We quantify the relationships between deep trade liberalization and foreign direct investment (FDI). To this end, we … focus on the effects of Deep Trade Agreements (DTAs), and we rely on a structural framework that simultaneously enables us … effects on FDI; and (iii) obtain partial DTA effects on trade and quantify the impact of DTAs on FDI through trade. We obtain …

We develop a structural framework that accounts for and decomposes the relationships between trade, physical capital … corresponding trade indexes, however, we also document some notable differences between them. A counterfactual experiment simulating … the effects of trade liberalization between Canada and the EU demonstrates the capabilities of our framework. …

This paper argues that SSA has derived a minimal growth benefit from trade because of what it exports and that the … barriers to trade (NBT, trade costs) and natural resource endowments (NRE, primary commodity dependence). The analysis is based … variables. We find that high trade costs and natural resource endowments have a negative effect on growth and that the …

This paper derives a Frankel-Romer instrument from a global trade matrix of 157 countries over the period 1990 …-2007, and deploys it to assess the relationship between international trade, domestic market potential, and income for the case … international trade to have caused income to rise on average across the world's trading nations, but particularly so for countries …

This paper develops a dynamic theory that accounts for the evolution of trade policy, underlying internal class … effects of international trade, it finds a prominent interaction between trade policy and the pattern of economic development …, and also a significant role for trade liberalization in economic take-off. Consistent with historical evidence for Western …

This paper derives a Frankel-Romer instrument from a global trade matrix of 157 countries over the period 1990 …-2007, and deploys it to assess the relationship between international trade, domestic market potential, and income for the case … international trade to have caused income to rise on average across the world's trading nations, but particularly so for countries …

We derive a Frankel-Romer instrument from a global trade matrix of 157 countries over the period 1990-2007, and deploy … it to assess the relationship between international trade, domestic market potential and income for the case of … trade to have caused income to rise on average across all the trading nations, but particularly so for countries of …

We study the interaction of endogenous growth and Ricardian trade working solely through comparative advantage. The … trade. We obtain a full characterization of the transition dynamics and trade's welfare effects. We find that trade affects … growth and that growth affects trade in ways previously unexplored. The model can explain in a single framework several …

analysis we attempt to emphasize the links and importance of transportation costs for the trade literature and we outline … avenues where we believe interdisciplinary contributions between the international trade and transportation economics fields …

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through …, growth affects trade, directly through changes in country size and indirectly through altering the incidence of trade costs …. Theory translates into an intuitive econometric system that identifies the causal impact of trade on income and growth, and …