assortment rather than the competitive advantage of this or that brand type. This paper proposes an econometric approach to this … assortment reshaping issue. Using data drawn from a retailer panel (provided by IRI Inc), we construct a Multiple Adaptive …

relationship between agricultural trade and rural poverty in post-reform China. We find that trade liberalization can affect China … its ‘growth effects' and ‘distributional effects'. However, although China's impressive economic growth and trade …

combine trade, aid and investment, which may create 'lock-in' effects. China's trade and investment focus on the commodities …

on trade patterns and industrialization. We propose a multi-industry and two-country trade model featuring demand …

The paper assesses the trade-creating impact of foreign-born residents on the international imports and exports of the … French regions where they are settled. The pro-trade effect of immigrants is investigated along two intertwined dimensions …: the complexity of traded goods and the quality of institutions in partner countries. The trade-enhancing impact of …

changed the geography of trade within France, with a particular focus on the trends experienced by border regions. We support … border regions trade on average 72% more with nearby countries than predicted by the gravity norm. They perform even better … partly due to a decreasing propensity of foreign affliates to trade with their home country. This trade reorientation is less …

This paper investigates the determinants of the shape of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Because the world is … constituted by independent political entities, international trade flows take place in a system where property rights are … unsecured and RTAs should be understood as regulation mechanisms. In this theoretical framework, trade and security issues …

study generalises Davis' (1998) idea according to which the institutions of the trade partners matter also for a country … evidence that the interactions between bilateral trade and relative labour market regulations affect the equilibrium …

In the economic literature it is generally found that trade openness affects environment through various channels …. While the mechanisms through which trade is associated with pollution are largely investigated theoretically and empirically …, the role played by each trade component has not yet received enough attention. This paper attempts to bridge this gap by …