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Shafaat Yar Khan, Syracuse University

Contact: skhan78[at]syr.edu

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Shafaat Yar Khan

Assistant Professor of Economics, Syracuse University

I work on International Trade and International Macroeconomics. My empirical and quantitative research emphasizes the importance of trade dynamics in understanding the effects of policy changes and other aggregate shocks.

Fields:  International Trade,  International Macroeconomics

Working Papers



  • Tariff Tax Cut: Tariff as Revenue (with Alessandria, Ding and Mix)
    Latest Draft


  • Recovering Credible Trade Elasticities from Incredible Trade Reforms (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Ruhl. and Steinberg)
    Latest draft


  • Supply Chain Recessions (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Mix and Ruhl)


  • Unpacking Non-Tariff Measures: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg (with Devaki Ghose and Angella Montfaucon)
    Latest Draft

Publications

  • Inventories, Integration, Productivity, and Welfare (with George Alessandria and Armen Khederlarian)
    American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2025


  • Trade War and Peace: U.S.-China Trade and Tariff Risk from 2015-2050 (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Ruhl, and Steinberg)
    Journal of International Economics, 2025. 

Latest draft

Press: The Economist

  • Trade Policy Dynamics: Evidence from 60 years of U.S.-China Trade (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Ruhl, and Steinberg)
    Journal of Political Economy, 2025

Latest draft, NBER version, World Bank version, Slides

Press:  The Economist, VoxChina


  • Inventories, Input Costs and Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalizations (with Armen Khederlarian)
    International Economic Review, 2024

Latest Draft, World Bank version


  • Taking Stock of Trade Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from China's Pre-WTO Accession (with George Alessandria and Armen Khederlarian)
    Journal of International Economics, 2024

Latest draft, NBER version, World Bank version

Press: VoxChina


  • The Aggregate Effects of Global and Local Supply Chain Disruptions: 2020-2022  (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Mix and Ruhl)
    Journal of International Economics, 2023 [working paper]

Press: VoxEU


  • How Does Trade Respond to Anticipated Tariff Changes? Evidence from NAFTA  (with Armen Khederlarian)
    Journal of International Economics, 2021 [working paper]

Work in Progress


  • Supply Chain Recessions (with Alessandria, Khederlarian, Mix and Ruhl)


  • Aggregate Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization: Inventory Management Efficiency Channel (with George Alessandria and Armen Khederlarian)

[Slides]


  • The Durable Trade Effects of Temporary Export Restrictions: A Study of the 2008-2011 Food Crisis (with Ergys Islamaj and Aaditya Mattoo)

Teaching

Spring 2024 (Syracuse University)

  • Ph.D. level: Topics in International Economics (ECN865)

  • Undergraduate: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Summer 2018 (University of Rochester)

  • Principles of Economics [Evaluation]         [Comments]

Non-Technical Articles


  • VoxEU - The aggregate effects of local and global supply chain disruptions, 2020-2022

  • VoxChina - Trade Policy Dynamics: Evidence from 60 years of US-China Trade

  • VoxChina - Taking Stock of Trade Policy Uncertainty

  • MacroPakistani - Trade Policy and the Pandemic

  • MacroPakistani - Benefits of International Trade

Policy Work


  •     The Relative Cost of Non-Tariff Measures in Indonesia: A Benchmarking Exercise with other East Asian Economies, policy note with Bayu Agnimaruto and Angella Montfaucon

  •     Malaysia Economic Monitor, June 2022: Catching Up, Section on external developments

  •     East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2022: Braving the Storms, Section on Trade and box article on the effects of supply chain delays

  •     Malaysia Economic Monitor, December 2021: Keeping Afloat, Box article on Malaysia's export recovery from the pandemic

  •     East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2021: Long Covid, Section on trade and box article on the effects of Non-Tariff Measures

  •     East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2021: Uneven Recovery, Section on trade

  •     East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2020: From Containment to Recovery, Section on trade

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