This chapter discusses the role of military interventionism and aid in nation-building. We argue that (1) intervention …) produces undesired outcomes not only for the target country of foreign intervention but also the intervening power. In line ….S. military aid has not been successful in enhancing military capacity in the recipient countries of military aid, but has rather …

the equilibrium with an informal sector. -- offshoring ; informal sector ; maquiladoras ; trade and labor markets ; Mexico …

over time. We allow for endogenous markups and consider the effect of trade policy on both the intensive and extensive …, domestic trade liberalization results in lower aggregate and average technology for domestic intermediate good producers. …We develop a dynamic model of intermediate goods trade in which the pattern and the extent of intermediate goods trade …

helping developing countries trade and grow. For researchers, the good news is that there is plenty of room for progress, with …Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system …

exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect is driven by developing countries and by refusals without any product … does not prove) the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United …

We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly …, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal preferences is highly unstable across specifications. However, once … we allow for heterogeneous effects, results become robust and economically important. Specifically, NRTPs have a strong …

While it is well understood that industrialized countries use aid to grant political favors, little research covers … alternative channels such as trade policy towards developing countries. We analyze eligibility investigations and revoking of U …

We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every … along the different dimensions of globalization. We also disentangle trade and financial globalization within the economic …