We propose a simple model of trade outside the law preyed on by robbers and possiblyprotected by private cops. We … establish the conditions for trade collapse, secure trade andinsecure trade. Endogenous predation and enforcement can explain … both puzzling failures ofcommonly observed state policies against illegal trade and puzzlingly large trade responses …

technology adoption and trade in a world of two countriesfacing different technology adoption costs. It shows that a reduction in …

equilibrium model of trade that incorporates bilateral 'iceberg' trade costs. The model results in a gravity equation from which … historical factors like distance and colonial linkages but also by tariffs and free trade agreements …International trade costs are of vital importance because they determine trade patterns and therefore economic …

of Vaiṣṇavism across the Bay of Bengal: Trade Networks and State Formation in Early Historic Southeast Asia -- 4 …. Religion and Early Trade in the Western Indian Ocean: Ideology and Knowledge Exchanges across the Indian Ocean World -- 5 … Chinese Porcelains -- 10. Eurasia, Medicine and Trade: Arabic Medicine in East Asia: How it came to Be There and how it was …