specialization indicators: a Balassa symmetric index version; a Chi-Squared Index; and the Relative Trade Advantage Index, all these … variation, based on trade balance flows. It is applied to the particular case of Argentina and Uruguay butter world trade during … is very stable. -- Mercosur; trade flows ; dairy products ; indices of trade specialization …

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - the BRICS - show high overall economic growth rates by international … has benefited German foreign trade in particular. This applies especially to automotive and mechanical engineering …. However, this geographical reorientation of German export trade in favor of the BRICS countries could soon reach its limits …

-grabbing title? Are exports becoming less important to Germany? A closer look at structures and trade patterns shows that in fact the … decline in sales in these markets by compensating with growth in Asian markets-primarily China-and trade with new EU member … still account for almost half of German exports and easily make the largest contribution to the foreign trade surplus, other …

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing export in bilateral trade in the Middle-East context. The … study considers the bilateral trade flows across three Gulf Cooperation Council countries - the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA …, combined as one group, and KSA, which has a relatively larger economic mass and population. Data related to bilateral trade was …

To estimate correctly the effect of variable trade costs on firms’ exports, the gravity equation should control for the … of exporting firms by reporter and partner country. We show that not controlling for the extensive margin of trade … introduces very serious biases in the estimated trade cost coefficients. …

) trade flows. Using a traditional gravity-equation framework, we try to see to what extent the bilateral trade flows between … trade patterns. The main conclusion is that NAFTA did not have a significant effect on US trade patterns, neither with … Mexico nor with other countries in the world (with the exception of CACM). -- NAFTA ; gravity model ; trade diversion ; fixed …