In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very …

This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage …

inverse trade-conflict relationship, but is the opposite of the conclusion reached by Gartzke et al. (2001), who reject the … opportunity costs as the basis for the inverse trade-conflict relationship, thus implying that one need not rely on signaling. …

This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the … Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns …) that taking into account the interaction effects between trade, education and governance by reforming the policies …

This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor … services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii …) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors, but only under the condition that the trade policy be open …

-country stochastic endowment model focusing on the implications of product market integration reducing trade frictions across national … product markets. It is shown that lower trade frictions may increase the marginal costs of public funds, which gives an …

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic … growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made … the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic …

Trust in the citizens of a potential partner country may affect the decision to trade with or to migrate to a foreign … country. This paper employs panel data to examine the causal impact of such bilateral trust on international trade and …

This paper explores the quantitative consequences of transatlantic trade liberalization envisioned in a Transatlantic … Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union. Our key innovation is to develop a … new quantitative spatial trade model and to use an associated technique which is extraordinarily parsimonious and tightly …