Robert B Koopman
Title
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Department
Department of Economics
Research
Research
I am currently working with Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei, Bill Powers and Justino De La Cruz to measure trade in value added terms and explore the implications of value added vs. gross measurement for various research topics.
Also working with Prof. Peter Dixon and Prof. Maureen Rimmer from the Center of Policy Studies, Monash University, on a large scale general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy. The model provides a dynamic view of the development of over 500 sectors of the U.S. economy, while incorporating historical changes in a number of economic factors, and incorporating consensus projections for critical elements such as GDP and labor growth.
I have also built simulation models of agricultural production, consumption, and trade, focusing on the transition economies, and conducted econometric investigations on the productive efficiency of formerly Planned economies agricultural sectors.
Recent or forthcoming publications
The MONASH Style of CGE Modeling: a Framework for Practical Policy Analysis with Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer. Forthcoming in Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Elsevier, 2012
Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: Tracing Value Added in Global Production Chains, September 2010, NBER working paper W16426, with William Powers, Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei. Under revision at American Economic Review.
A World Factory in Global Production Chains: Estimating Imported Value Added in Exports by the Peoples Republic of China, with Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei, September 2009 CEPR working paper DP7430, and in Costs and Benefits of Regional Economic Integration, edited by Robert Barro and Jong-Wha Lee, Oxford University Press.
How Much of Chinese Exports in Really Made in China? Assessing Domestic Value-Added When Processing Trade is Pervasive, NBER Working Paper 14109, June 2008. With Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei. Under revision at Journal of Development Economics.
The Nature of U.S.-China Trade in Advanced Technology Products, 2010, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 207-224 Comparative Economic Studies. With Michael Ferrantino, Zhi Wang, and Falan Yinug.
Also working with Prof. Peter Dixon and Prof. Maureen Rimmer from the Center of Policy Studies, Monash University, on a large scale general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy. The model provides a dynamic view of the development of over 500 sectors of the U.S. economy, while incorporating historical changes in a number of economic factors, and incorporating consensus projections for critical elements such as GDP and labor growth.
I have also built simulation models of agricultural production, consumption, and trade, focusing on the transition economies, and conducted econometric investigations on the productive efficiency of formerly Planned economies agricultural sectors.
Recent or forthcoming publications
The MONASH Style of CGE Modeling: a Framework for Practical Policy Analysis with Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer. Forthcoming in Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Elsevier, 2012
Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: Tracing Value Added in Global Production Chains, September 2010, NBER working paper W16426, with William Powers, Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei. Under revision at American Economic Review.
A World Factory in Global Production Chains: Estimating Imported Value Added in Exports by the Peoples Republic of China, with Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei, September 2009 CEPR working paper DP7430, and in Costs and Benefits of Regional Economic Integration, edited by Robert Barro and Jong-Wha Lee, Oxford University Press.
How Much of Chinese Exports in Really Made in China? Assessing Domestic Value-Added When Processing Trade is Pervasive, NBER Working Paper 14109, June 2008. With Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei. Under revision at Journal of Development Economics.
The Nature of U.S.-China Trade in Advanced Technology Products, 2010, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 207-224 Comparative Economic Studies. With Michael Ferrantino, Zhi Wang, and Falan Yinug.