migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migrants spur exports, especially along the extensive product margin of trade and for differentiated products, but with no … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on …

Information frictions make foreign trade risky. Therefore, many countries offer export credit guarantees that insure … trade. We arrive at three major findings. First, guarantees increase firm exports to the foreign market for which they were … particularly disadvantaged by information frictions in trade. Guarantees also increase value added and jobs but only for …

We perform a granular analysis of Swedish labor market dynamics, using matched employer employee and firm level trade … data for Sweden over a 15-year period. The employment share in firms that are directly exposed to international trade has …