We evaluate the impact of SARS-CoV-1 infection rates on inbound cross-border mergers & acquisitions (M&As) in China. Using transaction level data on cross-border M&As from 2002 to 2005, we show that Chinese provinces that experienced high level of SARS-CoV-1 infection rates, also suffered a...

We evaluate the impact of trade liberalization on the intensive margin of the firm's investment in foreign capital goods. To do so, we use Indian firm-level panel data from a period of a large-scale trade liberalization (1989–1997) to estimate an investment equation using the system-GMM...

We estimate the effect of legalization on the wages and benefits of foreign-born agricultural workers. Using data from the National Agricultural Workers Survey, we employ propensity score matching techniques to compare legal permanent residents in the United States with an appropriate control...

I extend <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="R7">Cho, Sheldon, and McCorriston's (2002)</xref> analysis of the effect of exchange rate volatility on agricultural trade among the G-10 countries to a broad sample of developed and developing nations. I replicate their original finding that exchange rate volatility has a large negative impact on...

Plant-level panel data from Mexico's Annual Industrial Survey is employed to evaluate the impact of reductions in tariffs and import license coverage on final goods, as well as intermediates, on firms'investment decisions. Using data from 1984 to 1990, a period during which a large scale trade...