This paper applies the gravity trade model to assess Mercosur-European Union trade, and trade potential following the … agreements reached recently between both trade blocks. The model ist tested for a sample of 19 countries, the four formal members …, namely, infrastructure, income differences and exchange rates added to the standard gravity equation, are found to be …

2001 terrorist attacks. Topics covered include cross-border commuting patterns, merchandise trade flows, immigration, and …

This paper aims to evaluate the trade potential of manufactured products between the members of the EU25 in the … project the “natural” trade relations between them. Relatively to previous evaluations of trade potential, we include in the … gravity model a variable related to the countries’ complementarities in terms of their Commodity Composition of Trade and we …

explaining trade, namely, infrastructure and exchange rates. Our results support the view that different products have a … per capita income) and barely sensitive to geographical distance are the best candidates for future trade between the … different sensitivity to distance and highlight the importance of using disaggregated data when analysing international trade …

This paper is an empirical investigation on the relationship between trade globalization and political liberalization … prediction that political liberalization could discourage trade and trade could foster democracy. …

One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for India’s trade, using both econometrics and …

Growing shares of international trade flows consist of intermediate and unfinished goods shipped from one country to … of international fragmentation of production in Europe, looking at how it affects relative labor demand. Models of trade … change in the relative factor intensities of the affected industries. We use international trade data specifically related to …

wide-ranging agenda for nationally coordinated reform, particularly in the areas of energy and water, freight transport …

the world which introduced this innovative system and, thus, its implementation was a real challenge. As of now, Gujarat …