We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade … more likely to be supported by a simultaneous referendum on trade and migration than in one on trade alone? The key to our … analysis is the recognition that for free trade, migration, or trade and migration to be adopted, the relevant policy must pass …

relationships have the opposite signs in economies characterized by skilled migration (relative to the native population). Such …

Trust in the citizens of a potential partner country may affect the decision to trade with or to migrate to a foreign … country. This paper employs panel data to examine the causal impact of such bilateral trust on international trade and … migration patterns. We apply instrumental variables (IV) approaches that capture the exogenous variance of bilateral trust …

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within … on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to the standard trade-to-GDP ratio, we derive and propose an … aggregate freeness-of-trade measure based on phiness of trade. Both measures are instrumented by proxies constructed from …

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to … (equivalent to trade taxes if no domestic production is possible). We review the literature, and argue that the policy equilibrium …

into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … different comparative mode. That their bilateral closeness is deepening is evident in a number of areas. On the trade front …, India-China bilateral trade has increased by a factor of 33 between 1995 and 2007, and this growth has occurred at an …

increased bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows and also from enhanced cohesion of negotiating positions in … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil … the two countries has also significantly increased in recent years. Projections of future trade flows using current growth …

This paper analyzes the impact of migration on destination-country corruption levels. Capitalizing on a comprehensive … find that while general migration has an insignificant effect on the destination country’s corruption level, immigration … understanding of the socio-economic implications associated with migration flows. …