Abstract Using a new set of measures of concentration of trade, I suggest that the opening up of trade to date has been … greatly exaggerated. At least judging on the basis of trade concentration, agriculture and service sectors should barely be … the global openness league table. Since there is a strong correlation between concentration of trade and poor economic …

into the component factors of trade surges in low wage products and technological change that has preoccupied the trade and …, when this may not be the case. Incorrect conclusions as to how trade surges and technology contribute to wage inequality …

recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply …

This note explores the value of search capital in interfirm matches in the outsourcing trade, by extending Rauch and … search imposes a similar order of magnitude trade barrier to most tariffs, and would be expected to affect both the intensive … and extensive margins of trade. …

on the volume of intermediate goods trade and the number of varieties produced are mutually reinforcing, resulting in a …