International operating firms often follow complex market supply strategies, ranging from Exports and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to regional Export Hubs. Explaining the driving forces behind multinational setups and their influence on the agglomeration-core pattern has become an emerging...

How did small exporters fare relative to large exporters during the 2008-09 crisis? Examining the performance of Mexican exporters reveals that crisis did not make smaller exporters more likely to exit, grow less, or expand their product line less. Workhorse models of trade, in response to an...

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) represents a powerful response by the United States to flagrant offshore tax evasion. Although the new reporting regime has been criticized as unilateral and extraterritorial, this short article, prepared for a symposium hosted by Pepperdine Law...

The growth of Chinese exports both in volume and in market share over the past two decades is a singular event in the history of world trade. Using data from 1995-2005, we document this growth in a variety of ways. First, we show that the expanded trade is pervasive. Virtually every country in...