Kaffee aus Peru, Schokolade aus der Elfenbeinküste - in deutschen Supermärkten können wir inzwischen zahlreiche fair gehandelte Produkte kaufen. Die 3. Auflage des Lehrbuches zeigt anschaulich, was sich hinter dem Begriff des Fairen Handels verbirgt. Dafür stellen die Autoren das Konzept aus...

"International business, especially the export-import trade, is no longer an option, but a necessity for today's apparel industry to grow and generate profits or just to survive in the global marketplace. The decision to export or import is best based on a company or individual entrepreneur's...

Trust in the citizens of a potential partner country may affect the decision to trade with or to migrate to a foreign country. This paper employs panel data to examine the causal impact of such bilateral trust on international trade and migration patterns. We apply instrumental variables (IV)...

We derive a simple equation for the welfare gains from trade when tariffs are liberalized or iceberg trade costs fall. Covering various one-sector trade models that may or may not feature extensive margins and imperfect competition, we generalize the analysis of Arkolakis, Costinot and...