The question of whether trade affects conflict is important for public policy. To date, theoretical studies have treated trade or the gains from trade as exogenous. However, a dyad's gains from trade are influenced by a number of factors, including foreign aid, tariffs, contiguity, and relative...

This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

This article examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

Despite a more rapid increase in female work behavior in the 1970s than in the 1980s, the male–female wage gap in the 1970s narrowed one-eighth as quickly as in the 1980s. This paper uses 1972 through 1988 Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to explain why women’s wages rose less quickly in...

This article presents a theoretical approach to analysing how a country with market power could affect international relations. The liberal view and trade-conflict model claim that if countries seek to protect their trade gains, trade will reduce conflict between pairs of countries, "designated...

This article assesses the relationship between plan characteristics and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) bids. Medicare PDP information data are used to link plan and geographic data for stand-alone prescription drug plans participating in the Part D programme from 2006 to 2008...

In this paper we expand the concept of educational mismatch to incorporate both the quantity and type of schooling into a measure of the distance between schooling and work. The wage effects increase as the distance between schooling and work increases, suggesting heterogeneity of both schooling...