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Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Author "AGUR, Itai"
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Title:Trade Liberalization, Firm Selection, and Variety Growth
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Recent empirical findings indicate that when trade is liberalized both firm selection takes place and product variety increases. Each of these two stylized facts has its own seminal theory. But how can they arise together? ...
Title:The US trade deficit, the decline of the WTO and the rise of regionalism
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper argues that the growing US trade deficit has caused the decline of the WTO and the rise of regional trade agreements. Growing imbalances make countries more selective about who to cooperate with. This is formally ...
Title:The US Trade Deficit, the Decline of the WTO and the Rise of Regionalism
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper argues that the growing US trade deficit has caused the decline of the
WTO and the rise of regional trade agreements. A country in de.cit prefers to retain
market power against countries with a large surplus. ...
Title:Testing the Links between Institutional Integration and Trade Deepening. Clues from Europe
Author(s):AGUR, Itai; DORRUCCI, Ettore; MONGELLI, Francesco PaoloDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates the interaction between institutional integration and trade deepening in the EU over the last 50 years. It uses Granger causality tests, a VECM and variance decompositions to further the understanding ...
Title:Firm Heterogeneity and the Two Sources of Gains from Trade
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Recent empirical work identies two main channels through which consumers benefit
from trade. Trade liberalization lowers prices, while it raises product variety. This paper
develops the first model that connects both ...
