We analyze the interaction of economic and political determinants of free trade agreements (FTA). In addition to … standard trade gains, FTAs can promote peaceful relations by offering a political forum and by increasing the opportunity cost … of conflicts that disrupt trade. If policy makers believe in such pacifying effects of FTAs, country-pairs with large …

We analyze the interaction of economic and political determinants of free trade agreements (FTA). In addition to … standard trade gains, FTAs can promote peaceful relations by offering a political forum and by increasing the opportunity cost … of conflicts that disrupt trade. If policy makers believe in such pacifying effects of FTAs, country pairs with large …

We investigate the effect of trade integration on interstate military conflict. Our empirical analysis, based on a … large panel data set of 243,225 country-pair observations from 1950 to 2000, confirms that an increase in bilateral trade … interdependence significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is …

We investigate the effect of trade integration on interstate military conflict. Our empirical analysis, based on a … large panel data set of 243,225 country-pair observations from 1950 to 2000, confirms that an increase in bilateral trade … interdependence significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is …

We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 … prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … naturally to a difference in differences estimation, with international differences in trade openness at the sector level …

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are increasingly dealing with challenges shaped by the new geopolitical and trade … technical barriers to trade (TBTs) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures. Although trade costs associated with these … international network of subsidiaries, and those that are located in trading partners with deep preferential trade agreements can …

We investigate theoretically and empirically the competitive effects of increased trade on prices, productivity and … bias of monetary policy. Our results suggest that increased trade could account for as much as a quarter of European …

The expansion of the world trade, the unprecedented opening of the national markets, the regional integration and the … consistency of globalization represent challenges having in view the management of the internal balances between cashing ins and …

equilibrium model of trade and offshoring. This reveals that globalization and offshoring have two opposing effects on relative … falling trade costs for goods. However, we also find that if the globalization process continues as a result of reduced costs … fact been bell-shaped. We argue that this bell-shaped evolution of wage inequality can be linked to globalization and a …

We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003 … prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … naturally to a difference in differences estimation, with international differences in trade openness at the sector level …