This paper analyses the interconnectedness between the slope of the Phillips Curve and the degree of trade openness. A micro founded expectations - augmented Phillips Curve for a small open economy illustrates that the slope of the Phillips Curve is negatively related to the degree of trade...

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the new EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA), the biggest bilateral deal that both the EU and Japan have concluded so far. It employs a generalized variant of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model, featuring multiple sectors, input-output linkages, services...

This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments and thereby have an impact on their level of emissions. The model shows that investments in abatements are positively related to firm productivity and firm exports. Emission...