In this paper, I estimate the aggregated ex-post effect of Switzerland's free trade agreements on the prospects for … import data, I find no effects on the quality and variety dimensions but a significant reduction of 8.41% in quality …-adjusted prices. Using the share of imports in consumer expenditure, I calculate an average consumer price reduction of 1.43%. The …

This paper provides clear evidence that increased exposure to import competition from low-income countries results in … as worker and firm fixed effects. In order to account for the potential endogeneity of industry-level imports, I use low …-income countries' import share in a set of other high-income countries as an instrumental variable. Import shocks reduce match quality …

of fentanyl smuggling occurs via legal trade flows, with a positive relationship between state-level imports and drug … "deaths of despair,'' general demand for opioids, or job losses from import competition. Our results suggest that fentanyl … smuggling via imports is pervasive and a key determinant of opioid problems …

suggest that, in the absence of a meaningful boost in China's domestic demand and imports, bilateral purchase commitments are …