When an anti-dumping (AD) duty is imposed, a foreign exporting firm must decide whether to stay in the market and how to price its product. This paper investigates both of these decisions, but focuses on firm pricing by exploring the pass-through of the AD duty. Our model of exporter behavior...

This is the first paper to provide a theoretical model that connects the quality of product-level bilateral trade flows with the geographic position of the exporter. We show that, in addition to commonly used importer characteristics, quality increases (i) in trade-weighted specific...

We evaluate the expected impact of the International Maritime Organization’s 2023 regulatory regime (IMO2023) that caps CO2 emissions from global maritime shipping. Focusing on U.S. imports—for which we compile granular vessel, route, emission, and trade data— we structurally estimate a...

We evaluate the expected impact of the anticipated International Maritime Organization’s regulatory regime that will cap CO2 emissions from global maritime shipping. Focusing on U.S. imports---for which we compile granular vessel, route, emission, and trade data---we structurally estimate a...

Developing countries pay substantially higher transportation costs than developed nations, which leads to less trade and perhaps lower incomes. This paper investigates price discrimination in the shipping industry and the role it plays in determining transportation costs. In the presence of...

We model demand for quality differentiated goods to derive a relationship between trade costs and the quality composition of trade. Detailed data on traded goods' prices, quantities and shipping costs for many importers and exporters are used to test these predictions. These data provide a...