the exporting versus the importing country. Trade liberalization in the form of less lumpy trade is shown to expand the … role of export and import intermediaries but to have potentially negative effects on the volume of international trade and …

the exporting versus the importing country. Trade liberalization in the form of less lumpy trade is shown to expand the … role of export and import intermediaries but to have potentially negative effects on the volume of international trade and …

derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets … activities. Moreover, we find that retail imports are associated with a higher exit probability of small retailers and greater … adjustments may imply additional gains from trade absent from models lacking a distribution sector. …

We develop a dynamic model of inventory investment and trade to examine how firms adjust to changes in international … trade costs when facing a risk of stockouts due to demand uncertainty and order lead times for imports. We study two … strategies firms may use to avoid stockouts, namely holding inventories of imports, and engaging in dual sourcing. Both …

. Interestingly, this positive impact of local service availability on imports especially applies to stand-alone firms that, unlike … multinationals, are less likely to rely on imported or internally provided services. -- international trade ; services ; off …

. Interestingly, this positive impact of local service availability on imports especially applies to stand-alone firms that, unlike … multinationals, are less likely to rely on imported or internally provided services. -- International trade ; services ; off …

. Interestingly, this positive impact of local service availability on imports especially applies to stand-alone firms that, unlike … multinationals, are less likely to rely on imported or internally provided services. -- International trade ; services ; off …