A large share of global trade being priced and invoiced primarily in US dollar rather than the exporter's or the importer's currency...

How do labour market policies influence employment's responsiveness to output fluctuations (employment-output elasticity)? We revisit...

This paper considers the indirect impact the recent tariff increases between the US and China can have in third countries through...

Venezuela has seen an unprecedented exodus of people in recent months. In response to a dramatic economic downturn in which inflation...

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets,...

While popular opinion often pictures FDI flowing in search of lowest-wage, lowest- skilled activities in emerging markets, actual FDI...

In this paper, we develop a political economy model to study the decision of representative democracies to join a preferential trading...

Economic sanctions are a frequently used tool of foreign policy. Constraining trade flows towards or from the target country is...

The proliferation of international supply chains makes the domestic production of goods increasingly dependent on inputs from foreign...

Economic determinants of economic integration agreements (EIAs) have received ample attention in the economic literature. Political...

This paper studies how the local environment in receiving counties affected the economic, social, and political integration of the...

We investigate whether firms’ "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the...

When an investor sues a state for alleged breaches of its obligations under an investment treaty or a trade agreement with investment...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of...

Redding and Sturm (2008) use the German division as a natural experiment to study the importance of market access for regional...

This study examines the effects of greenfield FDI and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on government size in host...

This paper studies the effect of the firm-size distribution on the relationship between employment and output. We construct a...

Economic sanctions are a frequent instrument of foreign policy. In a diplomatic conflict, they aim to elicit a change in the policies...

Die in vielen internationalen Investitionsabkommen festgeschriebenen Regeln zur Streitschlichtung zwischen ausländischen Investoren...