Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …' ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms' foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms' trade costs, and exactly through …

Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …' ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms' foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms' trade costs, and exactly through …

We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration …

migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on … trade and migration by exploiting data on gender and age, which allow us to draw inferences on the underlying impact …

How migration relates to internationalization has been a prominent question in international economics for a long time … and its relevance for policy has increased with the amplified political focus on migration. But the role of migration for … internationalization is not as obvious as the standard theory suggests, and tightening migration could have unexpected consequences for …

This paper investigates trade effects of the euro focusing on the impact on bystanders. A common currency is expected … to lower both variable and fixed trade costs, inducing increased trade flows between currency-union members on both … intensive and extensive margins of trade. While this trade-creating effect has gained attention in recent work using firm …