We develop a mixed complementarity programming (MCP) based estimating framework for non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to examine the evolution of market access conditions in the textile and clothing sectors, working with a panel of bilateral trade data on textile and clothing trade, underlying...

The impact of the Doha round on the new EU members (by Joseph Francois and Julia Wörz) Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade and Competitiveness East-West integration and adjustments in the labour markets (by Michael Landesmann) Countries covered European Union, New...

A structural decomposition of international trade (by J.F. Francois and J. Wörz; pp. 1-7) Keywords international trade, trade intensity, manufacturing Countries covered EU, CEE, OECD, East Asia Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Migration, skills and productivity (by P. Huber...

Since the mid-1980s a substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the WTO and regional trade agreements. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature touches on...

We offer a duality-based methodology for incorporating multi-sector effects of international trade into open economy macroeconomic models, developing the concepts of the dynamic factor price equalization set and the integrated intertemporal equilibrium. Under this approach, the aggregate...

Working with a panel dataset of OECD countries over the decade 1994-2004, we examine linkages between cross-border trade and FDI in the services sectors. We first develop a consistent analytical framework for the application of the gravity model to both services trade and commercial presence...

We compare three theoretical explanations for the positive empirical relationship between importer income per capita and traded goods prices. A first explanation is that consumers with higher incomes demand higher quality goods with higher prices. A second explanation is that wealthier people...

We study the labour market effects of bilateral exchange rate realignment. We place emphasis on the composition of trade, the role of intermediates, and the underlying conditions of the labour market. Employment effects hinge on the fraction exported to and imported from the trading partner. A...

The share of knowledge-intensive services and products in total output and demand and in the production of advanced, but also less advanced or emerging economies, has steadily increased over time and especially so for the knowledge-intensive services. This ‘quaternization’ of the economies...