The real exchange rate and development theory, evidence, issues and challenges

F Demir, A Razmi - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of the real exchange
rate (RER) on international trade, economic development and growth. We summarize the …

Trade diversification, income, and growth: what do we know?

O Cadot, C Carrère… - Journal of Economic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper surveys the empirical literature on export and import diversification and its
linkages with growth. We review widely used measures of diversification and the evidence …

COVID-19 is also a reallocation shock

JM Barrero, N Bloom, SJ Davis - 2020 - nber.org
Drawing on firm-level expectations at a one-year forecast horizon in the Survey of Business
Uncertainty (SBU), we construct novel, forward-looking reallocation measures for jobs and …

Input-trade liberalization, export prices and quality upgrading

M Bas, V Strauss-Kahn - Journal of International Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper explores the impact of input trade liberalization on imported input and exported
product prices. Using Chinese transaction data for 2000–2006, we capture causal effects …

Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, IT and productivity

N Bloom, M Draca, J Van Reenen - The review of economic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on broad measures of technical
change—patenting, IT, and TFP—using new panel data across twelve European countries …

Market size, competition, and the product mix of exporters

T Mayer, MJ Melitz, GIP Ottaviano - American Economic Review, 2014 - aeaweb.org
We build a theoretical model of multi-product firms that highlights how competition across
market destinations affects both a firm's exported product range and product mix. We show …

Worth the pain? Firms' exporting behaviour to countries under sanctions

M Crozet, J Hinz, A Stammann, J Wanner - European Economic Review, 2021 - Elsevier
How do exporting firms react to sanctions? Specifically, which firms are willing—or capable—
to serve the market of a sanctioned country? We investigate this question for four sanctions …

Multiproduct firms and trade liberalization

AB Bernard, SJ Redding… - The Quarterly journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
This article develops a general equilibrium model of multiple-product, multiple-destination
firms, which allows for heterogeneity in ability across firms and in product attributes within …

Men, women, and machines: How trade impacts gender inequality

C Juhn, G Ujhelyi, C Villegas-Sanchez - Journal of Development …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage
inequality—gender inequality. We consider a model where firms differ in their productivity …

Sequential exporting

F Albornoz, HFC Pardo, G Corcos, E Ornelas - Journal of International …, 2012 - Elsevier
Many new exporters give up exporting very shortly, despite substantial entry costs; others
shoot up foreign sales and expand to new destinations. We develop a model based on …