This dissertation consists of three essays in International Trade. The first essay studies the impact of changing … trade flows to such an extent that the relatively moderate tariff reductions since WW II can explain the strong growth of … world trade. The second essay investigates the sector and country determinants of the range of goods that countries export …

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the … household-level implications of increased foreign investments and trade in the horticulture sector in Senegal. In many aspects …

The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing … to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using … standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first …

oil stocks, demand, and trade in OECD countries. World oil production and OECD demand data are for the years 1970 through … 1992; OECD stocks from 1973 through 1992; and OECD trade from 1982 through 1992. Data for the United States are developed … published sources including International Energy Agency publications, the EIA International Energy Annual, and the trade press …

world. Because of this limitation, quantitative results were limited to Alaskan crude oil prices. All other price and trade … world. The model-generated results cover both crude and product prices as well as petroleum trade flows. The quantitative …