The World Trade Institute (WTI) is committed to advancing scholarly research in the fields of international trade law, economics, and political science. Our research staff regularly publish a broad array of academic works, including:
These publications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our work and contribute to global debates on trade, investment, and sustainable development.
1 May 2025 | Working Papers
With near constant change in Donald Trump’s bilateral tariff policies, the global economy finds itself in uncharted territory. On top of Trump’s various ta…
26 Mar 2025 | Working Papers
We estimate the trade and income effects of regulatory developments concerning standardlike non-tariff measures…
26 Mar 2025 | Working Papers
The literature on preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has mainly focused on the trade effects of nontrade provisions (NTPs) addressing environmental or lab…
25 Feb 2025 | Policy briefs
The recent Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) claims regarding a 10% universal tariff on all U.S. imports rest on assumptions that th…
16 Oct 2024 | Working Papers, Reports/ Presentations
Much like the exploitation of global trade by the first multinationals, early space commerce has the potential to lead to significant conflict as privateers seek to…
16 Oct 2024 | Policy briefs
Using a data set covering more than 120 countries spanning several decades, this paper employs a synthetic difference in difference estimator to study whether …
1 Jun 2023 | Journal Articles
1 Mar 2023 | Journal Articles
While the theory of economic policy offers a potential framework for thinking about the joint pursuit of economic objectives (EOs…
23 Nov 2022 | Working Papers
WTI working paper No. 08/2022 by Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman, Miriam Manchin and Filippo Santi
2 Nov 2022 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper No. 05/2022 by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig, Patric…
2 Nov 2022 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper No. 06/2022 by Ilaria Espa, Joseph Francois and Harro van Asselt
18 Aug 2022 | Journal Articles
New column on WoxEU by WTI's Director and Researchers Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph Francois, Doris Oberdabernig, Patrick Tomberger
3 Aug 2021 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper No. 01/2021 by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patric…
26 Jun 2020 | Other
Column by Koen Berden, Joseph Francois and Fredrik Erixon on VOX CEPR Policy Portal, published on 26 June 2020.
14 Apr 2020 | Journal Articles
Journal Article by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger in "Ecological Economics" Vol. 170 (Internat…
12 Nov 2019 | Journal Articles
Journal article by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger published online in Applied Economics (open…
17 Oct 2019 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper No. 04/2019 by Eddy Bekkers, Joseph Francois and Miriam Manchin
17 Oct 2019 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper No. 03/2019 by Eddy Bekkers, Joseph F. Francois, Douglas Nelson and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
22 Nov 2018 | Working Papers
WTI Working Paper 02/2018, by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig, and Patrick Tomberger.
21 Aug 2018 | Reports/ Presentations, Other
The policy paper was featured in Season 5, Episode 81 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver which aired…
