trade contributes to economic growth, this could, in turn, impede economic development. Despite extensive literature on the … migration-trade nexus, there are few examples of policymakers highlighting the role of migration for internationalization. One …

migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migrants spur exports, especially along the extensive product margin of trade and for differentiated products, but with no … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on …

related to these concerns and aspirations. However, servicification and particularly its role in trade policy have received …, historic policymaking divides between trade in manufactures and services, between export and import interests, and among modes …

This study formalizes the idea that that the world can become 'smaller' through firms' strategic trade … links through the hiring of immigrants. Because trade barriers are higher for services than for goods, and because trade in … services is more sensitive to informal trade barriers, firm investment in access to foreign networks could especially help to …

in international trade and foreign direct investment, from pioneering country-level studies to nascent firm-level studies …

Information frictions make foreign trade risky. Therefore, many countries offer export credit guarantees that insure … trade. We arrive at three major findings. First, guarantees increase firm exports to the foreign market for which they were … particularly disadvantaged by information frictions in trade. Guarantees also increase value added and jobs but only for …

We perform a granular analysis of Swedish labor market dynamics, using matched employer employee and firm level trade … data for Sweden over a 15-year period. The employment share in firms that are directly exposed to international trade has …