The economics of protectionism: Trade and wage inequality
Eric Verhoogen explains the relationship between trade liberalisation and wage inequality in developing countries.
Trade
Eric Verhoogen
Published
24.08.17

The value of face-to-face: Search and contracting problems in Nigerian trade
The costs paid by traders traveling to source goods reveal that information problems pose almost as much of a barrier to trade as shipping and regulatory costs combined
Trade
Meredith Startz
Published
31.07.17

The backlash against globalisation
John Van Reenen explains how the backlash in globalisation risks damaging global value chains and the jobs that rely on them
Trade
John Van Reenen
Published
13.07.17

Import competition and the quality of domestic goods
Lower tariffs promote quality upgrading of products close to the world quality frontier, but discourage quality upgrading for those far away from it
Trade
Mary Amiti Amit Khandelwal
Published
12.07.17

Trade and development
Gordon Hanson on what the US anti-trade stand means for developing countries.
Trade
Gordon Hanson
Published
20.06.17

Trading up: Globalisation and developing countries
Trade leads to improved industry performance and innovation, and a reduction in inefficiencies in developing countries
Trade
Pinelopi Goldberg Nina Pavcnik
Published
21.06.17

Economic costs and benefits of Brexit
In this video, John Van Reenen discusses how Brexit could hurt the UK economy, and points out gains from lower EU contributions and a slight boost to growth
Trade
John Van Reenen
Published
24.05.17