This chapter reviews the new approach to international trade based on firm heterogeneity in
differentiated product markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in …

This article reviews the empirical evidence on firm heterogeneity in international trade. A first
wave of empirical findings from microdata on plants and firms proposed challenges for …

We review a recent body of theoretical work that aims to put numbers on the consequences
of globalization. A unifying theme of our survey is methodological. We rely on gravity models …

We develop a quantifiable multi-country sourcing model in which firms self-select into
importing based on their productivity and country-specific variables. In contrast to canonical …

We develop a general equilibrium framework to determine the spatial distribution of
economic activity on any surface with (nearly) any geography. Combining the gravity …

Do natural resources benefit producer economies, or is there a “Natural Resource Curse”,
perhaps as the crowd-out of manufacturing productivity spillovers reduces long-term …

Micro-level data have had a profound influence on research in international trade over the
last ten years. In many regards, this research agenda has been very successful. New …

Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the
complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies. Few …

The last two decades have witnessed a shift in the focus of international trade research from
trade policy to other forms of trade frictions (eg, transportation, information and …

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 …