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Toubal Farid
Full Professor
Biography
Farid Toubal is Full Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine -- PSL. He is a Research Fellow at CEPR and a CESifo Research Network member. He is also Scientific Adviser at CEPII. He holds a PhD from Kiel University and spent his post-doctorate at the Deutsche Bundesbank and Tübingen University.
His work analyzes various aspects of globalization. Most recently, he focuses on the corporate tax avoidance strategies of multinational firms and on the impacts of globalization on labor market outcomes. Some of his previous work has also contributed to related fields of development and industrial organization. He publishes widely in international outlets with a general audience and with a specific orientation towards the fields of international economics, macroeconomics, and cultural economics. He is currently Associate Editor for the European Economic Review.
Publications
Articles
Laffitte S., Toubal F. (2022), Multinationals’ Sales and Profit Shifting in Tax Havens, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 14, n°4, p. 371-396 
Orefice G., Sly N., Toubal F. (2021), Cross-Border M&A Activity and Wage Dynamics, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, vol. 74, n°1, p. 131-162
Harrigan J., Reshef A., Toubal F. (2021), The march of the techies: Job polarization within and between firms, Research Policy, vol. 50, n°7, p. 104008
Laffitte S., Martin J., Parenti M., Souillard B., Toubal F. (2020), International corporate taxation after COVID-19: Minimum taxation as the new normal, CEPR Press
Melitz J., Toubal F. (2019), Somatic distance, trust and trade, Review of International Economics, vol. 27, n°3, p. 786-802
Cervellati M., Naghavi A., Toubal F. (2018), Trade liberalization, democratization, and technology adoption, Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 23, n°2, p. 145-173
Egger P., Toubal F. (2018), Native language and acquired language as determinants of product-level trade, The World Economy, vol. 41, n°7, p. 1833-1846
Davies R., Martin J., Parenti M., Toubal F. (2018), Knocking on Tax Haven’s Door: Multinational Firms and Transfer Pricing, The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 100, n°1, p. 120-134
Edo A., Toubal F. (2017), Immigration and the gender wage gap, European Economic Review, vol. 92, n°2, p. 196-214
Ginsburgh V., Melitz J., Toubal F. (2017), Foreign Language Learning and Trade, Review of International Economics, vol. 25, n°2, p. 320-361
Couttenier M., Toubal F. (2017), Corruption for sales, Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 45, n°1, p. 56-66
Kleinert J., Martin J., Toubal F. (2015), The Few Leading the Many: Foreign Affiliates and Business Cycle Comovement, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 7, n°4, p. 134-159
Naghavi A., Spies J., Toubal F. (2015), Intellectual property rights, product complexity and the organization of multinational firms, Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 48, n°3, p. 881-902
Anthony E., Toubal F. (2015), Selective Immigration Policies and Wages Inequality, Review of International Economics, vol. 23, n°1, p. 160-187
Blonigen B., Fontagné L., Sly N., Toubal F. (2014), Cherries for sale: The incidence and timing of cross-border M&A, Journal of International Economics, vol. 94, n°2, p. 341-357
Melitz J., Toubal F. (2014), Native language, spoken language, translation and trade, Journal of International Economics, vol. 93, n°2, p. 351-363
Kelle M., Kleinert J., Raff H., Toubal F. (2013), Cross-border and Foreign Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence from German Microdata, The World Economy, vol. 36, n°11, p. 1373-1392
Kleinert J., Toubal F. (2013), Production versus distribution-oriented FDI, Review of World Economics, vol. 149, n°3, p. 423-442
Felbermayr G., Toubal F. (2012), Revisiting the Trade-Migration Nexus: Evidence from New OECD Data, World Development, vol. 40, n°5, p. 928-937
