The recent literature on firm-to-firm trade has documented salient empirical regularities of the buyer-seller network … assessment of theoretical models that aim to identify the determinants of firm-to-firm networks in international trade. …

Standard new trade models depict producers as heterogeneous in total factor productivity. In this paper, I adapt the … Eaton and Kortum (2002) model of international trade to incorporate tradable intermediate goods and producer heterogeneity … in value-added productivity. In equilibrium, this yields a positive relationship between the international trade …

Over the last 20 years the trade literature repeatedly documented the trade-reducing effects of inter- and intra … underlying political borders. However, when observed border effects are not caused by political trade barriers, why should their … "border effect" in the absence of a border. Thereby, the finding that trade between East- and West-Japan is 23.1% - 51 …

This paper examines the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic on China’s trade. Using … quarterly transaction-level trade data of all Chinese firms, we find that firms in regions with local transmission of SARS … regions. The affected firms’ trade growth remained lower two years after SARS. Products that are more capital-intensive, skill …

-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different implications of the growing importance of trade in intermediate inputs. The first … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … and estimates the importance of international trade in intermediate inputs and internationally mobile capital for the …

This paper identifies a "border" effect in the absence of a border. The finding that trade between East- and West …-Japan is 23.1 to 51.3 percent lower than trade within both country parts, is established despite the absence of an obvious east …-lasting historical shocks, are identified as an explanation for the east-west bias in intra-Japanese trade. …

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of … and customs procedures are in place. Changing trade patterns between USA and Mexico and China suggests that proximity and … low trade barriers are important determinants of the extent and nature of vertical specialization. Thus, a larger share of …

I develop a theory of risk diversification through geography. In a general equilibrium trade model with monopolistic … both the probability of entry and the level of trade flows to a market are increasing in the Diversification Index. The … firms' risk diversification behavior can generate, upon a trade liberalization, a strong competitive pressure on prices …

The study aims to analyze the border effects on intra-African trade through the use of a gravity specification based on … the monopolistic competition model of trade introduced by Krugman (1980). The study used CEPII data on trade flows between … African countries over the period 1980-2006. We accommodate for the signifcant number of zero trade flows between several …