Rishi Sharma

BA, Boston University
MA, University of Michigan
PhD, University of Michigan

• International Trade
• International Taxation
• Public Finance
• Nepalese Economy

• Domestic Taxes and International Trade. In Priyaranjan Jha & Devashish Mitra  (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade (May 2026), pp. 25-29. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Strategic Cyberwarfare, with Erik Lillethun. Economic Inquiry, 64:1 (January 2026), 221-244
• Buying Lottery Tickets for Foreign Workers: Lost Quota Rents Induced by H-1B Policy, with Chad Sparber. Journal of International Economics, 150 (July 2024), 103932
• An Anatomy of Nepal's Remarkable Export Decline: A Note, Journal of Asian Economics, 89 (December 2023), 101663
• Tax Losses and Ex-Ante Offshore Transfer of Intellectual Property, with Joel Slemrod and Michael Stimmelmayr. Journal of Public Economics, 226 (October 2023), 104967
• Trade Barriers and CO2, with Rick Klotz. Journal of International Economics, 141 (March 2023), 103726
• Preferential Trade Agreements and MFN Tariffs: Global Evidence, with David Kuenzel. European Economic Review, 138 (September 2021), 103850
• Exempted Sectors in Free Trade Agreements, with Alan Deardorff. Canadian Journal of Economics, 54:1 (February 2021), 284-310
• Does the VAT Tax Exports?, Economic Inquiry, 58:1 (January 2020), 225-240
• Incentives to Tax Foreign Investors, International Tax and Public Finance, 26:2 (April 2019), 257-281
• Optimal Tariffs with Inframarginal Exporters, Review of International Economics, 28:4 (September 2018), 768-783
• Taxing and Subsidizing Foreign Investors, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 73:4 (December 2017), 402-423

• RSP's economic blueprint, Kathmandu Post (March 23, 2026)
• Real Exchange Rates, Trade Policy, and Exports in Nepal (Ch. 3), in Nepal Country Economic Memorandum: Unlocking Nepal's Growth Potential, World Bank (March 2025)
• Here's the Solution to Trump World's 'Civil War' over H-1B Visas, with Chad Sparber, Washington Post (January 6, 2025)
• Buying Lottery Tickets for Foreign Workers: Search‐​Cost Externalities Induced by H-1B Policy, with Chad Sparber, Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy (January 2021), 246

• Optimal Dual-Regime Business Tax Systems, with Joel Slemrod, Michael Stimmelmayr, John Wilson and Peter Choi. Revisions requested at Journal of the European Economic Association
• Preferential Trade Agreements and Non-tariff Measures, with David Kuenzel. Revisions requested at European Economic Review
• The Simple Analytics of Trade Creation and Diversion, with Alan Deardorf. Revisions requested at International Economic Journal
• Global Value Chains Drive Disparities in the Health Consequences of Shipping, with Rick Klotz.

• Consultant, Revenue Effects of Tariffs in Nepal, International Monetary Fund, 2026-present
• Consultant, Nepal Country Economic Memorandum, World Bank, 2023-2024
• Consultant, Shock Impact Simulation Model, UN World Food Programme, 2009-2010

• Econ 450: Seminar in International Economics
• Econ 349: Topics in International Trade
• Econ 251: Intermediate Microeconomics
• Core 143S: Introduction to Statistics