The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we present a new model of agglomeration and trade that displays the main …

the impact of trade on both dimensions of income distribution, this paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate on … results emerge. Firstly, the distributional effects of trade are highly sensitive to even minor changes to the assumption of … the 2 x 2 trade model. This suggests that due attention should be paid to the choice of the structural model. Secondly …

. In choosing between these alternatives, they face a trade-off between higher variable distance costs when exporting and …

In this paper we construct a Ricardian model of trade in vertically-differentiated products between a developing …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, development is faster in a democratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in political equilibrium …

Pareto optimum, labor mobility (social capital) is excessively large (depleted); iii) trade is superior to labor market …