Wisarut Suwanprasert is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where he is also an affiliated faculty of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). Dr. Suwanprasert earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining MTSU, Dr. Suwanprasert was a visiting assistant professor at Vanderbilt University. He regularly joins the Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research at the Bank of Thailand and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand as visiting fellow. His research has been published in many high-quality journals and has been presented at international conferences.

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1. “The Gender Gaps in Informal Loan Markets,” forthcoming at Applied Economics 
2. “Post-Coup Sanctions and Thailand's Agricultural Trade” (with Sunghun Lim), forthcoming at the World Economy
3. "Optimal Trade Policy in a Ricardian Model with Labor-Market Search-and-Matching Frictions," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2024, 24(2), 621–659.
4. "The Economic Aftermath of Thailand’s 2014 Military Coup: Evidence from Synthetic Control Method," Asian Economic Journal, 2024, 38(2), 256–283.
5. "Pure-Exporter Premium," Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, 2024, 12(2), 125–160.
6. “Consequences of Thailand’s 2006 military coup: Evidence from the synthetic control method,” European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 80, 102475.
7. "Who Are Pure Exporters?" (with Doungdao Mahakitsiri), The World Economy, 2023, 46(6), 1759–1781.
8. “An Inconvenient Truth: Welfare Losses from Asymmetric Reductions in Transportation Costs,” International Economic Journal, 2023, 37(1), 71–81.
9. “Protection for Sale: Evidence from Around the World” (joint with Andrew Jonelis), Public Choice, 2022, 191, 237–267.
10. “Why Does the WTO Treat Export Subsidies and Import Tariffs Differently?” (Joint with Tanapong Potipiti), Review of World Economics, 2022, 158, 1137–1172.
11. “The International Spillover Effects of US Trade Policy Uncertainty,” Economics Letters, 2022, 212.
12. “Optimal Trade Policy, Equilibrium Unemployment and Labor Market Inefficiency,” Review of International Economics, 2020, 28, 1232–1268.
13. “The Role of the Most Favored Nation Principle of the GATT/WTO in the New Trade Model,” Review of International Economics, 2020, 28, 760–798.
14. “Trade Restrictiveness Index of Non-Tariff Barriers Under the CES Preference,” International Economic Journal, 2020, 34(1), 48–57.
15. “Endogenous Markup, Per Capita Income and Population Size in the Gravity Equation,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2).
16. “A Note on "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A "New" Perspective on Protectionism" of Costinot (2009),” Economics Letters, 2017, 157, 163–166.

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2026               ASSA meetings (scheduled)

2025               ASSA meetings (poster), Midwest International Trade conference (Spring 2025, Virginia Tech), the 4th Asian Economic Development Conference (Peking University, accepted), PIER Research Workshop, The 18th Thailand’s National Conference for Economists, Southern Economic Association conference (scheduled)

2024               Bank of Thailand

2023               United States International Trade Commission; Khon Kaen University; Kasetsart University; Western Economic Association International Conference; Midwest International Trade conference (Spring 2023, UT-Knoxville)

2022               The 15th Australian Trade Workshop; Midwest International Trade conference (Spring 2022, Purdue); the 15th Thailand’s National Conference for Economists, Southern Economic Association conference

2021               ASSA meetings (poster); Western Economic Association International Conference; the 14th Thailand’s National Conference for Economists; Canadian Economics Association meetings; IEA World Congress

2020                Bank of Thailand; Eastern Economic Association conference (two papers); Chulalongkorn University

2019                ASSA meetings (Atlanta; two posters); Eastern Economic Association conference; Southern Economic Association conference (two papers); Thammasat University; Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)

2018                Southern Economic Association conference; Eastern Economic Association conference (two papers)

2017                ASSA meetings (Chicago); Midwest International Trade conference (Fall 2017, SMU); Kentucky Economic Association conference (WKU); Howard University; Middle Tennessee State University; Thammasat University; Kasetsart University; Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI); Bank of Thailand

2016                Midwest International Trade conference (Fall 2016, Purdue; Spring 2016, Rochester); Vanderbilt University; European Trade Study Group (ETSG) conference (Helsinki); Bank of Thailand 2014                Midwest International Trade conference (Fall 2014, Kansas); Chulalongkorn University; Thammasat University; Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) 2009                The 5th Thailand’s National Conference for Economists; Bank of Thailand

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