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

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...

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...

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

By tracking the changes in different margins of Theil indices during the period 1995-2015, we re-consider the question of whether...

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

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...

This paper provides a micro-founded theory of multilateral resistance to migration analyzing how financial constraints determine...

In 2015, the EU regional / cohesion policy has passed its 40th anniversary. During this time, it has undergone various manifestations...

Estimating two-step selection models, we find that more democratic governments are more likely to conclude preferential trade...

We use a unique exogenous corporate tax policy change in the Republic of Ireland to investigate how corporate taxation affects foreign...

We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract higher FDI...

We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components...

Our empirical estimations indicate that aid-for-trade granted by OECD donors strengthens the trade relations of recipient countries...

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive...

This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market between one...