We carry out an indirect inference test of two versions of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of world trade …. One of these, the ‘classical’ model,is well-known as the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model of world trade, in which … countries trade homogeneous products in world markets and produce according to their comparative advantage as determined by …

include studies of intra-industry trade (IIT) and analyses of industrial "competitiveness". This literature seems to assume …. -- export quality ; unit export value ; intra-industry trade ; competitiveness …

Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008) derive gravity equations to estimate effects of trade barriers on the intensive … and extensive margins of trade. They exploit the frequency of zeros in aggregate bilateral trade data to identify effects … extensive margin when data contain only positive trade flows. We also control for the pervasive presence of heteroscedasticity …

Gravity equations have been used for more than 50 years to estimate ex post the partial effects of trade costs on … international trade flows, and the well-known - and traditionally presumed exogenous - "trade-cost elasticity" plays a central role … in computing general equilibrium trade-flow and welfare effects of trade-cost changes. This paper addresses theoretically …

firm will export or import. Foreign ownership has a large positive impact on the likelihood to engage in direct trade but a … negative effect on the likelihood to trade through intermediaries; the effects vary across upper and lower middle income …

firm will export or import. Foreign ownership has a large positive impact on the likelihood to engage in direct trade but a … negative effect on the likelihood to trade through intermediaries; the effects vary across upper and lower middle income …

retail sector and recent developments in the literature on international trade with heterogeneous firms and on trade and …