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Gonzalo J. Varela

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First Name:Gonzalo
Middle Name:J.
Last Name:Varela
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RePEc Short-ID:pva447
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Terminal Degree:2011 (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(95%) Poverty and Equity Global Practice
World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty
RePEc:edi:prewbus (more details at EDIRC)

(3%) Department of Economics
Sussex Business School
University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/economics/
RePEc:edi:ecsusuk (more details at EDIRC)

(2%) Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (CARIS)
University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/caris/
RePEc:edi:casusuk (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Fernandes, Ana Margarida & Fraga, Eduardo & Ghose, Devaki & Özdogan, Mutlu & Varela, Gonzalo J. & Wang, Sherrie, 2025. "Field-Scale Rice Area and Yield Mapping in Sri Lanka with Optical Remote Sensing and Limited Training Data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11194, The World Bank.
  2. Federico Ganz & Gonzalo Varela & Kiyoshi Taniguchi, 2025. "Estimating Asian Economies’ Missing Exports," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 784, Asian Development Bank.
  3. Lovo,Stefania & Varela, Gonzalo J., 2025. "Industrial Policy under Constraints: Evidence from Pakistan’s Export Subsidy Schemes," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11136, The World Bank.
  4. Fabrice Defever & Alejandro Riano & Gonzalo Varela, 2024. "Evaluating the impact of export finance support on firm-level export performance: Evidence from Pakistan," CEP Discussion Papers dp2027, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  5. Bastos,Paulo S. R. & Lovo,Stefania & Varela,Gonzalo J. & Hagemejer,Jan, 2022. "Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9988, The World Bank.
  6. Stefania Lovo & Gonzalo Varela, 2022. "Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution," Working Papers 7, SITES.
  7. Laget,Edith & Roch,Nadia & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2021. "Deep Trade Agreement and Foreign Direct Investments," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9829, The World Bank.
  8. Fabrice Defever & Jose-Daniel Reyes & Alejandro Riaño & Gonzalo Varela, 2020. "All these worlds are yours, except India: the effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in Nepal," CEP Discussion Papers dp1692, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  9. Lovo,Stefania & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2020. "Internationally Linked Firms, Integration Reforms and Productivity : Evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9349, The World Bank.
  10. Eberhard,Andreas & Varela,Gonzalo J. & Casal,Lucia & Ganz,Federico, 2020. "The Upstream Tariff Simulator (UTAS) : A Tool to Assess the Impact of Tariff Reform on Input Costs and Effective Protection across Sectors," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9158, The World Bank.
  11. Brun,Martin & Gambetta,Juan Pedro & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2020. "Slow Rockets and Fast Feathers or the Link between Exchange Rates and Exports : A Case Study for Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9353, The World Bank.
  12. Gonzalo Varela & Juan Pedro Gambetta & Federico Ganz & Andreas Eberhard & Sebastian Franco & Stefania Lovo, 2020. "Import Duties and Performance," World Bank Publications - Reports 33886, The World Bank Group.
  13. Boffa,Mauro & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2019. "Integration and Price Transmission in Key Food Commodity Markets in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8755, The World Bank.
  14. Gonzalo Varela & Marc Schiffbauer, 2019. "Macro and Micro Features of Successful Economic Convergence," World Bank Publications - Reports 31207, The World Bank Group.
  15. Nadia Rocha & Gonzalo Varela, 2018. "Pakistan," World Bank Publications - Reports 32504, The World Bank Group.
  16. Ashish Narain & Gonzalo Varela, 2017. "Trade Policy Reforms for the Twenty First Century," World Bank Publications - Reports 29058, The World Bank Group.
  17. Fabrice Defever & José-Daniel Reyes & Alejandro Riaño & Gonzalo Varela, 2017. "All These Worlds Are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Export Subsidies in Nepal," CESifo Working Paper Series 6418, CESifo.
  18. Gomez-Mera,Laura & Varela,Gonzalo J. & Gomez-Mera,Laura & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2017. "A bit far ? geography, international economic agreements, and foreign direct investment : evidence from emerging markets," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8185, The World Bank.
  19. Aldo Pazzini & Daniel Reyes & Gonzalo Varela, 2016. "From Evidence to Policy Supporting Nepal’s Trade Integration Strategy," World Bank Publications - Reports 24934, The World Bank Group.
  20. Albinowski,Maciej & Hagemejer,Jan & Lovo,Stefania & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2016. "The role of exchange rate and non-exchange rate related factors in polish firms'export performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7899, The World Bank.
  21. Varela,Gonzalo J. & Cali,Massimiliano & Pape,Utz Johann & Rojas,Esteban, 2016. "Market integration and poverty : evidence from South Sudan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7564, The World Bank.
  22. Milan Nedeljkovic & Gonzalo Varela & Michele Savini Zangrandi, 2015. "Indonesia Current Account Assessment," World Bank Publications - Reports 22340, The World Bank Group.
