This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … heterogeneity and the connection between firm-level performance and international trade. They provide evidence on the remarkable …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …

comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses several forms and the prevalence of forced labour …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …

comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses several forms and the prevalence of forced labour …

This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market … distributions are asymmetric because the foreign firm incurs a trade cost to serve the domestic market. We show that the foreign …, justifying the use of contingent trade policy on efficiency grounds. Despite an environment of asymmetric information, contingent …

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and … diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics (`brand equity'), whereas trade through an … trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …