the Doha Development Agenda. The dispersion of tariffs remains very large, translating into sizeable economic distortions … are introduced in a CGE exercise using Mirage. We find that trade and welfare gains are halved when excluding peaks from …

For several years, preferential trade agreements have been oriented towards initiating a deep integration process … also raise new costs impeding trade. The aim of this paper is to verify that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have a … higher positive effect on trade inside the area when they are bound by a democratic constraint. To achieve this, we use an …

For several years, preferential trade agreements have been oriented towards initiating a deep integration process. As a … have a higher impact on trade inside the area concerned by the agreement. The aim of this paper is to verify that … preferential trade agreements (PTAs), which are bound by a democratic constraint, have a higher positive effect on trade inside the …

For several years, preferential trade agreements have been oriented towards initiating a deep integration process … also raise new costs impeding trade. The aim of this paper is to verify that preferential trade agreements (ptas) have a … higher positive effect on trade inside the area when they are bound by a democratic constraint. To achieve this, we use an …

inequalities and trade patterns. We analyze the effect of redistributive policies on the production patterns and welfare. We … distinguish an intensive and an extensive channels through which an increase of demand - driven by redistribution or trade opening … - leads to output growth inside a country and in its partner country. Trade between dierent countries (in terms of income or …

development provide the basis for trade. When preferences exhibit risk vulnerability as defined by Gollier and Pratt [1996 …This paper proposes an international trade model under uncertainty in which international differences in financial …], financial development reduces individuals’ risk aversion. Hence, international differences in financial development can induce …

bilateral trade flows. Our contribution is to disentangle the impact of export and import barriers, estimated as border effects …We analyze the impact of trade integration on plant TFP using Chilean plant-level data (1982–1999) and 3-digit … within a multilateral context. A fall in export barriers is positively correlated with plant productivity in traded sectors …

This article provides evidence that patent protection can have a positive effect on trade, by analysing the impact of … products, following intense lobbying efforts from the US pharmaceutical industry to have the Trade-Related Aspects of … Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement included in the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). A gravity model …