Episode one: Swati Dhingra

Swati Dhingra, associate professor of economics at LSE and director of CEP’s green transition programme, speaks about the studies of international trade that inspired her. The papers discussed in this episode are: Krugman, P. (1979) ‘Increasing returns, monopolistic competition and international trade’, Journal of International Economics, 9(4): 469-479. Machin, S. and Van Reenen, J. (1998) ‘Technology and changes in skill structure: evidence from seven OECD countries’, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113(4): 1215-1244. Sawchuk, G. and Trefler, D. (2002) ‘A time to sow, a time to reap: the FTA and its impact on productivity and employment’, in S. Rao and A. Sharpe (eds.), Productivity Issues in Canada. Calgary: The University of Calgary Press. Taylor, M.S. (2005) ‘Unbundling the pollution haven hypothesis’, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, 4(2): 1-28, June.