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Mostafa Beshkar Assistant Professor of Economics and Peter T. Paul Research Fellow Paul 270J 603.862.1227 Mostafa [dot] Beshkar [at] unh [dot] edu |
Fields of Specialization:
International Trade, Law & Economics, Microeconomics
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Recent Research:
Published Papers:
“Trade Skirmishes and Safeguards: A Theory of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process.” Journal of International Economics 82 (1), September 2010, pp. 35-48. [Download]
>> Reprinted in Economics of International Trade Law, edited by Alan O. Sykes (forthcoming).
“Optimal Remedies in International Trade Agreements,” European Economic Review 54 (3), April 2010, pp. 455-466. [Download]
“The Theory of Dispute Resolution with Application to Intellectual Property Rights,” (2008) With Eric W. Bond, in Intellectual Property, Growth and Trade, Ed. Keith Maskus, Elsevier B.V. [Publisher's Website, Prepublication Version]
“Safeguards and Investigations.” (Forthcoming) With Eric Bond, in Essays in Honor of Kalyan Sanyal. Ed. Rajat Acharyya, Springer Verlag.
Working Papers:
"Cap and Escape in Trade Agreements." (2012) With Eric Bond, Under Submission. [Download: Paper]
"Tariff Binding and Overhang: Theory and Evidence." (2012) With Eric Bond and Youngwoo Rho, Under Submission. [Download: Paper]
"Arbitration and Renegotiation in Trade Agreements." (2011) [Download: Paper, Slides]
Work in Progress:
“Political Commitment vs. Flexibility in Setting Trade Policy.''
“Bargaining under the Shadow of the WTO: Experimental Evidence.” with Robert G. Hammond
“Optimal Design of Arbitration Process at the Presence of Pre-Arbitration Negotiations.”
“Pre-Arbitration Settlement with Imperfect Private Monitoring.” With Jee-Hyeong Park
“Estimating a Model of Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization.”
Book Reviews
Schropp, Simon A.B., “Trade Policy Flexibility and Enforcement in the WTO.” In World Trade Review (2010), 9 : 542-545, Cambridge University Press.
Honors & Awards:
Peter T. Paul Research Fellow (2010- )
First Runner Up, WTO Essay Competition for Young Economists (2009) (Link to the news release)