In this paper, we document the presence of “technology-induced” trade in France between 1997 and 2007 and assess its impact on consumer welfare. We use the staggered roll-out of broadband internet to estimate its causal effect on the importing behavior of affected firms. Using an event-study...

After a long impasse, Mercosur and the European Union are once again negotiating to reach a Free Trade Agreement. The benefits from such a trade liberalization would be significant since these are essentially complementary economic regions. An agreement would also end decades of costly trade...

Korean Abstract: 본 논문에서는 2002∼2010년 중 우리나라와 교역상대국 간 수출입 패널데이터를 이용하여 해외충격이 우리나라의 수출입에 미치는 파급효과를 직·간접 무역연계성의 역할에 주목하여 실증 분석하였다. 분석 결과...

Korean Abstract: FTA 체결이 확산되면서 새로운 세계무역환경이 형성되고 있다. 이러한 경제 환경 변화에 대응하여 우리 기업도 국제경쟁력 제고를 위하여 수출 확대, 해외자회사 설립, 합작투자 강화 등의 노력을 경주하고...

Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders’ demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...

This paper looks at the question of how import activities and productivity are related. Using detailed production and cost data from a panel of Mexican manufacturing plants between 1994 and 2003, the paper is able to differentiate between two types of imports, materials (or intermediate inputs)...

This paper examines the role of multinationals and international business in poverty alleviation, based on an analysis of articles in the top journals in business, economics, and policy. We develop a conceptual cross-disciplinary framework that maps and disentangles the impact of different types...

One goal of China's Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China's growing economic engagement has provoked much criticism. This paper is the first to study whether these activities change the attitudes of individuals in developing countries towards...

In the 1990s, China started a process of structural reforms and of trade liberalization, which was followed by the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. In this paper, we analyze trade patterns of Chinese firms for the period 2000-2006, characterized by a notable increase in...