divergent trade patterns for different economies. We provide evidence that the level of development governs the relevance of …

This paper provides a simply theory to explain the impact of sanctions on a regime's policies and behavior. Sanctions … discontent in the population. We show however that sanctions may give legitimacy to an incumbent government by influencing the … state of nature sanctions build resilience as long as religious ideology among the population is strong, at bad times they …

effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade …

. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … trade costs shifts from the market share losses brought by PI from the more to the less productive firm. This induces the …

effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade …

. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … trade costs shifts from the market share losses brought by PI from the more to the less productive firm. This induces the …

strategic IPR literature. In a North-South trade environment, the South sets the IPR policy strategically by anticipating the …

This paper investigates the link between trade and environment by exploring the effects of green tariffs on the … location of firms, innovation and environmental policy. Besides the standard effect of reducing trade and production of dirty …

effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade …