The unsatisfactory performance of Italian export volumes in the last decade has been attributed to three factors; the … product specialization still centered around traditional sectors, the small firm size and the exceptional rise in export unit … the last decade (1996-2005), export unit values have overestimated export price dynamics by 2 percentage points on average …

the development of small intermediaries. Innovative payment instruments can improve financial inclusion. Thanks to a …

theoretical literature the relationship between direct investment and trade is not certain apriori: some works emphasize their … transfer production phases to low-wage countries, to circumvent trade barriers, to acquire natural or technological resources …, performed on the markets of five industrial countries for the period 1985-94, shows that the imports of market i from country j …