predicted local trade to predicted frictionless local trade) and the Total Factor Productivity effect of changing incidence. A …Specialization alters the incidence of manufacturing trade costs to buyers and sellers, with pro-and anti …

Global value chains have fundamentally transformed international trade and development in recent decades. We use … matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … firms position themselves in global production lines and how this evolves with productivity and performance over the firm …

is unchanged. A higher-quality foreign workforce raises the variety of contractual trade, but at the expense of generics …

differ by export mode. We find that demand and productivity evolve more favorably under direct exporting, though the fixed …/sunk costs of this option are higher. Our results suggest that had China not liberalized its direct trading rights when it joined …

the effects of temperature on firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), factor inputs, and output. We detect an inverted … manufacturing sector produces 32% of national GDP and supplies 12% of global exports …

We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity estimates for China's manufacturing … sector that spans her entry into WTO. We find that productivity growth is among the highest compared to other countries. For … our preferred estimate, the weighted average annual productivity growth for incumbents is 2.7% for a gross output …

This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doctrine. We build a … model where an unequal distribution of land quality in presence of trade opportunities conferred differential gains from … trade across regions, fostering predatory behavior by groups residing in the poorly endowed territories. We show that in …

-output linkages, affecting both trade and inflation. 2) Inflation can be higher under sector-specific labor shortages relative to a … domestic aggregate demand shocks in explaining Euro Area inflation over 2020-21. 4) International trade did not respond to … changes in GDP as strongly as it did during the 2008-09 crisis despite strong demand for goods. These lower trade elasticities …