the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) - spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …

language of trade theory, are the benefits from exporting industry specific or factor specific? To analyze this question, we … study the case of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was the 4th largest apparel supplier to the United States market in 2020. Recent … sector. The economy-wide male-female wage gap for less-educated workers in Bangladesh dropped by more than half with the …

This paper explores the quantitative consequences of transatlantic trade liberalization envisioned in a Transatlantic … Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union. Our key innovation is to develop a … new quantitative spatial trade model and to use an associated technique which is extraordinarily parsimonious and tightly …

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from …. Our estimation results indicate a positive and significant impact of EA on trade flows. However, there is an asymmetric … impact of the agreement variable on the trade balance, exports and imports being affected in different ways, which results in …

emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower …-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … the unequal impacts of trade can manifest along different margins. Recent evidence from countries across Europe and the US …

We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with sanctioned states …. According to trade models, sanctions are expected to reduce trade flows as they disrupt established trading routes and economic … relationships with suppliers and customers. However, there may also be instances where countries circumvent trade restrictions by …

Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … with the EU was signed exceeded trade growth of the control group of countries which did not become members …The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade …

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic … growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made … the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic …

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very …

Trust in the citizens of a potential partner country may affect the decision to trade with or to migrate to a foreign … country. This paper employs panel data to examine the causal impact of such bilateral trust on international trade and …