firm-level productivity paths differ between firms with varying degrees of exposure to international trade in India, the …

The paper uses a gravity model to examine the role of corruption in the direction of trade in a data set comprising … membership of the RTAs does not always increase bilateral trade whereas reducing a country's corruption does tend to increase … trade flows. The results suggest that EU membership, with the associated improvement in the perceived level of corruption …

This short note tries to argue that distance is not necessarily harmful for trade. It is shown that there may be an … increase in the production and volume of trade if time zones of the trading nations are non-overlapping. This implies a … positive effect of distance on the volume of trade. It is also shown that exploitation of time zone difference raises welfare …

challenge the view that greater openness to trade automatically leads to improved firm entry institutions. My model enables … calculating business entry impediments whereas lobbying game produces structural estimates of the counterfactual levels of trade … extensive margin and asymmetries in technology and trade costs. Importantly, the model demonstrates that startling differences …

exemplify possible applications related to trade and FDI. By overcoming several data limitations, our new global index can help …

to disentangle the effects of international spillovers via trade and FDI. My findings show that imports remain the main …

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