A substantial amount of theoretical work predicts that quality plays an important role as a
determinant of the global patterns of bilateral trade. This paper develops an empirical …

We develop a framework for studying trade in horizontally and vertically differentiated
products. In our model, consumers with heterogeneous incomes and tastes purchase a …

Collaboration and the exchange of knowledge are supposedly made easier by geographical
proximity because of the tacit character of knowledge. Recently a number of scholars' …

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of globalization on the income inequality
in Europe. The panel estimation results covering 14 European countries over the period …

This paper provides an original framework for the interpretation of innovative activity among
European regions according to traditional 'geographical'spillovers and 'relational'spillovers …

We introduce non-homothetic preferences into an innovation-based growth model and study
how income and wealth inequality affect economic growth. We identify a (positive) price …

The least-skilled workforce in the United States is disproportionally employed in the
provision of time-intensive services that can be thought of as market substitutes for home …

The Linder hypothesis has attracted substantial empirical research over decades. However,
the evidence has failed to provide consistent support for it. This paper explains the failure …

A major role for per-capita income in international trade, as opposed to simply country size,
was persuasively advanced by many early economists including Linder (1961), Kuznets …

Although the allure of consumption is the engine of globalization, political economists have
tended to ignore varying consumer tastes as a potential source of beliefs about trade policy …