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While neoclassical theory emphasizes the impact of trade on wage inequality between occupations and industries, more recent theories of firm heterogeneity point to the impact of trade on wage dispersion within occupations and industries. Using linked employer-employee data for Brazil, we show...

Trade effects the size of firms in the economy differentially. Exporting firms tend to become larger relative to non-exporting firms. This affects different workers in the economy differentially. We develop a two-sided matching model with heterogeneous firms and heterogeneous workers and firm...

We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries that firms direct FDI disproportionately to markets with income levels similar to their home market. Then we develop a model featuring non-homothetic preferences for quality and...