In this paper, we empirically assess the causal links between trade and individual income risk and study the role that …-industry changes in imports and exports are causally related to income risk: Imports increase risk and exports decrease risk, and they … and the linkage between trade and risk: While, on average, individuals with higher levels of industry- or occupation …

unions to estimate the effect of currency unions on trade using (then-) conventional gravity models. In this paper, we use a … variety of empirical gravity models to estimate the currency union effect on trade and exports, using recent data which … a smaller trade effect than other currency unions; it has a mildly stimulating effect at best. Third and most …

This paper studies the cross-country patterns of risky innovation and growth through the lens of international trade …. We use a simple theoretical framework of risky quality upgrading by firms under varying levels of financial development … correlated with the country's level of financial development. We then test these two hypotheses using data on disaggregated (HS10 …

"This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … uses the estimates of this empirical analysis to evaluate the welfare effect of trade reform. The analysis proceeds in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …

Competition between opposing lobbies is an important factor in the endogenous determination of trade policy. This paper … investigates empirically the consequences of lobbying competition between upstream and downstream producers for trade policy. The … theoretical structure underlying the empirical analysis is the well-known Grossman-Helpman model of trade policy determination …

This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … uses the estimates of this empirical analysis to evaluate the welfare effect of trade reform. The analysis proceeds in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …

in trade barriers in a partner country. When trade policies are determined simultaneously in the two countries, we show … the possibility of multiple political equilibria - countries may both be protectionist or trade freely with each other …. Starting with trade protection in both countries, a unilateral reform in one country is thus shown to bring about a free trade …

, it can be argued that, in a trade policy context, bending policy in a direction that would suit foreigners may not in … fact be harmful: If the policy outcome absent any lobbying by foreigners is characterized by welfare-reducing trade … welfare). Using a new data set on foreign political activity in the US, this paper investigates the relationship between trade …