The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...

Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- 2 Economic Effects of Labor Standards -- 3 Collective Bargaining and Economic Performance - A Short Review of the Theory -- 4 Empirical...