This paper provides a new heterogeneous firm model for trade where firms differ in their productivity and experience … different market demand shocks. The model incorporates variations in trade policy, trade preferences, and the rules of origin …

A primary function of trade policy is to restrict imports to benefit the targeted domestic sector. However, a well …-established theoretical literature highlights that the form of trade policy (e.g., quotas versus tariffs) can have a significant impact on how … much trade policy affects firms' abilities to price above marginal cost (i.e., market power). The US steel industry …

There are often conflicts between proponents of trade and environmental activists. This paper shows, however, how trade … agreements can be designed so as to motivate environmental conservation. I first analyze a standard trade model, where resource … exploitation (e.g., deforestation) is a trade-specific investment that causes environmental damage. In this model, traditional …

Foreign-owned manufacturing firms' shares of U.S. trade grew from almost nothing in the 1960s to 7 or 8 per cent of … trade in manufactured goods by the 1980s. It has changed little in the past decade, except for fluctuations related to … and transport equipment do relatively little exporting from the U.S. in comparison with U.S.-owned firms. The trade of the …

Social policies, particularly environmental and labour issues, are not new to trade policy fora including the GATT …. However, they are likely to have a more prominent role in trade policy discussions in the years ahead for the new World Trade … Organization. Many developing countries perceive the entwining of these social issues with trade policy as a threat to both their …

This paper reviews the theoretical arguments for and against linking international labor standards to trade. Based on …

large garment factories in Bangladesh to test for inefficient representation of women among line supervisors. We identify …

women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to …

Data from 70 large export-oriented garment manufacturers in Bangladesh show that gender wage gaps are similar to those …