tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was …

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for …) and the Tariff Function (Findlay and Wellisz, 1982) models are significant at the one percent level. Novel is our … application of a single, unified theoretical framework to take strict interpretations of the three theoretical models to the data …

response face a trade-off between maximizing political targeting and mitigating domestic economic harm? We use the recent trade … escalation between the US, China, the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries to answer …

-parametric formulas, we measure how trade modifies the deadweight loss of markups through two channels: (1) trade-induced change in markup … zero-sum welfare effects similar to implicit tariffs that tilt the terms of trade in favor of countries exporting high … compile new data on global profit ownership. Our findings reveal that trade has greatly reshaped the global incidence of …

We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy … regimes ; trade liberalization …

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and … diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics ("brand equity"), whereas trade through an … trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …

trade agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed to lower tariffs and reduce the risks of …

This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements through a … curtailed by a trade agreement that binds tariffs only. We refer to this as the policy substitution problem. When factors of … credibly commit vis-à-vis the domestic lobby unless the trade agreement also regulates production subsidies, thus addressing …

losing Wisconsin by a few thousand votes. Finally, while US trade war tariffs boosted Trump’s support, foreign trade war …