This study uses a unique firm-level dataset to examine how falling trade costs from 1993-2001 affected entry, exit …-firm models of international trade. For example, falling trade costs reduced entry by new Korean firms, increased their …

This paper documents the construction of BACI, our international trade database, which covers more than 200 countries … do this, firstly, as import values are reported CIF (cost, insurance and freight) while exports are reported FOB (free on … analysis. These measures of the reliability of reported data are used as weights in the reconciliation of each bilateral trade …

Abstract: We assess whether and how violence and political instability affect trade between developed and developing … countries considering the special case of EU imports of Kenyan roses after the 2007/08 post-election violence and political … highlight the importance of non-tariff barriers to trade and contribute to the growing literature on the role of insecurity and …

In this paper, we empirically assess how information cost, as one component of trade costs, impacts the decision of an …

This study allows for variation of trade costs among regions, since a single trade costs measure may not appreciate the … large number and diverse regions of the United States through which trade in food manufacturing occurs. …

I introduce a novel general equilibrium framework for agricultural trade policy analysis with heterogeneous producers … in which agro-ecological characteristics in uence patterns of specialization within the sector and trade costs are … product-specific. This induces substantial variation in market share elasticities with respect to trade costs, with the …