Journal Article
Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflation During COVID-19
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-05-12)
Supply chain disruptions have contributed to large increases in PPI inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economic Synopses , Issue 11 , Pages 1-3

Journal Article
Rethinking Global Value Chains During COVID-19: Part 2
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2021-07-07)
Recent research shows that GVCs played a large role in the propagation of foreign shocks on U.S. industries.
Economic Synopses , Issue 17 , Pages 1-2

Journal Article
Global Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
LaBelle, Jesse; Santacreu, Ana Maria (2022)
We investigate the role supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic played in U.S. producer price index (PPI) inflation. We exploit pre-pandemic cross-industry variation in sourcing patterns across countries and interact it with measures of international supply chain bottlenecks during the pandemic. We show that exposure to global supply chain disruptions played a significant role in U.S. cross-industry PPI inflation between January and November 2021. If bottlenecks had followed the same path as in 2019, PPI inflation in the manufacturing sector would have been 2 percentage points ...
Review , Volume 104 , Issue 2 , Pages 78-91

How Much Are We “Taxed” by Surprise Inflation?
Chiang, Yu-Ting; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-03-02)
When inflation surprises to the upside, borrowers pay back less in real terms. And Uncle Sam is America’s biggest borrower.
On the Economy

Journal Article
Geographic Patterns of Innovation Across U.S. States: 1980-2010
LaBelle, Jesse; Santacreu, Ana Maria (2021-04-05)
The distribution of innovation in the United States has become more concentrated and has shifted to the West.
Economic Synopses , Issue 5 , Pages 1-3

Journal Article
Rethinking Global Value Chains During COVID-19: Part 1
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2021-07-06)
GVCs can make final goods production less costly and more efficient, but they are not without risks.
Economic Synopses , Issue 16 , Pages 1-2

Journal Article
Geographic Dispersion in U.S. Employment
Ravikumar, B.; Arbogast, Iris; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-04-04)
In the U.S., 112 of more than 3,000 counties accounted for 50% of employment in 2020.
Economic Synopses , Issue 9 , Pages 1-2

Journal Article
Supply Chain Disruptions During the COVID-19 Recession
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-02-09)
A combination of demand and supply forces caused unprecedented supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 recession and recovery.
Economic Synopses

Journal Article
Profit Shifting Through Intellectual Property
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-07-29)
Patent data can give us insights on profit shifting due to multinationals moving intellectual property to tax havens.
Economic Synopses , Issue 22 , Pages 1-2

Transfer Pricing of Intangible Assets: Evidence from Patent Data
Santacreu, Ana Maria; LaBelle, Jesse (2022-08-09)
To reduce their tax exposure, multinationals may seek to shift profits to countries with lower tax rates. Do patents play a role in this strategy?
On the Economy