This paper estimates the trade effects of WAMZ between 2005 and 2010 using the gravity model. In addition, it also … estimates the determinants of bilateral trade flows in WAMZ countries. The paper finds that WAMZ has been trade diverting …, geographical factors and political stability are significant determinants of WAMZ's bilateral trade. Therefore, regional policies …

In an equilibrium trade model, we prove that not only the diversity effect but also the kurtosis effect will affect the …

This paper uses a partial equilibrium trade model to evaluate British Columbia's (BC) log export restrictions. The … results of a recently published paper on the topic rely on two key assumptions. They assumed BC has a ban on log exports and … that any incremental BC log exports will not affect the world price for logs. This note uses the same data, but a more …

This paper estimates the determinants of bilateral trade flows between UEMOA members and other countries in the ECOWAS … region. It also estimates the trade effects of UEMOA using a more simplified Vinerian type gravity model. Further, country …-specific analysis was conducted to evaluate any probable variation in trade creation or diversion effects across member countries in the …

This paper tests the relationship between climate and trade of agricultural products in MENA countries, using bilateral … precipitation significantly reduce exports and increase imports in MENA countries. This raises the question of food security in …

We assess the out-of-sample forecasting performance of eight models on Indian real exports and imports. The results, in … large part show only a slight increase or no clear increase in India's international trade. However, the results are very … robust when comparing the predictions in terms of exports and imports. In both the cases, the ARIMA and ETS models perform …

This paper underlines the influence of trade diversification on GDP per capita growth. Using methodologies developed by … Brenton and Newfarmer (2007) and Amurgo- Pacheco and Pierola (2008), we breakdown exports of 64 developing countries into … confirm that trade diversification has a positive effect on growth. However, this positive effect of diversification tends to …

, imports, exports and merchandise trade. The human capital (education) has negative impact on poverty. We also find that …The impact of trade openness on poverty has been in the limelight for a few decades now, since most developing … countries relaxed their trade regimes. Poverty has always been a central issue for developing countries mainly because of their …

public good. It is shown that trade policy can alter the quantity of public good provided in the equilibrium. Interestingly … out the import competing sector. This result holds unambiguously in the neighbourhood of free trade. …

-2005. Increased accessibility of detailed sector level labor statistics allows us to consider trade based linkages and interaction … mechanisms between domestic and foreign employment in manufacturing and tradable business services in "Old" and "New" partners in … substitute with respect to workers in ''New'' members. Finally, employment in the latter group of countries is not really …