1. Introduction -- 2. The Multi Fibre Arrangement -- 3. The political economy of trade liberalization in textiles and clothing -- 4. The "winners" and "losers" of trade liberalization in textiles and clothing -- 5. The EU, China and textiles diplomacy under the WTO -- 6. The WTO Agreement on...

Quantitative results from a large class of international trade models depend critically on the elasticity of trade with respect to trade frictions. We develop a simulated method of moments estimator to estimate this elasticity from disaggregate price and trade-flow data using the Ricardian...

This thesis is a collection of three essays in international trade. The thesis broadly addresses various aspects of trade related policies and their effects on consumer welfare. In the first chapter, I examine how global trade liberalization would affect different consumers and countries in...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Agricultural Household Model with Tariffs -- Chapter 3: Data and Estimation -- Chapter 4: Income Gains and Inequality Costs -- Chapter 5: The Trade-Off -- Chapter 6: Alternative Models -- Chapter 7: HIT: Household Impacts of Trade -- Chapter 8:...