In this paper we provide estimates of the effects of international transport costs on firms’ exports and disentangle …-level trade and transport cost data and, in order to account for endogeneity, we exploit the exogenous variation in these costs … associated with the non-trade related closure of the main bridge connecting two countries. …

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects …-level research, and case studies) supports the view that trade openness contributes greatly to growth. Moreover, trade openness does … not have systematic effects on the poor beyond its effect on overall growth. Trade policy is only one of many determinants …

This paper uses an applied general equilbrium model to decompose the effects of changes in trade and technology …-related variables on wages of skilled and unskilled labor between 1982 and 1996 in the United States. The results indicate that trade …-related variables (tariff cuts, improvement in the terms of trade, and the increase in the trade deficit) had little impact on the …

effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners … regional free trade arrangements should be used to accelerate, rather than postpone, needed structural reform. …

We examine the sales of French manufacturing firms in 113 destinations, including France itself. Several regularities … stand out: (1) the number of French firms selling to a market, relative to French market share, increases systematically … adopt a model of firm heterogeneity and export participation which we estimate to match moments of the French data using the …

This study reviews the contents and implications of major trade agreements, as well as the consequences of failing to … secure agricultural trade policy reform. …

Examines the impact of MERCOSUR on employment in Argentina. …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export … data we confirm that firms adjust on both margins for market size. In a stochastic setting, firms adjust to increased …

-product-destination level French export data we show that, in line with the predictions of the model, firms adjust on both margins for market … convex marginal cost function. Firms adjust to increased uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume …This paper analyzes how firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and …

duopoly where firms compete in two spatially separated markets. We show that firms always have nonnegative incentives to … Parameterbereiche existieren in denen die Unternehmen nach einer exogenen Senkung der Transportkosten die Produktdifferenzierung …