Desde 1996 em sucessivas edições anuais, o Informe MERCOSUL vem acompanhando os aspectos mais importantes do desenvolvimento econômico e comercial desta entidade regional, criada pelo Tratado de Assunção, de 1991. O trabalho aqui apresentado se inscreve em um âmbito mais amplo das...

Desde 1996, el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe del BID (BID-INTAL) ha publicado la edición anual del Informe MERCOSUR, con el objeto de documentar los aspectos más importantes del desarrollo económico y comercial de esta entidad regional, haciendo un recuento...

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Is it worthwhile to implement policies designed to increase competition in transport markets? Focusing on air transport, this paper quantifies the effects of liberalization of air...

El Mercado Común Centroamericano (MCCA), formado por Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua se constituye con la firma del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana por parte de estos 5 países en 1960. El INTAL, con el objetivo general de promover y...

The Central American Common Market (CACM) which includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua was set up by these five countries in 1960, through the General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration. With the overall purpose of promoting and consolidating the Latin...

Obstfeld and Rogoff (2001) argue that trade costs provide at least part of the explanation for a number of puzzles in international macroeconomics. Using data on imports to the United States from developed economies, this paper investigates whether trade costs are associated with correlations...