Using proprietary data from Alibaba, we examine how the 2015 Food Safety Law (FSL) affects e-commerce in China. The FSL … requires most food sellers on e-commerce platforms to obtain a valid, online license for retail food handling. Because the FSL …, those that had a better online reputation and more online food sales before FSL tend to display their FSL license earlier on …

through the creation and import of new varieties. In this framework, international trade increases economic output through two …

This paper analyzes the short-run trade effects of retaliatory tariffs against agriculture and food exports from the … United States. The results indicate that these tariffs caused a substantial decline in U.S. agriculture and food exports and …

effects of expanding exports to increase support for the incumbent's party, and job insecurity from import competition to …

interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show that import exposure to low-wage countries has adversely affected … Western labor markets. Similarly, they have been used to show that import exposure has increased voter polarization. However … framework, we estimate that labor market adjustments explain most to all of the effect of import exposure on voting, thereby …

since 1995. The paper draws on a variety of data sources but most heavily on the recent World Input-Output Database. China …

supply chains – and how this decision affects performance. We exploit matched customs and balance-sheet data from China …, where exports are classified as ordinary trade, import-and-assembly processing trade (processing firm sources and pays for …