This paper combines detailed production data (from the ARD) with international trade data by port to examine the impact … trade shock. The second is to shed new light on the implications of EEC accession for the UK economy. Our results suggest … proximity to the ports through which trade occurs is a proxy for export market access and import competition and thus helps to …

This paper examines how the geography of UK international trade has changed since the UK¿s accession tothe European …

inducing the most productive formal firms to engage in trade. The model also predicts market share reallocations towards the …

regional trade agreements involving the US. We exploit the variation in the frequency with which the US has granted immediate … duty free access (IDA) to its Free Trade Area partners across tariff lines. A key finding is that the US has granted IDA … Uruguay Round (multilateral) 'concessions' have emulated subsequent (preferential) trade liberalisation. We conclude from this …

particular, and in contrast with estimates of the trade effect of other currency unions, we find that the impact of the euro on … trade has been close to zero. After reviewing the costs and benefits, we conclude with some open questions on normative and …

Firms face competing needs to expand product variety and reduce production costs. Trade policy affects firm investments … recapture these lost markups. I provide a theory detailing this conflicting impact of trade policy and address welfare gains … from trade. Accounting for firm heterogeneity, I show support for the theoretical predictions with firm-level innovation …

A recent boom in commodities-for-manufactures trade between China and other developing countries has led to much …