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Impact of International Trade and financial frictions
Jose Asturias is an assistant professor of Economics at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He received his Masters and Doctorate in Economics from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include International Trade and Macroeconomics. On the Trade side, his ongoing projects attempt to investigate how competition in the transportation industry affects welfare gains from trade liberalizations. On the Macro side, his projects study the interaction of financial frictions and entry barriers on growth.