, wheat) at low prices and sold them on world markets at much higher prices, a policy equivalent to an export tax. Ali also … Egyptian history than from other poor countries at that time since Egypt faced the same terms of trade boom typical of most …

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … externalities and international trade that are typically treated separately. …

Many previous studies of the role of trade during the British Industrial Revolution have found little or no role for … trade in explaining British living standards or growth rates. We construct a three-region model of the world in which … that while trade had only a small impact on British welfare in the 1760s, it had a very large impact in the 1850s. This …

We assess the impact of U.S. trade policy uncertainty (TPU) toward China in a tractable general equilibrium framework … turn reduces trade flows and real income for consumers. We apply the model to analyze China's export boom around its WTO … accession and argue that in the case of the U.S. the most important policy effect was a reduction in TPU: granting permanent …

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to … (equivalent to trade taxes if no domestic production is possible). We review the literature, and argue that the policy equilibrium … manipulate both international and domestic prices of resources, yet this policy is largely outside the disciplines of the WTO …

internet, publishing and international trade. As to the second question, about the future prospects of English, the chapter …

continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in … contradicting evidence in the empirical literature on the impact of trade on unemployment. …

have argued that trade makes war less likely, yet World War I erupted at a time of unprecedented globalization. This paper … develops a theoretical model of the relationship between trade and war which can help to explain both these observations …