This paper investigates the asymmetries in trade spillovers from sector-specific technology shocks in China to selected … euro area countries. We use a Ricardian-gravity trade model to estimate sectoral competitiveness in individual euro area … different specialization patterns. This raises the question of the distribution of gains and losses from external trade shocks …

trade, while accommodating asymmetries in trade flows. A new equation for the proportion of exporting firms takes a gravity … multilateral resistance terms with which to capture the comparative static effects of changes in trade costs. For isolated … bilateral changes in trade frictions, multilateral resistance effects are small for most countries. However, if all countries …

This paper provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of agricultural trade using a gravity model. The data … set covers bilateral trade in agricultural goods for 152 countries over the periods 1990-93 and 1999-2002. The estimations … geographic determinants of trade. However, some developing regions that are often thought to be the main victims of industrial …