The brutal drop in global trade during the last quarter of 2008 and the first months of 2009 has been the subject of … of trade during recent years and subsequently led to the current downturn. The globalisation process is thus being held … responsible for the collapse of trade. We will show, based on a simulation carried out using the MIRAGE model, that the intensity …

We improve the study of the effects of a Currency Union on trade. Using data on French exports at the firm level, we …

The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel … through which trade liberalization affects economic performance. Competition fosters innovation and technology adoption which …