switching channel. Pricing exports in the dominant vs. producer currency mutes the effect of DCF on trade. …We propose a new channel through which exchange rates affect trade. Exploiting the heterogeneity in firms' foreign … currency debt maturity structure around a large depreciation in Colombia, we show that debt revaluation compresses imports due …

connect the theory of trade with heterogeneous firms to the real-world empirical evidence that motivated the development of …

increase in French exports to the new members. While workers benefited overall, those competing most directly with imports … exports to a destination break down into more firms selling there and more buyers per exporter. We develop a quantitative … matching frictions in gravity. In the cross section, we find matching frictions as important as iceberg costs in impeding trade …

In this paper, we zoom in on the firm level of German merchandise foreign trade, using a novel data base with … consolidated reporting of taxable entities and the reporting thresholds present in intra-EU trade have been largely eliminated … distribution of the number of products they trade and the number of countries they trade with. Moreover, we examine the importance …

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to … quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel … estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from …

this sector have the ability to deliver cement either from domestic plants or from imports. Since cement is costly to … transport via land, the difference in marginal cost between local production and imports varies across local markets. The … marginal cost of imports is lower in areas with access to a sea port, decreasing the relative value of investing in local …

This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel … dependence is associated with larger market concentration of imports and with higher tariffs. The effect on the concentration of … database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource …

economy during 2011-2019. We integrate datasets on trade activities, firms', and workers' characteristics for the population …