Economic theory suggests some ambiguity concerning the effects of strengthening intellectual property rights (IPRs) on international trade. Here we extend the empirical literature that attempts to resolve this ambiguity. We use panel data to estimate a gravity equation for manufacturing exports,...

In this paper we extend the Melitz (2003) heterogeneous firm trade model to include differences in country sizes and production technologies. We begin by characterising a "superior" technology, in terms of both survival cutoffs and representative firm productivity, and then examine a (costly)...

We consider the incentives that the existence of an Antidumping Law provides for strategic behaviour on the part of duopolistic firms selling in each other's segmented markets. Firms have identical costs, but are located in countries with different market sizes (maximum willingness to pay). In...

In this paper we search for evidence of North-South trade-related knowledge spillovers from a sample of five major OECD countries to 45 developing countries using panel data. We then extend the analysis to examine whether the impact of domestic factors affects the extent of knowledge spillovers....

The impact of firm level productivity heterogeneity on export market entry has been the subject of theoretical innovation and extensive empirical scrutiny in recent years. The latter has focused on falling trade costs and firm level productivity, notwithstanding the fact that theory also points...

Books reviewed: Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson, Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law George T. Abed and Sanjeev Gupta, eds., Governance, Corruption and Economic Performance. Aaditya Mattoo and Robert M. Stern, India and the WTO

We consider the class of linear voluntary contribution games under the general assumption of heterogeneous endowments. In this context, we assess the performance of the Galbraith Mechanism (GM) relative to a fixed equal sharing allocation in both theory and experiments. Three main empirical...

This article examines the role of rules of origin as a commercial policy instrument that targets the input composition of imports. Using a three-country, partial equilibrium structure, we demonstrate conditions under which the imposition of a binding rule will be welfare improving for an...

This paper examines the role of patent policy in the open economy. It begins by considering how the presence of patents affects trade in patentable products. A brief review of the general argument for patent protection is followed by consideration of the elements that comprise a patent system,...

The endogenous growth literature has stimulated empirical research into links between trade and growth in general and international knowledge spillovers in particular. Results relating to the latter have been mixed and the issue of the appropriate construction of the spillover variable remains...