China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of
world trade. Simultaneously, it has challenged much of the received empirical wisdom about …

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 …

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 …

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing
multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential …

Even before the Great Recession, US employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000
and 2007, the economy gave back the considerable employment gains achieved during the …

Between 1990 and 2008, air pollution emissions from US manufacturing fell by 60 percent
despite a substantial increase in manufacturing output. We show that these emissions …

We examine the impact of policy uncertainty on trade, prices, and real income through firm
entry investments in general equilibrium. We estimate and quantify the impact of trade policy …

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 analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on US
local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from …

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in US local labour markets
between 1980 and 2007. Labour markets whose initial industry composition exposes them …