Stephen James Redding
Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Economics
Bio
Stephen Redding's research interests include international trade, economic geography, urban economics, transportation economics and productivity growth. Recent work has been concerned with firm heterogeneity and international trade, multi-product firms, the distributional consequences of globalization, agglomeration forces, and transport infrastructure improvements.
He is the Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics in the Economics Department at Stanford University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Senior Fellow (Courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. He is Director of the International Trade and Investment (ITI) Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, an associate editor of Econometrica and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, an International Research Associate of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Prior to joining Stanford University, he was a Professor of Economics at Princeton University, the London School of Economics and the Yale School of Management. He was awarded the Frisch Medal in 2018, the Bhagwati Prize in 2017, a Global Economic Affairs Prize from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in 2008, and a Philip Leverhulme Prize Fellowship during 2001-4.
External webpage: https://stephenredding.github.io/
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Economics
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
2025-26 Courses
- International Trade
ECON 166 (Win) - International Trade I
ECON 266 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (3)
- Directed Reading
ECON 139D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading
ECON 239D (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Thesis Research
ECON 199D (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading
All Publications
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The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data*
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2025
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjaf038
View details for Web of Science ID 001566569100001
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International Friends and Enemies
AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS
2024; 16 (4): 350-385
View details for DOI 10.1257/mac.20220223
View details for Web of Science ID 001362973700011
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When Tariffs Disrupt Global Supply Chains
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2024; 114 (4): 988-1029
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.20211519
View details for Web of Science ID 001199403500006
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Globalization and Pandemics
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2023; 113 (4): 939-981
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.20201479
View details for Web of Science ID 000971355000003
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Dynamic Spatial General Equilibrium
ECONOMETRICA
2023; 91 (2): 385-424
View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA20273
View details for Web of Science ID 000969037700001
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Trade, Structural Transformation, and Development: Evidence from Argentina 1869-1914
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1086/718915
View details for Web of Science ID 000791317800001
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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN METROPOLIS: EVIDENCE FROM LONDON
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2020; 135 (4): 2059-2133
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjaa014
View details for Web of Science ID 000593217300006
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MEASURING AGGREGATE PRICE INDICES WITH TASTE SHOCKS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FOR CES PREFERENCES
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2020; 135 (1): 503-560
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjz031
View details for Web of Science ID 000507362800010
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Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2018; 108 (12): 3855-3890
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.20151507
View details for Web of Science ID 000451618100010
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Trade and Inequality: From Theory to Estimation
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
2017; 84 (1): 357-405
View details for DOI 10.1093/restud/rdw025
View details for Web of Science ID 000397127400011
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Quantifying the Sources of Firm Heterogeneity*
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2016; 131 (3): 1291-1364
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjw012
View details for Web of Science ID 000383326100005
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THE ECONOMICS OF DENSITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE BERLIN WALL
ECONOMETRICA
2015; 83 (6): 2127-2189
View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA10876
View details for Web of Science ID 000368405400002
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New Trade Models, New Welfare Implications
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2015; 105 (3): 1105-1146
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.20130351
View details for Web of Science ID 000351872000006
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Urbanization and Structural Transformation
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2012; 127 (2): 535-586
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjs003
View details for Web of Science ID 000303341500001
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Multiproduct Firms and Trade Liberalization
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
2011; 126 (3): 1271-1318
View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjr021
View details for Web of Science ID 000294556700005
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INEQUALITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
ECONOMETRICA
2010; 78 (4): 1239-1283
View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA8640
View details for Web of Science ID 000281062000003
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Multiple-Product Firms and Product Switching
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2010; 100 (1): 70-97
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.100.1.70
View details for Web of Science ID 000276580100003
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The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2008; 98 (5): 1766-1797
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.98.5.1766
View details for Web of Science ID 000262025800003
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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
2008; 98 (4): 1397-1412
View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.98.4.1397
View details for Web of Science ID 000259978600009
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Comparative advantage and heterogeneous firms
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
2007; 74 (1): 31-66
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00413.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000243586500002
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