Dr. Wisarut Suwanprasert

Associate Professor of Economics

Dr. Wisarut Suwanprasert
Room N312, Business & Aerospace Building (BAS)
MTSU Box 27, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016)
  • MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)
  • BS, Chulalongkorn University (2010)

Areas of Expertise

International Trade, Trade Policy, Tariffs, The WTO, Trade Agreements, Thailand's Economy

Biography

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 Ban...

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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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Research / Scholarly Activity

  1. Who Are Pure Exporters? (with Doungdao Mahakitsiri), The World Economy, 2023, 46(6), 1759–1781.
  2. An Inconvenient Truth: Welfare Losses from Asymmetric Reductions in Transportation Costs,” International Economic Journal, 2023, 37(1), 71–81.
  3. Protection for Sale: Evidence from Around the World” (joint with Andrew Jonelis), Public Choice, 2022, 191, 237267.
  4. Why Does the WTO Treat Export Subsidies and Import Tariffs Differently?” (Joint with Tanapong Potipiti), Review of World Economics, 2022, 158, 1137–1172.
  5. The International Spillover Effects of US Trade Policy Uncertainty,” Economics Letters, 2022, 212.
  6. Optimal Trade Policy, Equilibrium Unemployment and Labor Market Inefficiency,” Review of International Economics, 2020, 28, 12321268.
  7. 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.
  8. Trade Restrictiveness Index of Non-Tariff Barriers Under the CES Preference,” International Economic Journal, 2020, 34(1), 48–57.
  9. Endogenous Markup, Per Capita Income and Population Size in the Gravity Equation,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2).
  10. A Note on "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A "New" Perspective on Protectionism" of Costinot (2009),” Economics Letters, 2017, 157, 163–166.

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