Richard Chisik

Associate Professor

Telephone: (305) 348 - 3286

Email: richard.chisik

Home page: www.fiu.edu/~chisikr

RePEc handle: pch256

PhD: Northwestern University, 1997.

Joined the faculty in 2000.

Fields: International economics, industrial organization.

My primary research interests are in the areas of international trade, foreign direct investment and economic theory.  In particular, I am interested in problems in international economics that also have important implications for how individuals and firms interact within an economy.  One research focus has been to analyze the dynamics of country of origin reputations for quality and the ability of trade policy and of FDI to ameliorate a bad reputation.  I have extended this line of research to consider individuals, organizations and industry groups, and I have also considered reputations for corruption.  In a second area of research, I analyze how international trade agreements and international tax treaties evolve over time.  In this area, I have concentrated on the effect of irreversibilities on economic integration and gradualism, and on how asymmetries affect the dynamics of taxes on trade and on FDI.  I have also used this framework to analyze the stability and welfare effects of regional trade agreements.  I am currently using this method of inquiry to analyze how irreversibilities affect the gradual development of cooperative relationships in an environment whereby the players are uncertain as to both the other players’ preferences and their beliefs.