  23. Alberto Portugal & Jose-Daniel Reyes & Gonzalo Varela, 2015. "Uruguay," World Bank Publications - Reports 23349, The World Bank Group.
  24. Victor Duggan & Sjamsu Rahardja & Gonzalo J. Varela, 2015. "Revealing the Impact of Relaxing Service Sector FDI Restrictions on Productivity in Indonesian Manufacturing," World Bank Publications - Reports 23511, The World Bank Group.
  25. Martuscelli,Antonio & Varela,Gonzalo J., 2015. "Survival is for the fittest: export survival patterns in Georgia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7161, The World Bank.
  26. Maciej Albinowski & Jan Hagemejer & Stefania Lovo & Gonzalo Varela, 2015. "Sustaining Micro Competitiveness to Ensure Convergence and Macro Resilience of the Polish Economy," MF Working Papers 23, Ministry of Finance in Poland.
  27. Gonzalo J. Varela, 2015. "Openness, Growth, and Productivity in Indonesia's Development Agenda," World Bank Publications - Reports 23507, The World Bank Group.
  28. Sjamsu Rahardja & Gonzalo J. Varela, 2015. "The Role of Imported Intermediate Inputs in the Indonesian Economy," World Bank Publications - Reports 23509, The World Bank Group.
  29. Alberto Criscuolo & Ifeyinwa Uchenna Onugha & Gonzalo Varela, 2014. "Oriental Republic of Uruguay," World Bank Publications - Reports 30469, The World Bank Group.
  30. Gonzalo J. Varela & Kiyoshi Taniguchi, 2014. "Asymmetric Price Transmission in Indonesia’s Wheat Flour Market," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 394, Asian Development Bank.
  31. Reis, Jose Guilherme & Varela, Gonzalo, 2013. "Travel channel meets discovery channel or how tourism can encourage better export performance and diversification in Nepal," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6669, The World Bank.
  32. Victor Duggan & Sjamsu Rahardja & Gonzalo Varela, 2013. "Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia," World Bank Publications - Reports 17014, The World Bank Group.
  33. Duggan, Victor & Rahardja, Sjamsu & Varela, Gonzalo, 2013. "Service sector reform and manufacturing productivity : evidence from Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6349, The World Bank.
  34. Varela, Gonzalo J., 2013. "Export diversification in twelve European and Central Asian countries and the role of the commodity boom," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6472, The World Bank.
  35. Lili Yan Ing & Gonzalo Varela, 2012. "Constraints on Productivity and Investment in Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector," World Bank Publications - Reports 26716, The World Bank Group.
  36. Sjamsu Rahardja & Ari Kuncoro & Fitria Fitriani & Gonzalo Varela & Mohammad Adhi Dipo, 2012. "Agglomeration and Manufacturing Activities in Indonesia," World Bank Publications - Reports 26714, The World Bank Group.
  37. Gonzalo Varela & Swati Ghosh & Sjamsu Rahardha, 2012. "How the Macroeconomic Environment and Investment Climate Have Affected the Manufacturing Sector," World Bank Publications - Reports 26717, The World Bank Group.
  38. Varela, Gonzalo & Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique & Iacovone, Leonardo, 2012. "Determinants of market integration and price transmission in Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6098, The World Bank.
  39. Sjamsu Rahardja & Deborah Winkler & G. Varela & Lili Yan Ing, 2012. "Why the Manufacturing Sector Still Matters for Growth and Development in Indonesia," World Bank Publications - Reports 26721, The World Bank Group.
  40. Varela, Gonzalo J., 2012. "Incomplete, slow, and asymmetric price transmission in ten product markets of Bolivia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6291, The World Bank.
  41. Beata Javorcik & Fitria Fitriani & Leonardo Iacovone & Gonzalo Varela & Victor Duggan, 2012. "Productivity Performance in Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector," World Bank Publications - Reports 26715, The World Bank Group.
  42. Gonzalo Varela, 2011. "A Framework to Analyze the Impact of Exchange Rate: Uncertainty on Output Decisions," Working Paper Series 2411, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
  43. Gonzalo Varela, 2011. "The Extrapolative Component in Exchange Rate Expectations and the Not-So-Puzzling Interest Parity: The Case of Uruguay," Working Paper Series 1911, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
  44. Gonzalo Varela, 2011. "Real Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Output: A Sectoral Analysis," Working Paper Series 2011, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
  45. Patricia Augier & Michael Gasiorek & Gonzalo Varela, 2007. "Determinants of Productivity in Morocco - The Role of Trade?," CARIS Working Papers 02, Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex, University of Sussex.
  46. Patricia Augier & Michael Gasiorek & Gonzalo Varela, 2007. "Determinants of Productivity in Morocco - The Role of Trade?," CARIS Working Papers 02, Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex, University of Sussex.
  47. Gasiorek, Michael & Augier, Patricia & Varela, Gonzalo, 2006. "Determinants of productivity in Morocco and Egypt - the role of trade?," Conference papers 331534, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
  48. G. Varela, 1991. "Profundización industrial y modernización estatal en el pensamiento político latinoamericano," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0991, Department of Economics - dECON.
  49. Varela, Gonzalo, . "Exchange rate expectations, uncertainty and output in the Southern Cone," Economics PhD Theses, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School, number 0611, September.

