patterns of trade: a very high relative share of manufacturing firms with less than 50-100 employees and corresponding very low …

down foreign trade data by transport mode to take account of the structural overestimation of road haulage. We perform a …. The relationship between trade flows, transport distance and costs is estimated using a gravitational model … merchandise transport that the Bank of Italy has carried out since 1999, with a reconstruction of the aggregate time series to …

energy sources has become an urgent matter and a possible route to reach this goal is to facilitate trade and exchange in … renewable energy goods, services, and technologies, through trade liberalization. Another possible route to achieve the global … that a central and fundamental role is played by international trade rules. Trade liberalization in renewable energy needs …

carried out in an environmentally sound manner. China is aware of the importance of unconventional gas as a carbon … with the largest increase in greenhouse gas emissions, China’s capacity to substitute coal with cheaper gas as its primary … electricity generating fuel has the potential to represent a huge step toward global warming mitigation. However, China lacks …

particular in shipping — together with increasing urbanization, led to a rapid and exponential growth in international trade. The … function of mercantilism was twofold: on the one hand, it focused on how international trade could bend to serve the interests … of nation-states, while on the other it explored ways for national governments to contribute to domestic companies’ trade …

Eastern China. In this area it was possible to distinguish three different cultural traditions and markets: the Mediterranean …