Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … local dialect between regions have a sizable and significant positive impact on intra-national trade. We interpret this …

This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United … clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional exposure to trade competition from China. While the impacts of … technology are present throughout the United States, the impacts of trade tend to be more geographically concentrated, owing in …

itself) to a sizable and statistically significant increase in trade between the member countries of EMU. In this paper, we … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … strong evidence of a gradual increase in trade intensity between European countries. Once we control for this trend in trade …

This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

Proposals for agricultural trade reform put forward by the main protagonists remain far apart, with little sign of … with the Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model, a static, multi-commodity, multi-region, partial equilibrium trade …

Bosnia Herzegovina (BH) is in the process of joining the World Trade Organization in the near future and the European … trade model is used to estimate the potentially negative impacts of accession on production and trade in several specific …

Trade negotiators are concerned about the possible negative effects of trade liberalisation on employment in specific … sector adjust to trade shocks. In this application, a global computable general equilibrium model is used to determine trade … employment effects of trade shocks are quite small, with the possible exception of the highly protected sugar sector …

means of achieving food security. Restrictive trade policies, including specific tariffs on rice and sugar, and quantitative … pristine areas in an attempt to maintain self-sufficiency. On the other hand, more open trade may offer better options to … analyze the efficiency and distributional impacts of these agricultural trade policies. The results suggest that removing or …

This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of world trade. Simultaneously, it … has challenged much of the received empirical wisdom about how labor markets adjust to trade shocks. Alongside the … heralded consumer benefits of expanded trade are substantial adjustment costs and distributional consequences. These impacts …