North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is … accounted for by a small number of plants which were larger and more productive before the implementation of NAFTA and expanded … and became more productive following the implementation of NAFTA. Plants that exported before NAFTA and export …

-entry convex costs of adjusting their exporting activity and, as a result, a significant share of the productivity gains from trade …

North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is … accounted for by a small number of plants which were larger and more productive before the implementation of NAFTA and expanded … and became more productive following the implementation of NAFTA. Plants that exported before NAFTA and export …

-entry convex costs of adjusting their exporting activity and, as a result, a significant share of the productivity gains from trade …

trade shocks on product and labor market power, we exploit China's reductions in input and output tariffs upon its accession …This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on firms' product and labor market power. We estimate the … to the World Trade Organization. We find that trade liberalization has not switched firms away from exercising product …

We adapt the heterogeneous firm trade models of Helpman, Melitz, and Rubinstein (2008) and Lawless (2010) to analyze … extensive and intensive trade margins using state-level exports to foreign nations. Our theoretical analysis provides definitive … negative binomial and its hurdle extension, are used to address non-trading pairs and overdispersion in the extensive trade …

Even if free trade creates net welfare gains for a country as a whole, the associated distributional implications can … undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …

Using provisions to ease the movement of business visitors in trade agreements, we show that removing barriers to the … movement of business people promotes trade. We document the increasing complexity of Free Trade Agreements and develop an … increase bilateral trade flows. …

Even if free trade creates net welfare gains for a country as a whole, the associated distributional implications can … undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …