In this paper, I empirically examine trade policy determinants and trade reform in a developing country setting by using a political economy of trade policy model to guide my estimations for Colombia between 1983 and 1998. I introduce a novel approach to estimating the extra political weights...

This paper estimates plant-level and aggregate markdowns in the Colombian manufacturing sector, 1977-2020, using the “production approach” with plant-level microdata. Employers exercise a certain degree of labor market power, which has increased over time. Using large-scale trade...