This chapter reviews a recent body of theoretical and empirical work that studies the
normative and positive aspects of trade policy. We start by presenting reduced-form …

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 …

We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and
China trade relations during the past 20 years. We first discuss the origins of the China …

We review the literature on the globalization backlash, seen as the political shift of voters
and parties in a protectionist and isolationist direction, with substantive implications on …

This paper considers the evolution of global transportation usage over the past half century
and its implications for supply chains. Transportation usage has more than doubled as costs …

" This Handbook adopts a traditional definition of the subject, and focuses primarily on the
explanation of international transactions in goods, services, and assets, and on the main …

We examine the role of road infrastructure in determining the impact of a reduction in input
tariffs on firm productivity. We combine new geo-spatial data on road improvements in …

We provide new theory and evidence on the role of external and internal integration in
structural transformation and economic development, using Argentina's integration into the …

Trade is a well-established driver of growth and poverty reduction. But changes in trade
policy also have distributional impacts that create winners and losers. It is vital to understand …

We apply deep learning to daytime satellite imagery to predict changes in income and
population at high spatial resolution in US data. For grid cells with lateral dimensions of 1.2 …