Introduction : geographical and historical background -- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium -- World … trade 1000-1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan -- World Trade 1500-1650 : old world trade and new world silver … -- World trade 1650-1780 : the age of mercantilism -- Trade and the industrial revolution -- World trade 1780-1914 : the great …

World trade evolves at two margins. Where a bilateral trading relationship already exists it may increase through time … have not traded with each other in the past (extensive margin). We provide an empirical dissection of post-World-War- II … growth in manufacturing world trade along these two margins. We propose a "cornersolutions- version"of the gravity model to …