Given the debate about the advantages and disadvantages of free trade in development countries, this document analyses … the importance of bilateral and multilateral agreements on Bolivia's trade between 1992 and 2009. For this purpose, a … pooled model and panel data for the gravity equation of trade are estimated. Results show that trade agreements in Bolivia …

This paper investigates the effects of signing a trade agreement on the correlations of the business cycle fluctuations … trade costs and we calibrate it to the United States and Mexico in order to estimate the impact of NAFTA on their co …

This paper discusses the potential for cross-South Pacific trade between selected Southeast Asian and Latin American … economies. The objective of this discussion is to identify obstacles for more intensive trade between the observed countries …. Firstly, the paper reviews trends in trade flows and trade patterns between the selected economies, and by using several trade …

The CIS trade regime can be characterised as a mix of, partly overlapping, weak, bilateral, subregional, and … the Soviet Union forced the successor states to create a trade regime. Initially, they turned to one another not to … disrupt trade any more than needed. However, Russia carried most of the financial burden of the initial arrangements and …

remains the key driver of India’s GDP growth. Our analysis establishes that though India’s trade sector dwindled and …

This paper examines the India’s trade flows using a gravity model for the period 1998-2012. We selected the following … major trade partners: China PRP, United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arab, Switzerland, Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong … positive influence in bilateral trade. We also introduce economic size and common border these proxies confirming a positive …

congruence and trade intensity. The paper illustrates the role of enabling behind-the-border factors for effective absorption and …

In this paper, all technology transfers are embodied in trade flows within a three-region, one-traded-commodity version … congruence of the source and destination. Together with trade volume, these two factors determine the recipient’s spillover … economies and shifts in their terms of trade loom large in the general equilibrium adjustment. …

We build up a simple Ricardian trade model with imperfection in the market for credit which affects the pattern of … good. We argue that in such a framework identical countries will gain from trade without the assumption of comparative …