Assortative matching of exporters and importers

This paper uses the opening of the US textile/apparel market for China at the end of the Multifibre Arrangement in 2005 as a natural experiment to provide evidence for positive assortative matching of Mexican exporting firms and US importing firms by their capability. We identify three findings for liberalized products by comparing them to other textile/apparel products: (1) US importers switched their Mexican partners to those making greater preshock exports, whereas Mexican exporters switched their US partners to those making fewer preshock imports; (2) for firms who switched partners, trade volume of the old partners and the new partners are positively correlated; (3) small Mexican exporters stop exporting. We develop a model combining Becker-type matching of final producers and suppliers with the standard Melitz-type model to show that these findings are consistent with positive assortative matching but not with negative assortative matching or purely random matching. The model indicates that the findings are evidence for a new mechanism of gain from trade.

Examining the Impact of Carbon Tariffs on Trade

Anirudh Shingal presents at the joint NCCR Trade Regulation/NCCR Climate Workshop on “Border measures and the PPM issue in the context of climate change”. This presentation explores the possibility of a unilateral tariff increase on the imports of the most carbon-intensive products (identified from literature) from countries non-committed to climate-friendly polices in a bid to push them towards “global” climate policies. The presentation provides a first look at the empirical model to be used as well as the choice of trading partners, carbon-intensive products and the time period. Preliminary statistical analysis undertaken reveals the importance of these products in the trade flows of both importing and exporting countries as well as the existence of low tariffs (on these products) in destination markets.

Import policies and programs of the War Production Board and predecessor agencies, May 1940 to November 1945 /

"May 1, 1947."

Importaciones /

Description based on: Año fiscal de 1888 á 1889.

Pre-importation review program : procedural requirements and chemical questionnaire.

Mode of access: Internet.

Overseas trade: bulletin.

"Reference no. 8.11."

Highlights of U.S. export and import trade.

Jan. 1988 issue has title: Highlights of U.S. export and import merchandise trade.

Let's talk trade : --with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Mode of access: Internet.

Trade of Canada.

1939- published in 3 vols.: v. 1 Summary and analytical tables; v. 2 Exports, v. 3 Imports.

Trade and navigation.

Description based on: July 1900.

Management audit of the flu vaccine procurement and the I-Save Rx Program /

This audit concluded that Illinois' preocurement of flu vaccine was not adequately planned or monitored and led to financial liability for vaccine that the state did not receive. The I-Save Rx Program, which imports prescription drugs into the United States from other countries, and was found to be in violation of federal law is also covered in this report.

Reports of the majority and minority of the select committee on the origin and character of fishing bounties and allowances.

Page [84] is blank.

Domestic and international transportation of U.S. foreign trade, 1976.

Chiefly tables.

Report of the statistician

Crop reports, relating to acreage, yield per acre, condition, progress, etc.: imports and exports of various farm products; statistics of farm animals and other agricultural interests in theUnited States and foreign countries; freight rates of transportation companies, etc., etc.

Getting it right : importing and exporting agricultural products.

"Issued December 1995"--P. 2.