Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative Advantage -- 3. Gainers and Losers -- 4. Scale and Scope -- 5. Across Firms within Industries -- 6. Offshoring and Outsourcing -- 7. Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This paper assesses whether the sensitivity of bilateral trade volumes to various trade cost factors is constant or varies across countries. It utilizes a random coeffcients model and analyses a cross-sectional sample of bilateral trade data for 96 countries in 2005. We expect the elasticity of...

Earlier work established the notion that international terrorism harms international trade. This evidence was based on annual data with responses in the same year as attacks and incidents and on empirical models which ignored general equilibrium effects. We provide evidence that, if at all,...