We improve the study of the effects of a Currency Union on trade. Using data on French exports at the firm level, we …

We estimate the degree of trade integration among Brazilian states and calculate the magnitude of the Brazilian states …' engagement in international trade in the years 1991, 1997, 1998 and 1999 using the methodology of border effects. We show that … interstate trade by a factor of 23 in 1991 and a factor of 13 in 1999, indicating an ongoing process of domestic integration …

We study how the 2004 reform of minimum wage rules in China has affected the survival, average wage, employment and … productivity of local firms. To identify the causal effect of minimum wage growth, we use firm-level data for more than 160 … higher minimum wages fostered aggregate productivity growth thanks to productivity improvements of incumbent firms and net …

terms of trade. Our results suggest that the Chinese fiscal policy targeting exports follows a variety of objectives whose …

to exporters. Indeed, China's VAT system is not neutral, in particular because the exporters may not receive complete … performance in China. Our empirical analysis relies on export volume data at the HS6 product level over the 2003-12 period. To … address potential endogeneity, we exploit an eligibility rule that disqualifies processing trade with supplied materials from …