We quantify the effect of container technology on transport costs and trade by estimating the modal choice between … containerization and breakbulk shipping using micro-level trade data. The model is motivated by novel facts that relate container usage … trade increase since its inception: a quantitative exercise suggests that Turkish and U.S. maritime exports would have been …

Entrepôts are hubs that facilitate trade between various origins and destinations. We study the role these hubs, and … the networks they form, play in international trade. Using novel data, we trace the paths of containerized goods entering … the United States. We show that the majority of trade is indirect and sent through a small number of entrepôts, resulting …

incentives for economic activity to concentrate. Our theory provides a novel scaling law; a magnification effect; and reveals a …

We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … only directly but also indirectly through discipline. Using extensive data on international cartels, we find that trade …

transport infrastructure investments across continuous space. Allowing for intra- and international trade, the resulting … investment schedules, on the effects of intercontinental trade or of privatized infrastructure provision. …