trade patterns in a historical dataset on Chinese rice prices. Our results suggest that spatial features were important for … the expansion of interregional trade. Geography dictates, first, over what distances trade was possible in different … the direction in which a trading network is expanding. Moreover, our analysis captures the impact of new trade routes both …

then simultaneously estimate the impact that changes in domestic sugar prices have on regional wages and employment … experience larger income gains due to higher wages, whereas households at the bottom of the distribution experience larger income …

We develop a model where trade liberalization leads to skill-biased technological change, which in turn raises the … trade, technology and relative returns to skilled and unskilled labour. Moreover, we show that as market integration … continues and trade costs fall below a certain threshold, the relative return to skilled labour may fall. …

The paper investigates the relative importance of trade and immigration for earnings and job mobility of male German … experience. The general finding is that trade matters more than migration, which is contrary to the public attention both … determinants receive, at least in Germany. While wages are affected negatively by a relative increase in imports, immigration …

implications for patterns of trade, migration, and the distribution of the gains from economic activity, both within and between … between population growth, trade policy and migration. This is illustrated with numerical examples emphasizing linkages … between changes in the terms of trade and migration patterns. The numerical analysis highlights issues not immediately evident …

-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 …We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries …

The effects of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI have gone understudied. We employ panel data reported by OECD … diffusion to have no effect in developed nations, but to positively pull FDI (i.e., enhancing inward FDI) and positively push … trade (i.e., enhancing exports) in developing nations. …

firms to serve foreign markets either through exports or local subsidiary sales (FDI). These modes of market access involve … serve the overseas market via FDI. The Paper then explores several implications of the individual firms’ decisions for … aggregate export and FDI sales relative to the domestic and foreign market sizes. In particular, it is shown that firm level …

Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among … liberalization fostered not only trade but also inward investment, confirming that trade and FDI toward developing countries have …, trade policies and the stock of FDI have a positive impact on the incentives to invest in education. This set of findings …

reduce the relative prevalence of FDI or foreign outsourcing. The impact on the composition of offshoring depends on whether …