In this paper, I show that the increasing similarity in GDPs among OECD country pairs leads to higher bilateral trade to GDP ratios. This finding provides some support for the prediction of Helpman [J. Jpn. Int. Econ. 1 (1987) 62], whose model explains intra-industry trade that is prevalent among developed countries. I also show that Helpman’s prediction is rejected for non-OECD countries, amon...

One of the axioms in tobacco control is that today’s outrage from the tobacco industry will be eclipsed by tomorrow’s. Just when you think you’ve seen the worst possible transgression by the bad guys, something even worse comes along. The “outrage” in the spring of 1985 was an advertisement for Newport Lights which featured a pregnant woman, or at least a woman who looked pregnant—very pregnant...