for the United States but also with reference to the wider world. We establish the outlines of international integration a … century ago and analyze the institutional and informational impediments that prevented the late nineteenth century world from … achieving the same degree of integration as today. We conclude that the world today is different: commercial and financial …

World trade evolves at two margins. Where a bilateral trading relationship already exists it may increase through time … have not traded with each other in the past (extensive margin). We provide an empirical dissection of post-World-War- II … growth in manufacturing world trade along these two margins. We propose a "cornersolutions- version"of the gravity model to …

We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show that the within country …-market specific – is important for facilitating wider sharing of the benefits of financial globalization …

We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show that the within …-market specific - is important for facilitating wider sharing of the benefits of financial globalization …