Was the collapse of world trade between 1928 and 1937 caused by higher transport costs, increased protectionism or the … equilibrium effects of bilateral distance, international borders, and the payment system on trade. My results suggest that had … average tari and non-tari trade barriers remained at their 1928 level, total international trade would have been 64.6 % higher …

countries despite their very different levels of development. We then study how firm performance and trade policy affect pricing … more to market. More importantly, we identify significant effects of trade-policy instruments on pricing-to- market: Higher … import tariffs on a destination market are associated with less pricing-to-market, whereas non-tariff measures are associated …

We propose a simple method to identify the effects of unilateral and non-discriminatory trade policies on bilateral … trade within a theoretically-consistent empirical gravity model. Specifically, we argue that structural gravity estimations … should be performed with data that include not only international trade flows but also intra-national trade flows. The use of …

-Maximilians-Universität München. It includes six self-contained chapters which deal with the following topics in empirical international trade and …, trade, and informal employment as illustrated by the maquiladora industry in Mexico (chapter 4), the interaction between … migration and trade and their effects on unemployment (chapter 5), and the dynamics of democracy and income chapter 6). …

trade using a theory-consistent structural gravity model. We exploit a rich panel data set including domestic trade flows … effect of past and potential future trade facilitation efforts for middle, low and high income countries. Full endowment … general equilibrium effects suggest that lower and middle income countries benefit most in all scenarios in terms of trade and …

trade using a theory-consistent structural gravity model. We exploit a rich panel data set including domestic trade flows … effect of past and potential future trade facilitation efforts for middle, low and high income countries. Full endowment … general equilibrium effects suggest that lower and middle income countries benefit most in all scenarios in terms of trade and …

In this paper we study how international trade in goods and services interact at the firm level. Using a rich dataset … liberalization of service trade has direct and sizable effects on goods trade and vice-versa. Moreover, sourcing goods and services …

In this paper, we estimate the trade effects of a transit system upgrading that streamlines border processing in … of new trade relationships are important to interpret trade facilitation policy. This evidence informs an important … policy covered by the 2013 WTO Agreement of Trade Facilitation. …