The practice of trade cost measurement faces several challenges related to data quality, methodology and theory; but the major issue is that of data scarcity. Due to these facts both domestic and asymmetric trade costs have been ignored despite being a feature of modern trade models. This paper...

Diplomatic relations have potential to enhance international trade by minimizing potential risks that firms encounter in their foreign operations, especially for developing countries. This has been a driving force for government intervention in international trade and investment through economic...

In May 2014, the Russian foreign trade turnover kept growing at a low rate with growth in export and a decrease in import; as a result, the positive surplus of the trade balance increased substantially. In the geographic pattern of the Russian foreign trade, the share of countries of the...

This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...

This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...

Trade asymmetry is a well-known fact and there are extensive reports and literature about the causes for those asymmetries. There is also a recognised effort made by trade statisticians to mitigate trade asymmetry over time. Notwithstanding the positive achievements that have been made so far,...

A deranged publisher decided to produce a volume of some of my papers and asked me to write some comments. Since these amount to a summary of my views about international trade theory over the latest forty years or so, I'm giving the comments a separate alternative existence as a discussion paper

This paper studies the determinants of pricing-to-market at the firm-level, with a particular focus on the role of firm-specific and policy-induced market power. We use a large dataset containing export values and quantities by product and destination for all exporting firms in 12 developing and...

We use micro data collected at the border and at retailers to characterize the effects brought by recent changes in US trade policy – particularly the tariffs placed on imports from China – on importers, consumers, and exporters. We start by documenting that the tariffs were almost fully...