If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non …

Is the pattern of trade correlated with cross-sector differences in job turnover? Theoretically, external shocks feed …

and exogenous test. I will use the World Trade Database to systematically test this hypothesis in a gravity model of trade …. World energy prices are used to bypass issues of endogeneity regarding primary exports. A one percent increase in world …

Recent studies of individual attitudes toward immigration emphasize concerns about labor market competition as a potent … labor market competition, which anticipate that individuals will oppose immigration of workers with similar skills to their … are almost identical among individuals in the labor force (i.e., those competing for jobs) and those not in the labor …

impact of education on attitudes toward trade is almost identical among respondents in the active labor force and those who …Recent studies of public attitudes toward trade have converged upon one central finding: support for trade restrictions … Stolper-Samuelson theorem, the classic economic treatment of the income effects of trade which predicts that trade openness …

the last decade or multilateral liberalization within the World Trade Organization. …Trade preferences towards developing countries do not seem to have been up to the expectations they created in the … which caused its gradual loss of relevance in international trade relationships. Finally, I consider the causes of GSP …

A key element of the EU’s free trade and preferential trade agreements is the extent to which they deliver improved … in Europe, including the countries of the Balkans. Previous preferential trade schemes have been ineffective in …’ agreement and free trade agreements with countries in the Balkans to generate substantial improvements in access to the EU …

their campaign contributions to free trade supporters than labor groups do. Among low turnover industries, on the other hand …This paper examines the hypothesis that turnover affects trade preferences. High turnover industries are similar to the … Stolper- Samuelson assumption of perfect factor mobility, so factor of production drives trade preferences. Among low turnover …

A key area of focus in the economic reform process and the design of a favorable business environment is labor market … five years since the beginning of Economic reforms, the new Labor Law was passed in July 2003. This is not the only … weakness of the labor market reform; more importantly is that the new law did not actually bring any significant changes that …