the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these … inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in global trade affect the developed and developing worlds differently. Using … static and dynamic panel data analysis, it is found that while increases in trade per se do not lead to greater territorial …

Economic growth and trade liberalization since the 1970s have led to rapid growth in exports from many developing …

This Paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South and South-South trade-related R&D spillovers. It is the first, as … constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South and South-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in …

livestock if economic returns are negative, or are these estimates wrong? We discuss potential explanations, including labor … market failures, for why livestock investments may persist. …

) bilateral trade openness reduces bilateral cultural distance; (ii) the more differentiated the products, the more trade reduces … cultural distance; (iii) trade openness has a lock-in effect on culture. Third, we test the model using an instrumental … bilateral trade openness translates into a 43% standard deviation decrease in bilateral cultural distance. …

inefficiency and stresses a need for institutional adjustments. We show that cooperation by water trade and the introduction of …

-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We … characterize the joint patterns of trade and FDI when countries differ in income distribution and size and show that FDI is more …

middle educated workers. Trade openness is also associated with polarization, but this is not robust to controls for …