Exporting firms in France, the Netherlands, and Russia cluster by destination beyond that expected by GDP or ports (Choquette and Meinen 2011; Koenig 2009). It is unknown if this also occurs in the United States. The difficulty of obtaining U.S. customs data is the reason this remains unknown. Using...

The Philippines has undertaken substantial trade-policy reforms since the 1980s. However, the poverty impact is not very clear and has been the subject of intense debate, most crucial of which is the likely poverty effects of liberalizing the highly protected agricultural sector. A CGE...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the effects of WTO accession on the economic growth of China, and the paths of those effects. Design/methodology/approach – This article carries out a theoretical and empirical analysis on the effect on China's economic growth from WTO...