analyzes the relationship between the market structure of the nonprimary sectors and equilibrium adjustments to shocks in the …

(CSFR), and Romania in the period since the initiation of market-oriented reforms in these countries. The paper reviews …

This paper uses disaggregated trade data to assess how the expansion of China's production capacity and its changing … production structure may be affecting its trade linkages with other countries. It finds that China is moving away from … recent increase in its trade balance. In addition, as China moves up the value chain, both its imports and exports have …

A large data set on trade in manufactured products is used to evaluate the performance of a model that combines both … trade models play an important role in explaining relative exports. …

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects …-level research, and case studies) supports the view that trade openness contributes greatly to growth. Moreover, trade openness does … not have systematic effects on the poor beyond its effect on overall growth. Trade policy is only one of many determinants …

China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … substantially during the past decade. This has rendered trade elasticities estimated using aggregate data highly unstable, with more …