The issue of the impact of trade on specialisation structures and the effects of trade liberalisation on employment and labour markets has been intensively discussed in the recent literature on trade liberalisation and globalisation. In Europe this debate has gained new momentum in the...

GINFORS (Global INterindustry FORecasting System) represents a state-of-the-art tool for integrated quantitative policy assessments of long run economic developments and associated pressures on the environment. Its empirical modelling framework rests on national input-output accounts which are...

The issue of the impact of trade on economic performance and labour markets has been intensively discussed in the recent literature on trade liberalization and globalization where the debate was mainly about identifying the relative impact of trade and technology. The bulk of the existing...

This paper examines the structure and direction of developing Asia's trade over the past two decades. The impacts on developing Asia of the economic slowdown in 2009–2010 in high-income countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which includes the European...

The issue of the impact of trade on specialisation structures and the effects of trade liberalisation on employment and labour markets has been intensively discussed in the recent literature on trade liberalisation and globalisation. In Europe this debate has gained new momentum in the...

Brazil's trade with China has expanded at a tremendous pace over the past few years. Between 1999 and 2004, its exports to China have grown by 800 percent in value terms while the value of its imports from China has more than tripled. China is now Brazil's third most important export destination...

Drawing upon the science of complexity we propose a network-centric, complex-systems internationalization (NCCSI) perspective of firm internationalization that can help us understand observed patterns of internationalization that are difficult to explain using traditional theories. While...

Since the dawn of the concept of nation-states, many nations have been planning their economies to increase people's prosperity and standard of living. All economies have a centralised feature where decisions are taken. But data collection and plan implementation has been cumbersome because of...

This paper examines 12 economic simulation models that estimate the impact of Brexit. We provide their range of results and explain their associated assumptions and methodologies (macroeconometric models, computable general equilibrium [CGE] models, or mixed approaches). CGE models simulate the...

We analyze a fi rm's joint decision to export and invest using a model that incorporates the essential features of self-selection and learning-by-exporting theories of fi rm-level dynamics. We calibrate the model to 2002-07 Chilean manufacturing plant data and simulate it under different...