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        | China: what effect of trade liberalization on pollution? 
 Environmentalists and free trade advocates regularly clash on the environmental consequences of trade liberalization. China's insertion in international trade has been accompanied by an exacerbation of pollution problems. >>>
 Sandra Poncet, José de Sousa , Laura Hering
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              Firm Level Allocative Inefficiency: Evidence from FranceLionel Fontagné, Gianluca Santoni
 
 
Has trade openness reduced pollution in China?José de Sousa, Laura Hering, Sandra Poncet
 
 
Atlantic versus Pacific Agreement in Agri-food Sectors: Does the Winner Take it All?Anne Célia Disdier, Charlotte Emlinger, Jean Fouré
 
 
Do Regional Trade Agreements Really Boost Trade? Estimates for Agricultural ProductsSébastien Jean, Jean-Christophe Bureau
 
 
Variable Trade Costs, Composition Effects, and the Intensive Margin of TradeLionel Fontagné, Antoine Berthou
 
 
From Micro to Macro: Demand, Supply, and Heterogeneity in the Trade ElasticityMaria Bas, Thierry Mayer, Mathias Thoenig
 
 
Does Exporting Improve Matching? Evidence from French Employer-Employee DataMatilde Bombardini, Gianluca Orefice, Maria D. Tito
 
 
Foreign Language Learning: An Econometric AnalysisVictor Ginsburgh, Jacques Melitz, Farid Toubal
 
 
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 A New Dollar Cycle?
 
 The world is once again under threat of currency turmoil ignited by a vigorous appreciation of the dollar against all other cur rencies. This is the harbinger of another long cycle which has been the pattern of exchange rates since the fall of the Bretton Woods system in 1971. Because dollar cycles are driven by momentum dynamics disconnected from fundamentals, they are likely to distort real effective exchange rates between major currencies. The dollar appreciation phase may also wreak havoc in the financial systems of emerging countries that are heavily indebted in dollars.>>>
 Michel Aglietta, Virginie Coudert
 
 
 
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