In "new" new international trade theory, whether firms export or not are determined by their productivity. These models … an alternative way to model whether firms export or not, namely as a firm-level decision akin to an investment decision … with a real option value. We show that endogenizing the export decision is consistent with patterns of productivity and …

It is widely believed that globalization increases the volatility of employment and decreases the bargaining power of … international trade increasing competition and therefore the price elasticity of product demand, exporters are predicted to have … control for issues of self-selection and endogeneity in the firms' decisions to export by providing fixed effects and …

played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a … countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied …

Although public policy is influenced by the perception that workers worry about the impact of trade on their jobs … of the impact of trade are related to their career paths, job characteristics, and local labor market conditions …

import as well as the export activity of the firm. These two innovations allow us to avoid large biases that characterized … recent theories that aim at explaining participation both in export and import markets and at including non …-neoclassical labor market features into trade models. …

The EU and the US have started negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) which …. Thus export simulation studies in combination with input output analysis and employment analysis is useful. In the analysis … effect of a 20% export expansion in Germany amounts to about 800 000 new jobs. Looking only at the US and German perspective …

This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United … clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional exposure to trade competition from China. While the impacts of … technology are present throughout the United States, the impacts of trade tend to be more geographically concentrated, owing in …

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very … the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …

stagnant export shares. The limited export competitiveness has hampered external demand, growth and employment. Applying, for … misalignments. Intra-regional trade – both with North Africa and the rest of the continent – together with greater orientation to …

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists … and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to …. Specialization based on comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then …