Nuno Limão

• Biography
• Research
• Teaching

Biography

Nuno Limão, Associate Professor, received his BSc from the London School of Economics and his PhD from Columbia University. He joined the Maryland faculty in 2001. His primary research and teaching interests are in international trade, trade policy, and political economy. His research integrates theoretical and empirical work to examine a variety of issues, such as how governments choose among redistribution policies, the determinants of trade policy and trade agreements, the interaction between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization, and the effects of trade costs and geographic location.

Some recent publications include "Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence" American Economic Review, forthcoming (w/ C. Broda and D. Weinstein); "A Bargaining Theory of Inefficient Redistribution Policies," International Economic Review, 2008 (w/ A. Drazen); "Are Preferential Trade Agreements with Non-trade Objectives a Stumbling Block for Multilateral Liberalization?" Review of Economic Studies, 2007; "Inequality and Endogenous Trade Policy Outcomes" Journal of International Economics, 2007 (w/ A. Panagariya); "Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence" Journal of Public Economics, 2007 (with A. Drazen and T. Strattman)"; "Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the U.S." American Economic Review, 2006; Trade Policy, Cross-border Externalities and Lobbies: Do Linked Agreements Enforce More Cooperative Outcomes?" Journal of International Economics, 2005.

Professor Limão is also a research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Areas of Interest:
international trade, trade policy and political economy

Research

Please visit http://www.wam.umd.edu/~limao/ for more information.

Teaching - Spring 2012

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 414: Game Theory
ECON 414: Game Theory
ECON 709: Advanced Topics in Applied and Theoretical Macroeconomics

Teaching - Fall 2011

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 742: Advanced International Economics II

Teaching - Spring 2011

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 414: Game Theory
ECON 709: Advanced Topics in Applied and Theoretical Macroeconomics

Teaching - Fall 2010

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 742: Advanced International Economics II

Teaching - Spring 2009

Teaching - Fall 2008