Emanuel Ornelas is a Professor at Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV. Prior to FGV, he was an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. His research, published in several leading academic journals, covers a range of topics related to international trade, including the political economy of the formation and the consequences of regional trade agreements, trade policy under incomplete contracts, and the internationalization process of exporting firms. He has presented his work in over 200 professional conferences and academic institutions, in more than 30 different countries.

Emanuel is an Elected Fellow of the Econometric Society and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a Research Associate of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, CESifo, and the International Growth Centre. Between 2010-2022, he was an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics.

Research and Publications

Ornelas, E. (2025) Political competition and the strategic adoption of free trade agreements. Review of International Economics, 33(2), pp.380-392. 

Cavalcanti, T., Ogeda, P.M. and Ornelas, E. (2025) The US-China trade war creates jobs (elsewhere).

Berlingieri, G., Marcolin, L. and Ornelas, E. (2025) Service offshoring and export experience. The Economic Journal, p.ueaf020.  

Ogeda, P., Ornelas, E. and Soares, R.R. (2025) Labor unions and the electoral consequences of trade liberalization. Journal of the European Economic Association, 23(1), pp.236-280. 

Liu, X., Ornelas, E. and Shi, H. (2024) Was COVID-19 a Game Changer for the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics?. Journal of Sports Economics, 25(7), pp.866-886.

Ornelas, E. and Turner, J. (2024) The Costs and Benefits of Rules of Origin (No. 18789). CEPR Discussion Papers.  

Ornelas, E. and Turner, J.L. (2024) The costs and benefits of rules of origin in modern free trade agreements. Journal of International Economics, 147, p.103874.

Albornoz, F., Pardo, H.F.C., Corcos, G. and Ornelas, E. (2023) Sequentially exporting products across countries. Journal of International Economics, 142, p.103735. 

Albornoz, F., Calvo-Pardo, H., Corcos, G. and Ornelas, E. (2023) Replication Package for'Sequentially Exporting Products across Countries'.

Liu, X., Ornelas, E. and Shi, H. (2022) The trade impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic. The World Economy, 45(12), pp.3751-3779.  

Ornelas, E. and Tovar, P. (2022) Intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in trade agreements. Journal of International Economics, 138, p.103643.

Berlingieri, G., Marcolin, L. and Ornelas, E. (2022) The Provision of Services in Global Value Chains. Schwerpunkt Außenwirtschaft 2021/2022, p.257.

Molina Ogeda, P., Ornelas, E. and Soares, R.R. (2021) Labor unions and the electoral consequences of trade liberalization.  

Albornoz, F., Pardo, H.F.C., Corcos, G. and Ornelas, E. (2021) Online Appendix (not intended for publication) to Sequential Exporting across Countries and Products.

Ornelas, E., Turner, J.L. and Bickwit, G., 2021. Preferential trade agreements and global sourcing. Journal of International Economics, 128, p.103395.