I introduce an alternative parameter-based definition of component- and headquarter-intensive sectors into the seminal model of global sourcing by Antràs and Helpman (2004, JPE). This approach overcomes problems of the original sector definition like counter intuitive classifications or...

The study examines the export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis for Cambodia. The sample covers annual observations between 1972 and 2008. The Granger's non-causality tests support ELG as well as the growth-led exports. Also, there is causality from imports growth to exports growth. The study also...

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 although country specific analysis reveals that individual...

This paper discusses the results of the application of Jones' Inequality to the n-country, m-good Ricardo–Graham model. In the Jones' Inequality model, the number of countries is the same as the number of goods produced. On one hand, if a country is divided into regions for the purposes of...

Export is dominated by enterprises that trade more than one good with customers in more than one destination country. Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, is a case in point. Theoretical models of multiple-product, multiple-destination exporters that can guide...

This study considers a small open economy in which two tradable final goods are produced by using a non-tradable resource good, which has an open-access property, as an input as well as a primary factor. If the intrinsic growth rate of the resource is relatively low, there may be no non-trivial...

This paper econometrically estimates the tariff equivalent of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) to U.S. apple imports in Japan. Many studies calculate the tariff equivalent of the Japanese SPS to imports of U.S. apple using the price differential between the domestic price and export prices, but...

This note analyzes the differences between strategic trade and domestic competition policies to regulate a unionized monopoly. In the presence of an industry-wide union, the entry of a domestic competitor does not reduce labor market distortions, while strategic trade policy reduces both labor...

We estimate the effect of imports and exports of intermediates on economic growth in a panel of more than 100 among developed and developing economies across the period 1976-2008. We find that both capital and intermediate imports positively affect growth. The overall effect is driven by the...