country’s welfare by reducing its exposure to foreign supply shocks? We use a quantitative trade model to simulate GVCs … decoupling, defined as increased barriers to global input trade. After decoupling, the repercussions of foreign supply shocks are …

guide our theoretical analysis. We propose a model of global sourcing and international trade in which heterogeneous NGOs … campaigns are determined by a triadic gravity equation, i.e. bilateral trade costs between the country of the NGO, the country … internationalization of production, falling trade costs boost the internationalization of NGO campaigns. We use our data to estimate the …

There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household … economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant …

We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 … prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … naturally to a difference in differences estimation, with international differences in trade openness at the sector level …

. In choosing between these alternatives, they face a trade-off between higher variable distance costs when exporting and …

There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household … economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant …

. In choosing between these alternatives, they face a trade-off between higher variable distance costs when exporting and …

This study aims at exploring how recent developments in the retail sector affect trade in consumer goods. It focuses on … and trade policy are complementary. In developing countries the entry of international retailers can have a positive …

We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 … prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … naturally to a difference in differences estimation, with international differences in trade openness at the sector level …