This paper explores the relationship between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization at the sectoral level …. While in some industries, complementary effects between both kinds of trade liberalization are observed, in others no …

Our knowledge of the trade effects of domestic infrastructure is very limited. The reason is twofold. First, data … potential endogeneity problems affecting the relationship between internal infrastructure and trade. In this paper, we overcome …

provision of intermediation services to investigate how firms' react to changing trade costs and whether and how these firms …

Firms selling products abroad usually have to interact with several border agencies that develop multiple trade … electronic trade single window scheme across groups of products and ports. Results suggest that this new system has been …

trade flows. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that consists of the entire universe of El Salvador's export transactions … decreased order servicing and variable trade costs. As a consequence, firms' exports increased primarily through higher shipping … main policies covered in the 2013 WTO Agreement of Trade Facilitation. …

contributions that help unbundle sources for time costs in trade and border effects. First, we provide evidence that at least part … necessary entry processing. Third, we provide evidence that trade costs due to entry delays are heterogeneous across firm types …