This paper examines the evolution of global merchandise trade, between 2010 and 2022, assessing the share of imports subject to regional trade agreements (RTAs). A key question for us is whether the share of merchandise trade subject to preferences has kept pace with the proliferation in RTAs....

This paper reveals significant errors in a key variable in international trade: tariff rates. The issues arise from incomplete reporting, leading to measurement error from false interpolation by the data provider, the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS), and selection bias from dropping...

Laut ökonomischer Forschung sind Preisgarantien geeignet, den Wettbewerb zwischen Unternehmen zu beschränken, da Konkurrenten dem auslobenden Unternehmen dadurch weniger Kunden abwerben können und entmutigt werden, dessen Preise zu unterbieten. Mit der „aufeinander abgestimmten...

We study how the most-favored-nation (MFN) clause affects the tariffs of an importer, technology adoption by exporters, and global welfare. Our main contribution is to consider the disclosure effect of the MFN clause, that is, the fact that it makes tariffs not only uniform but also observable...

Many studies use tariffs to measure changes in trade policy. This paper shows that standard sources for tariffs suffer from substantial measurement error due to misreporting and the resulting false imputation: Countries fail to report tariffs every year and missing data are more prevalent for...

We study how the most-favored-nation (MFN) clause affects the tariffs of an importer, the technology choices of exporters, and global welfare. Our key contribution is to consider that the MFN clause does not only impose nondiscriminatory tariffs but also makes tariffs observable to third...