The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Trade
Scholarly Publications
Trade policy under monopolistic competition with firm selection
November 2020
We analyze unilateral, efficient and Nash trade policies in a symmetric, two-country version of the Melitz-Ottaviano (2008) model.
Multilateral Trade Bargaining: A First Look at the GATT Bargaining Records
July 2020
This paper empirically examines recently declassified tariff bargaining data from the GATT/WTO.
“Nash-in-Nash” tariff bargaining
January 2020
We provide an equilibrium analysis of the efficiency properties of simultaneous bilateral tariff negotiations in a three-country model of international trade.
Other Publications
While world seeks to defeat terror, Stockholm welcomes notorious terrorist into country
June 2011
The number one topic around the globe has been the world after Bin Laden and the appropriate ways for democracies to dispose of terrorists.
News
The state of US-Russia relations
November 2016
At a recent European Security Initiative (ESI) lecture held at the GSB's Oberndorf Event Center, Sergey Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to the US, described US-Russia relations as being at its worse...
Britain wiser to remain in European Union, Stanford scholar says
June 2016
The United Kingdom would lose more than it would gain if it left the European Union, a Stanford scholar said.So would other European nations, and the real winners would be countries that seek to...
Old Events
Human Barriers to International Trade
January 18, 2017
This paper investigates the impact of human barriers on international trade using data on common ancestry.
Brexit: What's next for the UK and Europe?
August 16, 2016
The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union this summer promises to fundamentally alter the political and economic future of the UK and the rest of the European Union.
**Cancelled** Brexit, Trump and the politics of fear: is populism here to stay?
July 12, 2016
**This event has been cancelled** With the backdrop of the Brexit vote in the UK, Nick Clegg will explore the factors behind the rise of the politics of identity, populism and nationalism in the UK...
Projects
Technology Transfer Agreements in EU and U.S. Antitrust Law
Technological innovation and the transfer of the resulting intellectual property rights are indispensable to the economies of the European Union and the United States.
English
What Trade Economists Should Know About Their Data
March 2009
More and more empirical research in international economics builds on the analysis of bilateral trade flows.
English
Linkages between Services and Manufacturing;
This study will analyze intersectoral linkages via trade in intermediates across industries, and the changing industrial structure of the EU, with a view to identifying possible unexploited...
English
People
Timothy E. Josling Senior Fellow, by courtesy Professor, Food Research Institute, Emeritus, 1940-2018