local retail market concentration. Overall, we obtain support for the model’s predictions and argue that the observed …

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

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to … is inefficient. This inefficiency is exacerbated by market failure in long run contracts for exploration and development …

Antidumping creates opportunities for abuse to stifle market competition. Whether cartels actually abuse trade policy … that matches cartel investigations with trade data at the product level. We then estimate the world import price and … higher world import prices and lower quantities during cartel periods, and to induce the establishment of a cartel. The …

business lines; there is default clustering in the GI industry; different reinsurance levels also affect the credit risk of …

It is widely recognized that market failureʺ prevents efficient risk sharing in natural disaster insurance. As a …