predictions are borne out by our data and discuss their welfare implications in terms of gains from trade. …

, 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 …

We provide quantitative evidence that the primary effects of economic sanctions on trade and welfare are accompanied by … taken into account. Furthermore, while the extraterritorial burden of sanctions on trade falls primarily on target countries …, the corresponding effect on trade among senders and third countries is positive. General equilibrium analysis suggests …

Do trade integration and fiscal competition contribute to shape the economic landscape? The answer is yes. This paper … 1990-1998 to address this question. Brazil is a natural case study because this country liberalized trade during the 1990s … and their sub-national governments engaged in a fiscal dispute. Econometric results show that trade liberalization has had …

We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … only directly but also indirectly through discipline. Using extensive data on international cartels, we find that trade …

. Owing to this linkage, trade cost reductions induce cartel members to adjust their sales, not only due to direct effects …, but also due to spillover effects related to cartel discipline. We apply these ideas to preferential trade agreements … (PTAs) and show that the indirect effects can give rise to trade diversion. We also characterize the welfare effects of …

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. …