Barron Tsai

I study how the organization of trade and intermediation shapes market power—and how market power, in turn, reshapes trading networks. My work combines structural models with quasi-experimental variation and large-scale firm-level microdata to quantify impacts on resource allocation and productivity, and to inform the design of trade and competition policies.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University. I also hold an M.Phil. in Economics and a B.B.A. in Global Business and Economics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. My current CV is available here.

Feel free to contact me at btsai [at] imf [dot] org.