, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security …-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit trade. These programs offer trustworthy trading firms, i.e., Authorized Economic …

, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security …-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit trade. These programs offer trustworthy trading firms, i.e., Authorized Economic …

Accurately classifying products is essential in international trade. Virtually all countries categorize products into …

Accurately classifying products is essential in international trade. Virtually all countries categorize products into …

implementation of the 2013 Trade Facilitation Agreement would reduce the time to trade by 1.5 days. In that case, processing costs …

Trade facilitation policies intend to simplify administrative processes and accelerate the handling of shipments across … borders. Recent research shows that these policies have substantial effects on trade flows. In this chapter, we discuss what … the existing evidence for trade implies for the provision of transportation services. In addition, we make use of a …

provision of intermediation services to investigate how firms' react to changing trade costs and whether and how these firms …

contributions that help unbundle sources for time costs in trade and border effects. First, we provide evidence that at least part … necessary entry processing. Third, we provide evidence that trade costs due to entry delays are heterogeneous across firm types …

trade flows. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that consists of the entire universe of El Salvador's export transactions … decreased order servicing and variable trade costs. As a consequence, firms' exports increased primarily through higher shipping … main policies covered in the 2013 WTO Agreement of Trade Facilitation. …