selected publications academic article Bento, P., & Hwang, S. (2023). Barriers to black entrepreneurship: Implications for welfare and aggregate output over time. Journal of Monetary Economics. 134, 16-34. Bento, P. (2021). Trade without "scale effects". Canadian Journal of Economics, The. 54(3), 1252-1274. 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). Quantifying the Effects of Patent Protection on Innovation, Imitation, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity. The BE Journal of Macroeconomics. 21(1), 1-35. 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. American Economic Association. 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