time, trade flows do not, on average, survive for very long, this paper explores the concepts of core and peripheral … 1997-2007, an empirical test is carried out to ascertain whether there is support for the hypothesis that trade duration … account the fact that the trade hysteresis literature builds on data on the core market decision to export or not, and that …

Aiming to explore how the survival of trade flows has evolved over time, we analyze a rich data set of detailed imports … persistent characteristic of trade throughout the extended time period that we study: in general only 40 percent of trade flows … observed explanatory variables – which in turn influence the hazard of trade flows dying in a negative direction – imply that …

distance’ in international trade. We find significant differences between results obtained with the proposed estimator and …

stemming from terms-of-trade improvements and reduced dependence on subsidized and protected industries. The paper also …

extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number of ‘specific … trade concerns’ (STCs) that in the overwhelming majority of cases do not become formal disputes. The STCs address … appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national policies in the …

Since at least the 1960s, the European Union (EU) has offered various kinds of non-reciprocal trade preferences for … developing countries. Originally, these trade preferences had at least two policy goals: (i) to increase export volumes for …-reciprocal trade preferences for developing countries on export diversification. Our estimation results suggest that some trade …

role of NT in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) from the perspective of economic theory. Having established …, here we focus on the understanding of the key terms implementing the purpose of NT by GATT and World Trade Organization …

This study is part of The American Law Institute (ALI) project Legal and Economic Principles of World Trade Law. The … project aims to analyze the central instrument in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement for the regulation of trade in … goods – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT). The present study is one of two background studies for this …