This paper introduces the first effort to quantitatively document the small arms market by collating field reports and … market is developed and empirically estimated to identify the key determinants of assault rifle prices. Variables which proxy …

This paper focuses on the sluggish growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent years. The analysis uses …

Rapid growth among the major emerging markets over the past 20 years has boosted global demand for commodities. The … increase in energy consumption over this period. As emerging market economies mature and shift towards less commodity …-intensive activities, their demand for commodities may plateau. This paper estimates income elasticities of demand for a range of energy …

This paper presents estimates of time-varying income elasticities of demand for energy and metal commodities. The … analysis finds that the elasticities are close to unity, evaluated at world median per capita income levels. Furthermore, the … estimates confirm that as income rises, demand growth for industrial commodities slows and eventually plateaus. Indeed …

This study assesses the accuracy of time-series econometric methods in forecasting electricity demand in developing … simple heuristic models, which assume that electricity demand grows at an exogenous rate or is proportional to real gross … historical demand trends …

This paper studies the relationship between access to credit, demand shocks, and export market adjustments using firm … demand have a significant influence on the firm's decision to participate in international markets (extensive margin) and on … the firm's share of foreign sales (intensive margin). Foreign shocks to demand only affect the firm's share of foreign …

proposes a theory of firm dynamics emphasizing the interaction between learning about demand and quality choice to explain the … destinations (conditional on initial size) tends to decline with market experience. The authors develop a model of endogenous input …

demand and productivity and lets the mass of firms that enter be endogenous. Trade preferences given by one country have …

This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form … their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective … inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality. However, a model that links demand for redistribution to subjective …