While theoretical models suggest that trade is likely to increase productivity and income levels, the empirical … evidence is rather mixed. For some countries, trade has a strong impact on growth, whereas for other countries there is no or … even a negative linkage. We examine one likely prerequisite for a welfare increasing impact of trade, that is, the role of …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …

The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 …

gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and …

Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world’s two largest developing countries, the People’s Republic … of China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage … and available factor endowments. In view of the recent wave of worldwide subregional and bilateral trade cooperation, and …

Although the analysis of the relationship between international trade and economic growth has an important tradition in …

FDI and trade. We use panel data analysis within a framework of gravity equations for exports and imports, with a sample … evidence for Portugal is consistent with a substitution hypothesis between direct investment abroad and trade, and consequently … we detect a negative trade balance effect with the majority of countries in our sample, excepting Angola and, in a lesser …