and their connection to the international markets. The lack of data is problematic for regional analysis of aggregate … shocks such as trade agreements and to analyze network effects of regional policies. This paper takes an in-depth look at …

replicating observed regional statistics and can be used for improved impact analysis and CGE model calibration. It thereby … mitigates the surprising but problematic lack of regional German trade data in the analysis of both, regional effects of … aggregate shocks such as trade agreements as well as network effects of regional policies. Moreover, the paper takes an in …

The present paper studies the variety gains of regional integration in Asia. Applying a heterogenous firm model we are …

examined upon two perspectives regarding its historical background. Firstly, the centrality in regional terms - the influence … that changes in regional centrality affect urban centrality as well the process of occupation and land use in the city. On …

supermarket value chains and how those firms' participation might stimulate growth through regional trade. Our results show that … local processing firms' participation in regional supermarket value chains is constrained by a number of factors that pose …

Regional corridors are popular components of regional cooperation initiatives and have been in use for several years … terms of content and implications. This paper elaborates on a simple framework for regional corridors development in the … context of regional cooperation, anchored on two dimensions of these corridors: the extent to which they are national or …

identify the determinants of regional manufactured exports. It is found that the home-market effect (measured by the size of … local GDP) and distance (measured as the distance in km to the nearest port) are significant determinants of regional …