LMU Munich in February 2019. It consists of four selfcontained chapters that empirically investigate different trade … dampening phenomena using gravity analysis. The first two chapters examine the effects of anti-dumping duties on trade …, addressing endogeneity concerns linked to trade policy. In particular, Chapter 1 exploits the EU enlargement of 2004 as a natural …

Most trade theories assume bilateral trade relationships are forged on the basis of some comparative advantages, scale … considerations, market structure or some productivity advantage of firms. Since these factors change slowly, bilateral trade … relationships should be stable. However, we argue that over half of the non-zero bilateral trade relationships are of temporary …

This paper analyzes the role of product quality and labor efficiency in shaping the trade patterns and trade … import prices, suggesting that rich countries trade goods of relatively higher quality. Instead of relying on specific demand … country North-South trade model with two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. Differences in firms'; product qualities and cost …

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 …

Gravity equations have been used for more than 50 years to estimate ex post the partial effects of trade costs on … international trade flows, and the well-known - and traditionally presumed exogenous - "trade-cost elasticity" plays a central role … in computing general equilibrium trade-flow and welfare effects of trade-cost changes. This paper addresses theoretically …

In this paper we study factor content of the CEE agricultural trade. In order to account for differences in technology … Staiger (1986) who consider a trade equilibrium in which factor prices are allowed to differ across countries and Lai and Zhu … the factor content of trade. We find that the first two hypotheses are confirmed by the majority of developed countries …

leads to free trade agreements with key external partners. Every ASEAN member will share in these benefits. There will be … mild trade and investment diversion effects, but the world as a whole will benefit from the AEC. Nevertheless, the AEC …

global income gains of $295 billion (including $78 billion for the United States) and offers a pathway to free trade in the …