Although the extant literature on agricultural trade analyzes the effects of various factors on agricultural trade, only a limited number of studies focus on the role of institutional quality and institutional quality distance on agricultural trade particularly between developing countries...

The increase in global trade has contributed to the integration of domestic economies worldwide into a single global economy. Despite the welfare benefits from global trade, concerns remain regarding the impact of trade on the environment, particularly on global environmental threats like...

Online delivery of digital media content is expected to nullify geographical friction. However, we provide evidence that physical distances still matter for sales on digital distribution platforms. Using data from country-level game sales collected from Steam, the world’s largest computer game...

I quantify the welfare effects of international trade in waste by building a structural gravity model in which waste generation is a byproduct of manufacturing and waste is input to recycling. My estimates reveal that low-value waste is more sensitive to trade barriers than high-value waste,...

Photovoltaic cell panels represent one of the essential alternatives to fossil fuels as a source of clean and affordable energy. In the XXI century, the Asia-Pacific region has faced unprecedented growth in trade of these commodities, caused by national energy transition policies and the...