This paper investigates the role of social capital in determining one's competitiveness. The analysis exploits the data …

and food trade commodities. The competitiveness will be assessed through trade indicators as Revealed Symmetric …This paper analyzes the changes that occurred in Moldova’s trade of agricultural and food products since the … implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with European Union. The research will include the analysis …

between trade in goods and inward FDI on the environment. In particular, the interaction is positive under the former and …We study the effects of economic globalization (liberalization of international trade and investment flows) on the … environment in the context of a model that integrates standard factor endowment theory (FET) with the pollution haven hypothesis …

consequences of anticipated domestic and global trade policy and world price changes. Similar exogenous or policy shocks are seen … to have contrasting effects, depending on initial economic structure, trade orientation and policy regime. Further, when …

The literature on trade in renewable resources implicitly assumes that the traded resources are perfect substitutes. We … model trade in renewable resources as stipulated not only by autarky price differences, but also by consumers' love of … variety. We show that the love-of-variety effect enables welfare gains from trade even if total consumption decreases. Total …

We review recent research linking international trade to the environment, with a focus on new results and methods. The …-style approach to trade and the environment, its full potential has not yet been exploited. We discuss existing empirical and …