1981, M.A.
Major Field: Economics
University of Rochester, 1981-1985, Ph.D.
Major Field: Economics
Dissertation: "The Process of Creative Destruction and Stochastic
Games"
Supervisor: James W. Friedman
Economic Growth
International Trade
"Demons and Repentance," Journal of Economic Theory,
June 1988, pp. 32-52.
"Moral Efficiency: A New Criterion for Social Choice,"
Social Choice and Welfare,
April 1990, pp. 109-129.
"A Schumpeterian Model of the Product Life Cycle," (with
T.C.A. Anant and Elias
Dinopoulos), American Economic Review, December 1990, pp.
1077-1091.
[Reprinted in Gene M. Grossman (ed.) Economic Growth: Theory
and Evidence,
1996, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, U.K.]
"On the Feasibility of Maximal Collusion," Journal
of Economic Theory,
June 1991, pp. 234-238.
"Innovation, Imitation and Economic Growth," Journal
of Political Economy,
August 1991, pp. 807-827.
"High-Technology-Industry Trade and Investment," (with
Elias Dinopoulos and
James Oehmke), Journal of International Economics, February
1993, pp. 49-71.
"R&D Subsidies and Economic Growth," (with Carl
Davidson),
The RAND Journal of Economics, Autumn 1998, pp. 548-577.
PDF (824 KB)
"Endogenous Growth Without Scale Effects," American
Economic Review,
December 1998, pp. 1290-1310. PDF (836
KB).
"The Dynamic Effects of Contingent Tariffs," (with Elias
Dinopoulos),
Journal of International Economics, February 1999, pp.
191-222.
PDF (864 KB) includes unpubished appendix.
"A Schumpeterian Model of Protection and Relative Wages,"
(with Elias Dinopoulos),
American Economic Review, June 1999, pp. 450-472. PDF
"The R&D Incentives of Industry Leaders," (with
James Zolnierek),
International Economic Review, August 1999, pp. 745-766.
PDF (816 KB).
"The Long-Run Growth Effects of R&D Subsidies,"
Journal of Economic Growth,
September 2000, pp. 277-305. PDF (700 KB).
"International Migration and Growth in Developed Countries:
A Theoretical Analysis"
(with Per Lundborg), Economica, November 2000, pp. 579-604.
"The Growth and Welfare Effects of International Mass
Migration," (with Per Lundborg),
Journal of International Economics, January 2002, pp. 177-204.
PDF (140 KB).
"Naomi Klein and the Anti-Globalization Movement,"
in Mats Lundahl, ed. Globalization and Its Enemies. 2003,
Stockholm: Economic Research Institute.
[Updated June 2010. PDF.]
"Intel Economics," International Economic Review, February 2007, pp. 247-280. PDF
"Intellectual Property Rights, Multinational Firms and
Economic Growth" (with Elias Dinopoulos),
Journal of Development Economics, May 2010, pp. 13-27.
PDF.
"Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth," (with
Peter Gustafsson),
Review of International Economics, May 2010, pp. 207-228.
PDF.
"North-South Trade with Increasing Product Variety"
(with Peter Gustafsson),
Journal of Development Economics, July 2010, pp. 97-106.
PDF. (Unpublished Appendix PDF).
"Trade and Economic Growth", chapter in Palgrave
Handbook of International Trade, 2011,
Palgrave Macmillan. PDF.
"North-South Trade with Multinational Firms and Increasing
Product Variety" (with Peter Gustafsson),
International Economic Review, November 2011, pp.1123-1155.
PDF. (Unpublished Appendix PDF).
"A Schumpeterian Growth Model with Random Quality Improvements"
(with Antonio Minniti
and Carmelo Parello), Economic Theory, forthcoming, PDF.
"Learning How to Export" (with Ignat
Stepanok). PDF.
"In Support of the TRIPs Agreement"
(with Amanda Jakobsson). PDF.
"North-South Trade and Economic Growth" (with Elias Dinopoulos). PDF.
Recommended Books about Economics
"Free Trade Under Fire" by Douglas A. Irwin (2009)
"Communism: A History" by Richard Pipes (2003)
"Money, Greed and God" by Jay W. Richards (2010)
"The Forgotten Man" by Amity Shlaes (2007)
"Who Really Cares" by Arthur C. Brooks (2007)
"The Housing Boom and Bust" by Thomas Sowell (2010)
"The Noblest Triumph" by Tom Bethell (1999)
Lectures for the General Public
"North-South Trade with Multinational Firms and Increasing Product Variety" PDF.
"Poverty, Wealth and International Trade" PDF.
"In Support of the TRIPs Agreement" PDF.
Last revised December 6, 2011