commodities that were in high demand (e.g., rubber and coffee) between 1891 and 1930 ended up having higher revenues per capita …

We examine the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica. Examining … the production dynamics of the universe of Costa Rican coffee mills from 1999-2014, we find that FT certification is … associated with a higher sales price, greater sales, and more revenues. As expected, these effects are greater when global coffee …

support for international collusive agreements concerning certain commodities (e.g., coffee). This behavior raises questions … light on why the United States supported (or failed to support) international commodity agreements for coffee, sugar, and …

of ownership changes on coffee mills in Rwanda - an industry in which managing relationships with farmers and seasonal …

We add to recent evidence on deindustrialization and document a new pattern: increasing industry polarization over time … deindustrialization, and sectoral trade integration is important for industry polarization through specialization. The interaction of …

decline, and these regions underwent de-industrialization as a consequence. How different was Ottoman experience from the rest … of the poor periphery? Was de-industrialization more or less pronounced? Was the terms of trade shock bigger or smaller …? How much of Ottoman de-industrialization was due to falling world trade barriers -- ocean transport revolutions and …

Like the rest of the poor periphery, Mexico had to deal with de-industrialization forces between 1750 and 1913, those … the periphery. This paper explores the sources of Mexican exceptionalism with de-industrialization. It decomposes those …

deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of world industrial output in 1750, this figure had fallen to … only 2 percent by 1900. We ask how much of India's deindustrialization was due to local supply-side forces -- such as … tradable to non-tradable goods and own-wages in the tradable sectors back to 1765. Whether Indian deindustrialization shocks …

some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of … organize our thinking about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India's de-industrialization. The … sectors going back to 1765. With this new relative price evidence in hand, we ask how much of the de-industrialization was due …