Banks play a critical role in facilitating international trade, in particular by reducing the risk of trade … show that a modification of the standard model of payment contract choice in international trade is needed to rationalize … transactions. This paper uses unique information on the trade finance business of U.S. banks to document new empirical patterns …

evolvement of Russian wheat exports over time, with respect to main destination regions. The focus on Russia’s food trade with …Over the past two decades, the Black Sea region has exhibited significantly growing wheat production and exports. In …. Mostly serving destination markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Russian grain exports have become vital …