Articles

  1. Fabrice Defever & Alejandro Riaño & Gonzalo Varela, 2025. "Evaluating the impact of export finance support on firm‐level export performance: Evidence from Pakistan," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 58(3), pages 1070-1091, August.
  2. Gómez-Mera, Laura & Varela, Gonzalo, 2024. "Emerging market multinationals and international investment agreements," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(3).
  3. Gonzalo Varela, 2024. "Comment on "How might China-US industrial policies affect the Philippines?: a quantitative exerciseâ"," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 61(2), pages 199-201, December.
  4. Paulo Bastos & Stefania Lovo & Gonzalo Varela & Jan Hagemejer, 2023. "Economic integration, industrial structure, and catch‐up growth: Firm‐level evidence from Poland," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(1), pages 106-140, February.
  5. Brun, Martin & Gambetta, Juan Pedro & Varela, Gonzalo J., 2022. "Why do exports react less to real exchange rate depreciations than to appreciations? Evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
  6. Stefania Lovo & Gonzalo Varela, 2022. "Internationally Linked Firms and Productivity in Pakistan: A Look at the Top End of the Distribution," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(10), pages 2110-2131, October.
  7. Defever, Fabrice & Reyes, José-Daniel & Riaño, Alejandro & Varela, Gonzalo, 2020. "All these worlds are yours, except india: The effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in nepal," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
  8. Martuscelli, Antonio & Varela, Gonzalo, 2018. "Survival is for the fittest: Export survival patterns in Georgia," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 397-413.
  9. Jose Guilherme Reis & Gonzalo Varela, 2015. "Travel Channel Meets Discovery Channel or How Tourism Can Encourage Better Export Performance and Diversification in Nepal," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 16(2), pages 183-208, September.
  10. Reyes, Jose-Daniel & Varela, Gonzalo & McKenna, Miles, 2014. "Information for Export Survival: An Analysis of Georgian Export Performance and Survival in International Markets," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 151, pages 1-7, June.
  11. Rahardja, Sjamsu & Varela, Gonzalo, 2014. "Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself: Evidence on Imported Intermediates in Indonesia," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 136, pages 1-6, March.
  12. Reis, José Guilherme & Varela, Gonzalo, 2013. "Can Tourism Encourage Better Export Performance and Diversification in Nepal?," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 127, pages 1-6, October.
  13. Duggan, Victor & Rahardja, Sjamsu & Varela, Gonzalo, 2013. "Can Open Service Sector FDI Policy Enhance Manufacturing Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 106, pages 1-7, February.

Books

  1. Laura Gomez-Mera & Thomas Kenyon & Yotam Margalit & Jose Guilherme Reis & Gonzalo Varela, 2015. "New Voices in Investment : A Survey of Investors from Emerging Countries," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 20605, April.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 31 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-INT: International Trade (18) 2013-06-16 2014-08-25 2015-01-31 2015-10-10 2017-04-02 2017-10-22 2020-03-09 2020-08-17 2020-08-24 2020-08-31 2020-09-21 2020-12-14 2021-02-15 2022-11-07 2022-11-07 2024-09-23 2025-05-19 2025-07-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (5) 2012-07-01 2012-12-22 2014-08-28 2020-03-23 2025-08-25. Author is listed
  3. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (5) 2012-07-01 2014-08-25 2014-08-28 2025-06-09 2025-08-25. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (4) 2013-02-03 2014-08-25 2015-10-10 2022-10-10
  5. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (3) 2020-09-21 2024-09-23 2025-05-19
  6. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (3) 2011-07-21 2011-08-22 2012-12-22
  7. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (2) 2013-06-16 2015-01-31
  8. NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2013-02-03 2024-09-23
  9. NEP-OPM: Open Economy Macroeconomics (2) 2011-07-21 2011-08-22
  10. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (2) 2015-10-10 2022-11-07
  11. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2022-11-07
  12. NEP-BIG: Big Data (1) 2025-08-25
  13. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2011-07-21
  14. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2014-08-28
  15. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2015-01-31
  16. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (1) 2017-10-22
  17. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2016-03-17
  18. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2025-08-25
  19. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2024-09-23
  20. NEP-IFN: International Finance (1) 2011-07-21
  21. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2014-08-28
  22. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2011-07-21
  23. NEP-TUR: Tourism Economics (1) 2013-11-14

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