On the Consequences of Trade: Inequality, the Environment, and Aid

Siewers, Samuel

dc.contributor.advisor	Fuchs, Andreas Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.author	Siewers, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned	2025-05-27T17:03:40Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-03T00:50:10Z
dc.date.issued	2025-05-27
dc.identifier.uri	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?ediss-11858/16021
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-11256
dc.format.extent	184	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc	330	de
dc.title	On the Consequences of Trade: Inequality, the Environment, and Aid	de
dc.type	doctoralThesis	de
dc.contributor.referee	Kis-Katos, Krisztina Prof. Dr.
dc.date.examination	2025-04-23	de
dc.description.abstracteng	This dissertation analyzes, empirically, the consequences of international trade along three dimensions: economic inequality, the environment, and international aid. First, building upon the argument that factor endowments influence distributional outcomes, Chapter 1 examines the consequences of the “other” China shock—that is, the repercussions of the surge in Chinese demand, mostly for agricultural commodities—for economic inequality in Brazilian municipalities. It proposes a new identification strategy that exploits plausibly exogenous variation in demand for soybeans based on fluctuations in the size of the pig stock in China and shows that the proceeds of this China-driven agricultural bonanza have been rather unequally distributed. Chapter 2 turns to the environmental consequences of trade. Based on new survey data for firms in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and North Africa, it examines the link between global value chains (GVCs) and firms’ environmental performance. Using propensity score matching (PSM) to compare similar companies that differ in terms of GVC participation, the analysis underscores the importance of proper environmental regulation and shows that firms that join GVCs perform better across several environmental indicators. Finally, Chapter 3 investigates the effects of trade and geopolitical competition for the provision of humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of natural disasters. Based on a trilateral panel of daily humanitarian aid decisions following more than 500 fast-onset natural disasters, it shows that donor countries take faster aid decisions if they have stronger strategic interests at stake. The analysis, which relies on daily variation in donor responses, reveals a bandwagon effect, largely explained by commercial competition.	de
dc.contributor.coReferee	Garrett, Rachael Prof. Dr.
dc.subject.eng	Inequality	de
dc.subject.eng	China shock	de
dc.subject.eng	Deforestation	de
dc.subject.eng	Sustainability	de
dc.subject.eng	Global value chains	de
dc.subject.eng	Environmental regulation	de
dc.subject.eng	Disaster relief	de
dc.subject.eng	Humanitarian assistance	de
dc.subject.eng	Trade competition	de
dc.subject.eng	Soy boom	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-ediss-16021-4
dc.affiliation.institute	Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät	de
dc.subject.gokfull	Wirtschaftswissenschaften (PPN621567140)	de
dc.description.embargoed	2025-06-03	de
dc.identifier.ppn	1927015898
dc.identifier.orcid	0000-0002-5208-8556	de
dc.notes.confirmationsent	Confirmation sent 2025-05-27T19:45:01	de

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