Defever F., Toubal F. (2010), Importations de biens intermédiaires et choix organisationnel des firmes multinationales françaises, Economie et statistique / Economics and Statistics, vol. 435, n°1, p. 169-184
Felbermayr G., Jung B., Toubal F. (2010), Ethnic Networks, Information, and International Trade: Revisiting the Evidence, Annals of Economics and Statistics, n°97/98, p. 41
Defever F., Toubal F. (2010), Importations de biens intermédiaires et choix organisationnel des firmes multinationales françaises, Economie et statistique / Economics and Statistics, vol. 435, n°1, p. 169-184
Kleinert J., Toubal F. (2010), Gravity for FDI, Review of International Economics, vol. 18, n°1, p. 1-13
Felbermayr G., Toubal F. (2010), Cultural proximity and trade, European Economic Review, vol. 54, n°2, p. 279-293
Buch C., Toubal F. (2009), Openness and growth: The long shadow of the Berlin Wall, Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 31, n°3, p. 409-422
Békés G., Kleinert J., Toubal F. (2009), Spillovers from Multinationals to Heterogeneous Domestic Firms: Evidence from Hungary, The World Economy, vol. 32, n°10, p. 1408-1433
Buch C., Kleinert J., Toubal F. (2006), Where enterprises lead, people follow? Links between migration and FDI in Germany, European Economic Review, vol. 50, n°8, p. 2017-2036
Buch C., Kleinert J., Lipponer A., Toubal F. (2005), Determinants and effects of foreign direct investment: evidence from German firm-level data, Economic Policy, vol. 20, n°41, p. 52-110
Buch C., Kleinert J., Toubal F. (2004), The distance puzzle: on the interpretation of the distance coefficient in gravity equations, Economics Letters, vol. 83, n°3, p. 293-298
Carstensen K., Toubal F. (2004), Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries: a dynamic panel analysis, European Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 32, n°1, p. 3-22
Toubal F. (2004), Localisation des firmes multinationales allemandes dans les Pays d'Europe de l'Est, Economie et prévision, vol. 163, n°2, p. 75-86
Buch C., Toubal F. (2003), Economic Integration and FDI in Transition Economies: What Can We Learn from German Data?, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, vol. 72, n°4, p. 594-610
Chapitres d'ouvrage
Egger P., Toubal F. (2016), Common Spoken Languages and International Trade, in Victor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber, Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 263-289
Prépublications / Cahiers de recherche
Gurevich T., Herman P., Toubal F., Yotov Y. (2024), The Domestic and International Common Language Database, School of Economics Working Paper Series, 24 p.
Martin J., Parenti M., Toubal F. (2023), Corporate tax avoidance and sales: micro evidence and aggregate implications, CEPR Discussion papers, 62 p.
Harrigan J., Reshef A., Toubal F. (2023), Techies and Firm Level Productivity, Washington, NBER Working Papers, 66 p.
Alstadsӕter A., Davies R., Parenti M., Toubal F. (2023), The Real Effects of of Tax Havens, Skatteforsk - Centre for Tax Research, 21 p.
Moreau-Kastler N., Toubal F. (2022), Legal opacity, narcotics laws, and drug seizures, WIDER Working Paper, 1-34 p.
Harrigan J., Reshef A., Toubal F. (2021), Techies, Trade, and Skill-Biased Productivity, CEPR Discussion papers, 68 p.
Martin J., Parenti M., Toubal F. (2021), Corporate Tax Avoidance and Industry Concentration, CEPR Discussion papers, 15060 p.
Laffitte S., Parenti M., Souillard B., Toubal F. (2019), Profits shifting in france evidence from firm-level administrative databases, Focus, 5 p.
Delpeuch S., Laffitte S., Parenti M., Paris H., Souillard B., Toubal F. (2019), Quel reporting pays par pays pour les futures réformes, Focus, 15 p.
Rapports
Laffitte S., Martin J., Parenti M., Souillard B., Toubal F. (2021), Taxation of Multinationals: Design and Quantification, Focus, 13 p.
Lafitte S., Martin J., Parenti M., Souillard B., Toubal F. (2020), Impôts des multinationales après la crise sanitaire : pour un taux de taxe effectif minimum, CEPII Policy Brief, 6 p.