This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and … data by sector and aggregate indicators of international trade for the period 2000-17. Greater trade liberalization and … trade integration are associated with significant declines in market power, with the effect being more pronounced for firms …

international value chains reduces the exchange rate elasticity of gross trade volumes. This result holds both in the short and … larger gross trade flows, relative to GDP, which tends to amplify the effect of exchange rate movements. Overall, combining …

We revisit the relationship between international trade, economic growth and inequality with a focus on Latin America … macroeconomic effects of international trade on economic growth and inequality considering the strength of trade connections as well … as characteristics of countries' export markets and products. Second, we consider event studies of past episodes of trade …

Global trade growth has slowed since 2012 relative both to its strong historical performance and to overall economic … slowdown in trade using a reduced form and a structural approach. Both analytical investigations suggest that the overall … weakness in economic activity, particularly investment, has been the primary restraint on trade growth, accounting for over 80 …

An essential element of the work of the Fund is to monitor and forecast international trade. This paper uses SWIFT … (PMI), to improve the short-term forecast of international trade. A horse race between linear regressions and machine … machine-learning algorithms, confirming the linear relationship between trade and its financing through letters of credit …

shaping global economic outcomes, given its sheer size and trade integration with other key economies, its demand for …

large: up to nine percentage points difference in trade performance can be explained by the quality composition of exports …