In a panel study of firm-level data from Spanish manufacturers, we show that reducing anti-competitive regulation in the provision of upstream services has a positive and sizeable effect on the volume of exports of downstream firms. Our estimates indicate that deregulation is very beneficial for...

This paper shows empirically that China s trade balance is sensitive to fluctuations in the renminbi real effective exchange rate. However, the current size of the trade surplus is such that exchange rate policy, alone, will probably not be able to address the imbalance. The reduction in the...

This paper investigates the trend and characteristics of trade in services in two fertile regions where different forms of trade integration have taken place: East Asia and Latin America. To that end, the World Bank data are utilized to categorize services trade in order to put on view the...

This paper shows that the variation in the world export share and the internationalisation process that the Spanish economy has experienced since the establishment of EMU have been determined by a broad set of factors that go beyond the evolution of international relative prices....

During the last decade, China s growing economic importance has been considered a blessing for South America, given their still relatively high dependence on the US and commodity exports. However, this positive sentiment is starting to change. Concerns are being raised about potential adverse...

En este trabajo se muestra que, desde la incorporacion a la UEM, la evolucion de la cuota exportadora de Espana en el comercio mundial y, por lo tanto, su proceso de internacionalizacion han venido determinados por un amplio conjunto de variables, que van mucho mas alla de la evolucion de los...

Las cotizaciones compartidas en sistemas de aportaciones definidas van ganando popularidad tanto en paises ricos como pobres como un mecanismo prometedor para reducir las carencias de participacion en los sistemas formales de pensiones. Las cotizaciones compartidas por los empleadores, por el...

Given that commodity export concentration is likely to be unhelpful for economic development, we then ask the question of whether Latin America has been experiencing a more pronounced concentration of such exports. We then use different indicators to measure such concentration. Our measurements...