Market-oriented reforms, such as liberalizing trade and encouraging foreign direct investment, can generate large … exposure to international trade, and access to technology across the country. We assess the extent to which exposure to foreign …. In our work, we also extend much of the literature to consider the interplay between trade and technology on labor demand …

Was the collapse of world trade between 1928 and 1937 caused by higher transport costs, increased protectionism or the … equilibrium effects of bilateral distance, international borders, and the payment system on trade. My results suggest that had … average tari and non-tari trade barriers remained at their 1928 level, total international trade would have been 64.6 % higher …

This paper studies the great collapse in value added trade using a structural decomposition analysis. We show that … changes in vertical specialisation accounted for almost half of the great trade collapse, while the previous literature on … gross trade has mainly focused on final expenditure, inventory adjustment and adverse credit supply conditions. The decline …

-Asia and the Pacific energy trade patterns via the gravity trade theory and GMM panel estimation for quarterly data in the …

turbulence in the PRC can spill over to trading partners through the trade channel. Exports from several East Asian and Southeast …

having a dramatic impact on services, especially in the retail, trade and finance sectors, by enabling firms to digitize … trade costs, discusses how e-commerce is transforming sales to both domestic and foreign consumers, and considers how the … Internet is making firms more mobile. Despite the enormous potential benefits, the use of the Internet to conduct digital trade …

consumer-centered economy. The consumer-centered economy is challenging our standard trade and development theories in which …

financial crime regulation) to assess how payment disruptions impede cross-border trade. Using firm-level export data from … borrowers start to export less. This trade decline occurs on both the extensive and intensive margins, and firms only partially … findings highlight an often overlooked function of global banks: providing the payment infrastructure and trade finance that …