tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was …

extraordinary tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was …

This paper investigates the international spillover effects of U.S. trade protection. Using micro-level data on anti …-dumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards, I develop a new measure of U.S. trade policy announcement shocks for the period 1988-2015 that … is free of confounding factors. Estimates using the new measure indicate that announced, but not yet imposed, U.S. trade …

perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of … Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and … diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics (brand equity), whereas trade through an … trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and … diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics ('brand equity'), whereas trade through an … trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …

In this paper, trade policy formation is incorporated into an economic geography model. The political setup used is a … contributions. On the basis of the underlying trade framework, lobbying activity is performed in benefit of capital interests …. Optimal policy outcomes indicate that the largest countries and countries that are disadvantaged by trade regulation favour …

equilibrium models of trade. We follow a dual approach, highlighting how general equilibrium distributional aspects of social … inequality results in trade theory that are focused strictly on functional rather than household inequality. As an application of … for a broad class of models. …