We improve the study of the effects of a Currency Union on trade. Using data on French exports at the firm level, we … compute an intensive and extensive margins of French exports - with a variety dimension - over the period 1998 … extensive margins. We also provide some evidence that the euro had an additional positive effect on the extensive margin; this …

This work investigates the motivations behind the Chinese fiscal policy on exports. It relies on very detailed product … terms of trade. Our results suggest that the Chinese fiscal policy targeting exports follows a variety of objectives whose …