-level performance, via two channels simultaneously: trade and FDI. We develop a simple theoretical model showing that trade integration …

Within a standard gravity framework I explore the impact of country size and trade liberalisation on extensive and … trade literature, i.e., vertical integration versus trade in technology goods. First, there is evidence in favour of a … unilateral complement to Yi's (2003) claim that vertical integration magnifies the trade effect of multilateral trade …

Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly …

Trade policy has well documented effects on trade volumes. Reaching beyond volumes, I explore the impact of European … emerging economies' recent institutional trade liberalisation on extensive (i.e., the set of imported goods) versus intensive … support new models of heterogeneous firms and trade, which predict that extensive import margin effects of a country …

-level performance, via two channels simultaneously: trade and FDI. We develop a simple theoretical model showing that trade integration …

impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia, but … are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards harmonization …

This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments … turn, lower emissions per output. We show that the overall effect of trade is to reduce emissions. Trade weeds out some of … to more productive and cleaner exporters. The overall effect of trade is therefore to reduce emissions. We test empirical …

The literature on trade liberalization has recently shifted its attention from trade liberalization in imported final … goods to studying the effects of trade liberalization in imported intermediate inputs. This emphasis fits very well the … trade liberalization experience of China following its accession to the WTO in 2001. We build a multi-sector heterogenous …

impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia … gains are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards …