Introduction : "Trade deals aren't for what you think they are for" -- Overview: tpp highlights and low lights -- Quantitative assessment of the TPP-- Market access and sectoral issues -- Intellectual property rights -- New issues/innovative areas -- Investor-state dispute settlement -- General...

There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. However, these models tend to rely heavily on symmetry assumptions and assume melting iceberg transport costs as the only form of trade restrictions. Moreover, a standard...