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Maquiladoras and informality : a mixed blessing

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - 2011

Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a … market outcomes in Mexico. We develop a heterogeneous firm model with imperfect labor markets that captures salient features … the equilibrium with an informal sector. -- offshoring ; informal sector ; maquiladoras ; trade and labor markets ; Mexico …

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Growth and trade with frictions : a structural estimation framework

Anderson, James E.; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2015

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through changes in consumer and producer prices that in turn stimulate or impede physical capital accumulation. At the same time, growth affects trade, directly through changes in...

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International trade and unemployment : a quantitative framework

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario - 2012

Quantifying the welfare effects of trade liberalization is a core issue in international trade. Existing frameworks assume perfect labor markets and therefore ignore the effects of aggregate employment changes for welfare. We develop a quantitative trade framework which explicitly models labor...

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Estimating general equilibrium trade policy effects : GE PPML

Anderson, James E.; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2015

We develop a simple estimation procedure for general equilibrium (GE) comparative static analysis of gravity models. Non-linear solvers of estimated models are replaced by (constrained) regressions. Applied economists can more readily generate results, with more intuition about the working of...

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Unlocking new methods to estimate country-specific trade costs and trade elasticities

Freeman, Rebecca; Larch, Mario; Theodorakopoulos, Angelos; … - 2021

We propose new methods to identify the full impact of country-specific characteristics on bilateral trade flows within the framework of ‘the new quantitative trade model.' We complement theory with a simple two-stage estimating procedure, and offer a proof of concept by quantifying the impact...

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A tale of (almost) 1001 coefficients : deep and heterogeneous effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union

Larch, Mario; Schmeißer, Aiko F.; Wanner, Joschka - 2019

In view of the deferred start of negotiations for the modernization of the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey (CU-EUT), we look back and analyse the ex post trade consequences of the CU-EUT. Employing up-to-date econometric best practices for regional integration agreements, we quantify...

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Estimating the effects of nondiscriminatory trade policies within structural gravity models

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2017

We propose a simple method to identify the effects of unilateral and non-discriminatory trade policies on bilateral trade within a theoretically-consistent empirical gravity model. Specifically, we argue that structural gravity estimations should be performed with data that include not only...

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Subnational income growth and international border effects

Adam, Hanna L.; Larch, Mario; Stadelmann, David - 2021

This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational (i.e. regional) growth. We construct an extensive panel dataset covering 1,350 regions in 86 countries worldwide between 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international...

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Institutions, trade and development : a quantitative analysis

Beverelli, Cosimo; Keck, Alexander; Larch, Mario; … - 2018

We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the...

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Estimating the effects of trade agreements : lessons from 60 years of methods and data

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2023

Starting with Tinbergen (1962), quantifying the effects of regional trade agreements (RTAs) on international trade flows has always been among the most popular topics in the trade literature. Also not surprisingly, to estimate the effects of RTAs, most researchers and policy analysts have relied...

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