What precisely were the causes and consequences of the trade wars in the 1930s? Were there perhaps deeper forces at … work in reorienting global trade prior to the outbreak of World War II? And what lessons may this particular historical … from 1920 to 1939 related to the formation of trade blocs (in particular, the British Commonwealth) and short …

Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion … between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to $59 billion over the same period. China is … now Africa's third largest trading partner behind the EU and the US. The Chinese FDI stock in Africa has grown from $49 …

What are the effects of increased trade in goods and services on the trade balance? We study the effects of reducing … transport costs in a Ricardian model with complete asset markets. Trade integration has three effects on the structure of the …, and a reduction in real exchange rate volatility. The reduction in the home bias increases the volatility of the trade …

Recent studies suggest that intranational trade is "excessive' compared to international trade. An intuitive … explanation for this home bias is provided by national trade barriers. A dataset of trade between US states, however, reveals that … patterns. Third, trade flows are higher among states with similar production patterns. The stylized facts are consistent with a …

A network/search view of international trade in differentiated products is proposed. It is shown that this view can … explain the importance of ethnic and extended family ties in trade, the success of diversified trading intermediaries such as … Japan's sogo shosha, and the ubiquity of government export promotion policies such as subsidized trade missions …

I propose a network/search view of international trade in differentiated products. I present evidence that supports the … traded on organized exchanges in matching international buyers and sellers, and that search barriers to trade are higher for …

In 1901, six Australian states joined together in political and economic union, creating an internal free trade area … international trade flows by studying changes in the "border effect" over this time. This is possible because Australian states … reported intra-Australian trade prior to 1901 and for eight years after federation. The results indicate that federation itself …