We model three factors that affect effectiveness of trade sanctions: a country's endowment,
distance between countries, and network connectivity. Our model explains several empirical …

By allowing exporters to produce under asymmetric increasing marginal costs, we
investigate the impact of tariff discrimination when considering exporters' endogenous …

This study examines the superiority of the discriminatory and uniform tariff regimes under
both simultaneous and sequential arrangements in terms of social and global welfare by …

This dissertation examines two important aspects of economics: international trade and
financial economics. In the part of the thesis which focuses on international trade, I analyze …

We study how the most-favored-nation (MFN) clause affects the tariffs of an importer,
technology adoption by exporters, and global welfare. Our main contribution is to consider …

This paper sets up a model of trade, in which two countries with differing levels of technology
specialize in the production of sub-stages of the global value chain. In the open economy …