We analyze general equilibrium relationships between trade policy and the household distribution of income, decomposing … yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics and inequality in Heckscher …

This paper examines international trade in tainted food and other low-quality products. We …

of trade. Regression results suggest that import protection makes income distribution worse for countries in labor …

intra-industry trade where the foreign producer manufactures a good of higher quality than the domestic firm. This … asymmetries are low and countries differ substantially in size, a PU leads to a quality reversal in the international market …

that trade, through the fostering of financial market integration, may yield important long-run effects related to …In this paper we explore linkages between financial services trade and growth. We offer a formalization of the argument … structures in the financial services sector, and to market concentration in the sector. We first develop an analytical model …

Anti-dumping actions are now the trade policy of choice of developing and transition economies. To understand why these … economies have increasingly applied anti-dumping laws, we build a simple theoretical model of vertical intra-industry trade and …

This paper focuses on ignored issues regarding the impact of trade reforms in transition economies. These economies are … and international trade. First, we show that trade liberalization in transition economies reduces the output of local … firms. Second, neither free trade nor zero subsidy is optimal. There exists a rationale for infant-industry protection in …

We are concerned with trade in transport services (not cabotage but rather international shipping, transport, and … related logistical services) and the importance of competition and market structure in the sector. We examine implications of … liberalization for profits, trade, and national gains from trade. Though past GATS maritime negotiations involved the maritime …