selected publications academic article Bento, P., & Hwang, S. (2022). Barriers to Black Entrepreneurship: Implications for Welfare and Aggregate Output over Time. Journal of Monetary Economics. Bento, P. (2021). Quantifying the Effects of Patent Protection on Innovation, Imitation, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity. The BE Journal of Macroeconomics. 21(1), 1-35. Bento, P., Shao, L., & Sohail, F. (2021). Gender gaps in time use and entrepreneurship Bento, P., & Restuccia, D. (2021). On average establishment size across sectors and countries. Journal of Monetary Economics. 117, 220-242. Bento, P. (2021). Trade without "scale effects". Canadian Journal of Economics. 54(3), 1252-1274. Bento, P. (2020). Competition, innovation, and the number of firms. Review of Economic Dynamics. 37, 275-298. Bento, P., & Restuccia, D (2019). The Role of Nonemployers in Business Dynamism and Aggregate Productivity Bento, P., & Restuccia, D. (2017). Misallocation, establishment size, and productivity. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 9(3), 267-303. Bento, P., & Restuccia, D. (2016). Misallocation and Technology: Amplification Effects of Policy Distortions Bento, P. (2014). Competition as a Discovery Procedure: Schumpeter Meets Hayek in a Model of Innovation. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 6(3), 124-152. Bento, P. (2014). Niche firms, mass markets, and income across countries: Accounting for the impact of entry costs. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 48, 147-158. Bento, P. Female Entrepreneurship in the U.S. 1982-2012: Implications for Welfare and Aggregate Output Ranasinghe, A., & Bento, P. Financial Frictions, Equity Constraints, and Average Firm Size Across Countries conference paper Bento, P., & Hwang, S. (2022). Easier to Start, Harder to Succeed: Barriers to Black Entrepreneurship since the Great Recession. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 292-295.
teaching activities ECON203 Hnr-prin Of Economics Instructor ECON611 Fndtns Of Macroecon Th Instructor ECON635 Advanced Macroeconomics I Instructor ECON637 Advanced Macroeconomics Ii Instructor ECON685 Directed Studies Instructor ECON691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Economics, University of Toronto - (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 2013 M.A. in Economics, Simon Fraser University - (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) 2008 B.A. in Economics, University of Western Ontario - (London, Ontario, Canada) 2006