targets of inclusive development via trade facilitation, and regional integration, the paper argues that given the Covid-19 … setback full potential depends on trade-led spillover benefits and structural factors. Our objective is to show that: given … preferential access trade agreement--the ricochet effect of the trade-induced productivity benefits via intermediates in the …

theory, we introduce two notions of trade linkages: (i) the usual direct bilateral trade index and (ii) new indexes of common …We revisit the association between trade and GDP co-movement for 135 countries from 1970 to 2009. Guided by a simple … exposure to third countries capturing the role of similarity in trade networks. Both measures are economically and …

We revisit the relationship between trade and growth taking into account the recent expansion of global value chains … (GVCs). We develop a new instrument for trade based on gravity estimations. Our instrument exploits a recent transportation … shock has an asymmetric impact on different bilateral trade flows, based on the ex-ante presence of deep-water ports across …

Starting with Romer [1987] and Rivera-Batiz-Romer [1991] economists have been able to model how trade enhances growth … through the creation and import of new varieties. In this framework, international trade increases economic output through two … channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in …

This paper revisits the relationship between trade and cross-country GDP correlation for 134 countries from 1970 to … 2009. We introduce two notions of trade linkages: (i) direct bilateral trade index and (ii) common exposure to "third …" countries capturing the role of trade networks . Both are economically and statistically associated with GDP correlation …

Starting with Romer [1987] and Rivera-Batiz-Romer [1991] economists have been able to model how trade enhances growth … through the creation and import of new varieties. In this framework, international trade increases economic output through two … channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in …

theory, we introduce two notions of trade linkages: (i) the usual direct bilateral trade index and (ii) new indexes of common …We revisit the association between trade and GDP comovement for 135 countries from 1970 to 2009. Guided by a simple … exposure to third countries capturing the role of similarity in trade networks. Both measures are economically and …