In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly … show that the variables used in standard gravity models cannot explain a significant part of MENA's trade performance … inefficiencies in customs clearance processes, are important in explaining the MENA region's underperformance in trade. …

as natural disasters or large declines in the terms of trade. Remittances are positively correlated with economic …

Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a …

to their growth outlooks. For emerging markets, this financial channel trumps the trade channel. For a broader set of … developing countries, however, the trade channel seems to have mattered, with countries exporting more advanced manufacturing …

This paper investigates the asymmetries in trade spillovers from sector-specific technology shocks in China to selected … euro area countries. We use a Ricardian-gravity trade model to estimate sectoral competitiveness in individual euro area …

This paper provides a general equilibrium analysis of the trade effects of the formation of a currency union, and of … dissimilarities among countries affect the magnitude of the trade effects fostered by a common currency. We show that sharing a common … currency enhances the volume of bilateral trade among countries. However, the more economically dissimilar is an accession …