Research

Research Interests: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), investment location, spatial econometric analyses, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), multi-level/multinomial/fractional logistic regression.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Cavallo, Paulo. 2019. “Brazil, BITs and FDI: A Synthetic Control Approach.” Journal of World Investment & Trade, 20(1) 2019, 68-97.

  2. Cavallo, Paulo. 2020. “Learning from Brazil’s Bilateral Investment Treaties.” FDI Perspectives, No. 270, January 27, 2020.

  3. Cavallo, Paulo. 2021. “Foreign Investment and Right-to-Work Laws.’ (with Clint Peinhardt)

Under Review

  1. “Market Proximity, Congestion Costs and the New Geography of FDI in the US.”

Working Papers

  1. “FDI Announcement Timing and Congressional Elections: Pandering Cycles or Cautious Delay?” (with Sarah Bauerle Danzman and Jonas Bunte)

  2. “Investing in the Shadows: The Impact of the Informal Economy on FDI.” (with Leslie Stanaland)

  3. “The Greenfield Investment Location Decision in Texas: A Spatial Econometrics Approach.” (with David Saucedo de la Fuente)

  4. “The Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment on Congressional Voting on Trade Policy.” (with Jonas Bunte and Thomas Gray)