Yoto V. Yotov

I am a Professor at the School of Economics of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA), a Research Professor at the ifo Institute (LMU, Munich, Germany), and a member of the Council for Economic Analysis (CEA) of Bulgaria. My professional interests are in the areas of international trade, trade policy, and sanctions, with an emphasis on structural gravity modeling, estimation, and simulation. I find teaching very rewarding and I enjoy every bit of it, except for grading. On this web site, you can find information about my research, teaching, and advising & consulting activities, as well as about my "Gravity with Gravitas for Autism" initiative. I can be reached at yotov@drexel.edu.

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After years in the making, I am happy to share a new guide for gravity estimations -- "Estimating Gravity Equations: Theory Implications, Econometric Developments, and Practical Recommendations" -- with Mario Larch and Serge Shikher. Some of our recommendations are motivated by trade theory, however, most of them should be useful more broadly, e.g., to analyze migration, FDI, cross-border patent flows, etc.