Los ingresos del trabajo de los hogares están expuestos a fluctuaciones que no siguen una distribución normal y que varían en función tanto de la edad como de la posición en la distribución de la renta. En este documento mostramos que, al capturar estas características de manera rica y...

How do changes in competitive intensity affect trade patterns? In this paper, we exploit a quasi-natural experiment associated with increased anti-trust enforcement activity over the last two decades. A large number of international markets underwent a change in competitive intensity as they...

How do changes in competitive intensity affect trade patterns? Models of collusivearrangements in spatially separated markets generate testable predictions of the effects of collusion on price, trade patterns and concentration. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment associated with increased...

It has been emphasized that international promotion activities such as state visits or the presence of embassies, consulates and export promotion agencies help foster trade when there are search costs and/or uncertainty. In this paper we try to disentangle the differential effect that foreign...

O Rio Grande do Norte tem sido apontado desde a década de 1990 em vários estudos como um dos principais produtores e exportadores brasileiros de frutas frescas, no entanto, existe uma carência de estudos capazes de responder a questionamentos como: qual o desempenho competitivo do Rio Grande...

Financial development has been argued as a potential source of comparative advantage and its relationships with trade has been theoretically developed. This theory posits that countries that are well financially developed should experience greater volumes of international trade. We empirically...

This paper analyzes the variance in accounting profitability within the European food industry. Based on a large panel data set, the variance in return on assets (ROA) is decomposed into year, country, industry, and firm effects. Further on, we include all possible interactions between year,...

The present study examines factor contentin the CEE transition country agricultural trade.However, deviating from the traditional approach, wedo not test the HOV prediction. Instead, we examine thetheoretical predictions that relate the factor content ofinternational trade to cross-country...

This paper identifies an internal inconsistency in the Heckscher-Ohlin (H-O) models of international exchange. The inconsistency stems from assuming homogeneity of inputs within a population. This assumption annihilates individual comparative advantage, benefits from exchange and, consequently,...

This dissertation studies the roles of comparative advantage, monopolistic competition, and firm-level heterogeneity in international trade.The first essay investigates cross-country and cross-industry variation in the fractions of exporters among domestic firms. The paper presents a model of an...