SALEH S. TABRIZY Ph.D. Candidate Department of Economics University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (October, 2014)

Mailing Address Homepage University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee http://people.uwm.edu/sahabeh2 Department of Economics E-mail 3210 N. Maryland Avenue [email protected] Bolton Hall, Office No. 881 Phone Milwaukee, WI, 53211 001-917-689-8426 Education 2010- Ph.D., Economics University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA Main adviser: Rebecca Neumann Doctorate dissertation: ‘Three Essays on Innovation in an Open Economy’ Expected graduation: May, 2015 2009-2010 IfW Advanced Study Certificate in International Economic Policy Research Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel, SH, Germany 2007-2009 M.Sc., International Economics and Finance Otto-Von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, SA, Germany 2002-2006 B.A., Economics Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

Fields of Interest Primary International Trade, International Finance Secondary Applied Macroeconomics, the Economics of Innovation Environmental Economics (Teaching Interest)

Publication ‘An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Trade in Innovative Tasks on Innovation Output,’ Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming [http://dx.doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-2013.157]

Working Paper ‘Scope for Export-led Growth in a Large Emerging Economy: Is India Learning by Exporting?’ (with Natalia Trofimenko), Kiel Working Paper No. 1633 [http://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/37103]

Work in Progress ‘Industrial Research and Development and Real Exchange Rate Depreciation in a Small Open Economy’ (Job Market Paper) ‘Productivity and Trade in Innovative Tasks’ ‘Foreign Direct Investment: Country Visibility in the Location Choice’ (with Laurel Adams and Rebecca Neumann)

1 Research Presentation 2014 Southern Economic Association Conference, Atlanta, GA Midwest Economics Association Conference, Evanston, IL UWM Weekly Economics Seminar Series, Milwaukee, WI 2013 Southern Economic Association Conference, Tampa, FL Midwest International Trade Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Wisconsin Economics Association Conference, Stevens Point, WI UWM International Economics Lunch, Milwaukee, WI 2010 IfW ASP Research Seminar, Kiel, SH 2009 OVGU International Economics Seminar, Magdeburg, SA 2005 ATU Students Conference on Iran’s Economy, Tehran

Teaching Experience

Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Fall 2010 - ) F2013 Econ 351: Introduction to International Economic Relations S2013 Econ 328: Environmental Economics F2013 - F2014 Econ 110: Economics of Personal Finance F2010 - F2014 Econ 103: Principle of Microeconomics

Academic Services Refereeing Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Discussant Southern Economic Association Conference (2014, Atlanta, GA) Midwest Economics Association Conference (2014, Evanston, IL) Southern Economic Association Conference (2013, Tampa, FL) Teaching Financial Literacy, UWM Student Support Services (2013, Milwaukee, WI)

Awards and Scholarships 2010-2012 Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award, UW- Milwaukee 2009-2010 IfW ASP Scholarship, ASP Alumni Association

Language and Computer Skills Language Persian (native), English (fluent), and German (functional) Computer STATA, EViews, GUASS, Maple, LaTex, and MS-Office

References Rebecca Neumann Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee N. Kundan Kishor Department of Economics Department of Economics Department of Economics UW- Milwaukee UW- Milwaukee UW- Milwaukee Bolton Hall, Room 828 Bolton Hall, Room 802B Bolton Hall, Room 822 Phone: (414) 229-4347 Phone: (414) 229-4334 Phone: (414) 229-6425 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

2 DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS

In my dissertation, entitled ‘Three Essays on Innovation in an Open Economy,’ I study selected open economy determinants of innovation input and output:

Industrial Research and Development and Exchange Rate Depreciation in a Small Open Economy (Job Market Paper)

To examine how changes in relative national prices affect innovation input, this paper studies the impact of an industry-specific real exchange rate depreciation on manufacturing R&D performance under small open economy assumptions. For this purpose I introduce a partial equilibrium model of R&D investment. Under some regularity conditions about the pass-through elasticities, the model predicts that an increase in price competitiveness adversely affects the R&D expenditures of a representative firm. Employing dynamic panel data esti- mation techniques, I use industry-level observations from Korea to test the prediction of the model. The results reveal that a lagged depreciation in the effective real exchange rate has a negative impact on current industrial R&D expenditures.

An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Trade in Innovative Tasks on Innovation Output (Southern Economic Journal, Forthcoming)

Multinational firms are increasingly sending their innovative tasks abroad. This paper examines whether off-shoring R&D or design and engineering activities provides any gains in terms of firm-level innovation output. The effects of trade in innovative tasks on the probability of firms being innovative and the share of innovative product sales in total turnover are examined using an IV approach. The data in use comes from a recent survey, which provides cross-section observations for more than 14,750 firms in 7 European countries. The results suggest that those who off-shore their innovative activities are 60% more likely to successfully innovate. Also, off- shoring innovative activities increases the share of innovative product sales in total turnover up to 35%. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that firms in this sample tend to gain from trade in innovative tasks when such trade is in product innovation, but not when such trade is in process innovation.

Productivity and Trade in Innovative Tasks

Despite the estimated gains from trade in innovative tasks, only a small number of multina- tional corporations (MNCs) partake in this specific task trade. Using a recent survey of about 7,435 European firms, which includes about 630 MNCs, this paper examines the productivity premium of those MNCs that off-shore their R&D or design and engineering activities. For this purpose I use an estimated Levinsohn and Petrin (2003) total factor productivity measure. The results suggest that compared to other firms in the full sample and also the sub-sample of the MNCs, firms that off-shore their innovative tasks enjoy a productivity premium. These findings indicate that firms with off-shore innovative activities are more productive than those firms that off-shore the production of their finished products or their semi-finished products/components.

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