Dr Antonio Navas

Department of Economics

Lecturer in Economics

a.navas@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3325

+44 114 222 3458 (fax)

Room 535, 9 Mappin Street

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Dr Antonio Navas
Department of Economics
Room 535
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT

Profile

Antonio was awarded his PhD by the European University Institute in December 2006. After that he enjoyed a post-doctoral position in GREQAM (Universite d’Aix-Marseille) funded by the CNRS. He has taught several courses in both macroeconomics and microeconomics in leading universities in Spain including Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Alicante.

He joined the Department of Economics at the University of Sheffield as a lecturer in September 2012.

Research interests

Antonio's research is mainly in two fields: international trade, and economic growth. His interests cover a broad variety of research topics in these areas. Others include:

trade liberalisation and trade policies in models of trade with firm heterogeneity
foreign direct investment
technology adoption
trade and innovation
unified growth theory

Antonio is interested in supervising PhD students in international trade and economic growth.

Publications

Journal articles

Cuadros A, Navas A & Paniagua J (2022) Moving ideas across borders: Foreign inventors, patents and FDI. World Economy.
Bernini M, Efthyvoulou G, Gregory-Smith I, McHardy J & Navas A (2020) Interlocking directorships and patenting coordination. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. View this article in WRRO
Navas A (2018) Technology and the Dynamics of Comparative Advantage. Review of International Economics, 26(1), 140-164. View this article in WRRO
Bove V, Efthyvoulou G & Navas A (2017) Political cycles in public expenditure: butter vs guns. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(3), 582-604. View this article in WRRO
Navas A & Sala D (2015) Innovation and Trade Policy Coordination: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity. The World Economy, 38(8), 1179-1334. View this article in WRRO
Navas A (2015) Trade liberalisation and innovation under sector heterogeneity. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 50, 42-62. View this article in WRRO
Navas A & Licandro O (2011) Trade liberalization, competition and growth. B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 11(1).
Navas A & Nocco A () Trade Liberlization, Selection and Technology Adoption with Vertical Linkages. Review of International Economics.
Navas A, Serti F & Tomasi C () The role of the gravity forces on firms’ trade. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique. View this article in WRRO

Teaching activities

Antonio teaches teaches International Trade at the undergraduate and postgraduate level

ECN321 International Trade
ECN605 International Trade