This study empirically investigates the structure of immigrant based networks, both internationally and intranationally within the United States and how they affect U.S. export volume. Specifically, we examine the relationship between state populations of immigrant groups and the volume of state...

Previous studies of trade policy in a spatial setting assume the production site of firms to be fixed. In contrast, this paper examines the impact of an import tariff on a component good when a monopoly final good producer is free to locate anywhere in the domestic market. A component tariff...

This study introduces a cost-based informational asymmetry into a two-period model where a domestic (incumbent) firm’s behavior in the first period affects the entry decision of a foreign firm in the second period. The effects of import quota policy within this environment are examined and...

The paper demonstrates that the standard prediction on the relation between tariff rates and the mode of foreign entry-exports or direct investment-may not hold in the presence of incomplete information. A foreign firm lacks full information on the cost structure of an informed incumbent firm...