prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …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 … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 …

Transaction costs are a major reason why international trade flows are much smaller than traditional trade theory would … suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the mystery of missing trade can be attributed to the …

estimate of firms' price responses to changes in prices of their competitors. We develop a general framework and an empirical …, which contains detailed information on firm domestic prices, marginal costs, and competitor prices. The rare features of …, that these findings have important implications for shaping the response of domestic prices to international shocks. …

Concerns about the magnitude and length of exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices have increased in many … prices in Nigeria for the period 1995Q1 - 2015Q1. Utilizing the Johansen approach to cointegration and a vector error … discovered to be higher in import than in consumer prices, implying that the pass-through effect declines along the pricing chain …