This paper surveys the recent body of work in economics on the importance of global value
chains (GVCs) in shaping international trade flows and production patterns. On the empirical …

Trade policy uncertainty (TPU) has become an important source of economic uncertainty
and research. We review the main sources and measures of TPU. We then provide a …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade
tensions, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern …

We answer three core questions about the hypothesized role of newly emerging job
categories (“new work”) in counterbalancing the erosive effect of task-displacing automation …

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of
outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of …

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing
multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential …

China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of
world trade. Simultaneously, it has challenged much of the received empirical wisdom about …

The observed uneven distribution of economic activity across space is influenced by
variation in exogenous geographical characteristics and endogenous interactions between …

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on bilateral trade flows using a state-of-the-art
gravity model of trade. Using the monthly trade data of 68 countries exporting across 222 …