Global trade and economics

Study finds exchange rate movements don't significantly affect EU trade balances; domestic absorption and inflation prove more important drivers of external adjustment.

Explore how U.S. obstruction of WTO's Appellate Body reshapes neoliberal trade governance, reconfiguring power within multilateral systems rather than abandoning them entirely.

Colonial legacy and cultural proximity drive outward investment from Arab Maghreb Union countries, with distinct effects across greenfield investments and cross-border acquisitions, 2004–2022.

Study analyzes global tariff dynamics from 1990-2020, revealing long-term convergence until 2018 when U.S. tariff escalation triggers fragmentation in the multilateral trading system.

Economic analysis of noncompete clauses, examining whether they protect firm investments or reduce worker mobility, wages, and innovation through widespread use.

Industry-level analysis of S-curve exchange rate effects on Pakistan-Japan bilateral trade reveals limited efficacy of depreciation for improving trade balance outcomes.

Study examining FDI's role in economic growth across Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam (2004–2024), analyzing how institutional stability and absorptive capacity mediate investment-growth linkages.

Explore how productivity gains translate differently to wages across income levels. Study reveals threshold effects showing wealthier nations have stronger wage-productivity links than.

Game-theoretic model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, analyzing how metropolises compete for colonial control and demonstrating three equilibrium outcomes under different trade valuations.

Study comparing how international trade and sectoral allocation frictions differentially affect employment reallocation and unemployment, emphasizing firm productivity sorting mechanisms.

Microeconomic evidence on global value chain participation and firm innovation in Vietnam, 2005-2023, examining effects across firm heterogeneity using probit regression with instrumental variables.

General equilibrium model of global supply chains structured as directed acyclic graphs, explaining how network topology determines prices, wages, and specialization endogenously.