imports. These findings are important, as recent studies point toward a significant positive effect of imported inputs on …

Using detailed data on trade and tariffs from 1992-2007, the authors examine how the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement has … affected trade with nonmembers and external tariffs facing nonmembers. First, the paper examines the effect of preferential and …

, under standard import price and substitution elasticity assumptions, eliminating tariffs on all imports from the European … Union would increase ECOWAS' imports from the European Union by 10.5-11.5 percent for selected ECOWAS countries, namely Cape … Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal. This increase in imports would be accompanied by a 2.4-5.6 percent decrease in total …

This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: The export of skills embodied in goods, services … and Development (OECD) countries from developing countries like Brazil, India, Malaysia, and South Africa as a share of … a deeper analysis of whether development benefits might derive not from deifying comparative advantage but from defying …

We analyze general equilibrium relationships between trade policy and the household distribution of income, decomposing … inequality. This yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics and inequality …

Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed … countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The …

established in 2001 but instead on the terms-of-trade theory of trade agreements to identify negotiating priorities. This paper … uses the lens of the terms-of-trade theory to investigate three areas in which it is frequently alleged that currently … exclusively the domain of developing countries? own trade policies and they are collectively important; 3.5 billion people …

This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time, measuring their concentration across origin countries at … the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the very last years of the sample period … products in OECD imports. They also find evidence of relatively more volatile concentration levels for goods with high quality …

concentration of those imports across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed …This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time and as a function of income levels, measuring the … explained by the growing importance of Chinese products in OECD imports. They also find evidence of relatively more volatile …

disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine … individually larger, with export value extremely concentrated in a few firms. Firm churning rates are disproportionately low and … survival rates of entrants are high. These findings reflect exceptionally high entry costs of export, which are the result of …