on the volume of intermediate goods trade and the number of varieties produced are mutually reinforcing, resulting in a …

exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect is driven by developing countries and by refusals without any product … does not prove) the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United …

Quantifying the welfare effects of trade liberalization is a core issue in international trade. Existing frameworks … quantitative trade framework which explicitly models labor market frictions. To illustrate, we assess the effects of trade and … labor market reforms for 28 OECD countries. Welfare effects of trade agreements are magnified when accounting for employment …

trade with heterogeneous firms and homogeneous workers. Wage inequality across and within firms results from their different … features obtained from German linked employer-employee data, we investigate how falling trade costs and institutional reforms … interact in shaping labor market outcomes. Focusing on the period 1996-2007, we find that neither trade nor key features of the …

union wage setting. Being interested in the consequences of openness, we show that, in the short-run, trade increases …