mitigation measures, such as carbon prices applied to bunker fuels in the range of 10 to 50 USD/ton of carbon dioxide, might … increase maritime transport costs by 0.4 percent to 16 percent. However, this would only marginally increase the import prices …

prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 …

emphasize the consumer benefits of trade due to lower prices, only 20-40% of survey respondents in most countries perceive such …We use data from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey to analyse how public attitudes towards trade have changed over time … in developed economies, and how these attitudes differ across groups in the population. Attitudes towards trade …

Transaction costs are a major reason why international trade flows are much smaller than traditional trade theory would … suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the mystery of missing trade can be attributed to the …

observed substantial rise of both food and energy prices at the world stock markets. However, the income of farmers did not … cities (and we observe this tendency globally). Any change in those prices results in suboptimality of existing spatial …

The present paper examines a long-run relationship between the energy, bioenergy and food prices. In the recent years … prices as well as by environmental policies aiming at reducing the harmful effects of conventional sources of energy, such as … substantial. The empirical findings confirm the theoretical hypothesis that energy prices do affect prices of agricultural …