NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

International Trade Theory: The Evidence

Edward E. Leamer, James Levinsohn

NBER Working Paper No. 4940*
Issued in November 1994
NBER Program(s):   ITI

This paper provides a critical look at recent empirical work in international trade theory. The paper addresses the issue of why empirical work in international trade has perhaps not been as influential as it could have been. The paper also provides several suggestions on directions for future empirical research in international trade.

*Published: Handbook of International Economics, forthcoming 1995, Eds. G. Grossman and K. Rogoff, North Holland

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