equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is …

union membership and job satisfaction in Germany. Cross-sectional analyses reveal a negative correlation, while fixed … of union membership, we generate information on the union density individuals faced in their industry and region. This … time-variant IV suggests no causal impact of individual union membership on job satisfaction. Finally, using different …

This paper discusses the historical and social origins of the bifurcation in the political institutions of China and … Western Europe. An important factor, recognized in the literature, is that China centralized state institutions very early on … different social organizations (clans in China, corporate structures in Europe) that spread in these two societies at the turn …

This paper examines how varying antidumping methodologies applied within the WTO differ in the extent to which they … reduce targeted exports. We show that antidumping duties, on average, hit Chinese exporters harder than those of other … targeted countries. This difference can be traced back in part to China’s non-market economy status, which affects the way AD …

This paper uses Chinese customs data to investigate the trade effects of anti-dumping (AD) policies. Merging firm …

This paper examines how varying antidumping methodologies applied within the WTO differ in the extent to which they … reduce targeted exports. We show that antidumping duties, on average, hit Chinese exporters harder than those of other … differently compared to specific duties or duties conditional on the export price. Overall, however, antidumping duties remain …

This paper investigates the bilateral impacts of antidumping measures, beyond directly targeted products and exporting … firms. It focuses on the country whose exports are most exposed to such measures, China. Product-level analysis shows that … export volumes are negatively affected for products similar to a product targeted by an antidumping case, i.e. belonging to …

agreement between the EU and China can cut EU's total compliance cost significantly. This result is robust for a wide range of …