🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

New: "International trade, product lines and welfare: The roles of firm and consumer heterogeneity" by Phillip McCalman (@unimelb, Business & Economics UniMelb). Increased competition from trade may cause firms to expand, not contract, their product portfolios. doi.org/10.1016/j.jint… 1/6

My paper with Phil McCalman and Bob Staiger on trade agreements that may seek to harmonize countries' heterogeneous regulations now forthcoming in Econometrica. Pre-publication version available here: econometricsociety.org/system/files/1…

Should governments harmonize standards to help firms conserve on fixed costs? What if their citizens have different tastes? We characterize efficient trade agreements when governments have legitimate motives for regulation but protectionist proclivities econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

New: "Trade Policy with FANG’s (aka Trade Policy and Multi-Sided Platforms)" by Phillip McCalman Phil McCalman. The logic of standard (one-sided-market) models need not apply to two-sided markets. Tariffs might raise global welfare. doi.org/10.1016/j.jint… 1/4

Phil McCalman, @TaniaVoon, Andrew Walter (University of Melbourne) & Laura Puzzello (Monash University), use an interdisciplinary approach to investigate foreign investment screening targeting Chinese investments, focusing on the practices of Canada, Australia and the US. 8/12

The submission deadline (Sept. 13) for the inaugural Melbourne Empirical Trade Conference is fast approaching. We're delighted to have Andrew Bernard (Andrew Bernard) join us as the keynote this year. Please submit your paper! Laura Puzzello Tibor Besedes

Recently accepted for publication in the CJE: "e-Globalization and Trade Agreements" by Phillip McCalman (Phil McCalman). Full text of the submitted version is available at economics.ca/cje-journal-co….