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International spillovers of quality regulations

Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2024

This paper investigates the positive international spillover eﬀects of non-discriminatory product regulations, such as quality standards. We incorporate regulations into a multi-country general equilibrium framework with ﬁrm heterogeneity and variable markups. We model regulations as a...

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Icebergs versus tariffs : a quantitative perspective on the gains from trade ; conference paper

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Jung, Benjamin; Larch, Mario - 2013

We derive a simple equation for the welfare gains from trade when tariffs are liberalized or iceberg trade costs fall. Covering various one-sector trade models that may or may not feature extensive margins and imperfect competition, we generalize the analysis of Arkolakis, Costinot and...

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India-Pakistan trade : an analysis of the pharmaceutical sector

Pant, Manoj; Pande, Devyani - 2014

China has virtually dominated the trade scene in nearly all manufacturing sectors, this study also looks at the tripartite … dynamics of trade in pharmaceutical items among India, Pakistan and China. An analysis of the China-Pakistan and the South Asia … Free Trade Area Agreements reveals that while Pakistan does not give any favourable treatment to China in items on Pakistan …

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Trading Partners, Traded Products, and Firm Performance : Evidence from China’s Exporter-Importers

Wang, Zheng - 2011

In this study we explore a newly available unique dataset that links China's international trade transactions to a … comprehensive firm-level data in China's manufacturing sector, and establish a number of interesting stylized facts linking firms … of size, productivity and factor intensity – depending on their engagement in processing exports/imports. Whilst the …

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A replication of "The role of intermediaries in facilitating trade" (Journal of International Economics, 2011)

Duan, Jianhua; Xuefeng, Qian; Das, Kuntal K.; … - 2019

This study replicates Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei's (AKW 's) (2011) model of intermediary trade. The authors' study produces two main results. First, the authors are able to reproduce empirical evidence for AKW's three main predictions for Chinese exports. This is impressive because much of the...

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A replication of "The role of intermediaries in facilitating trade" (Journal of International Economics, 2011)

Duan, Jianhua; Xuefeng, Qian; Das, Kuntal K.; … - 2020

This study replicates Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei’s (2011) model of intermediary trade. The study produces two main results. First, the authors are able to reproduce empirical evidence for AKW’s three main predictions for Chinese exports. This is impressive because much of the data for their...

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Quality misallocation, trade, and regulations

Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2021

Recent trade agreements have shifted their focus to non-tariff barriers such as regulations and product standards, which have been traditionally treated as pure domestic policies. The imposition of such standards reallocates production from small to large, high quality ﬁrms. We model...

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Structural estimation and solution of international trade models with heterogeneous firms

Balistreri, Edward J.; Hillberry, Russell; Rutherford, … - In: Journal of international economics 83 (2011) 2, pp. 95-108

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The impact of trade and trade policy on the environment and the climate : a review

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peterson, Sonja; Wanner, Joschka - 2022

While international trade can offer gains from specialization and access to a wider range of products, it is also closely interlinked with global environmental problems, above all, anthropogenic climate change. This survey provides a structured overview of the economic literature on the...

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An updated assessment of the trade and poverty nexus in Latin America

Giordano, Paolo; Li, Kun - 2012

Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap exists in the knowledge about the distributive impacts of trade integration. This study attempts to fill this gap: it surveys the most recent contributions to the mainstream trade...

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