We empirically investigate the responsiveness of international trade to the stringency of environmental regulation …. Stringent environmental regulation may impair the export competitiveness of ‘dirty’ domestic industries, and as a result … equilibrium model of trade and pollution nesting the pollution haven motive for trade with the factor endowment motive. We analyze …

Transaction costs are a major reason why international trade flows are much smaller than traditional trade theory would … suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the mystery of missing trade can be attributed to the …

We examine the setting of national competition policy in a two-country setting,emphasizing the relationship of trade to … equilibrium distributional effects of competition policy, therelationship of national competition policy to terms-of-trade gains … and losses,the implications of "distinct national markets" linked through trade (thestarting point for all trade theorists …