specifically for the six regional groups of ACP countries negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU. Data from …-border transaction costs, and a gravity model on two-way bilateral trade between 22 EU countries and 100 developing countries is …

Since at least the 1960s, the European Union (EU) has offered various kinds of non-reciprocal trade preferences for … researchers as well as in policy circles. The aim of this paper is therefore to analyse the impact of the EU’s non …, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) preferences actually have negative effects toward the end of our time period, suggesting that ACP …

Since at least the 1960s, the European Union (EU) has offered various kinds of non-reciprocal trade preferences for … researchers as well as in policy circles. The aim of this paper is therefore to analyse the impact of the EU’s non …, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) preferences actually have negative effects toward the end of our time period, suggesting that ACP …

In view of the global run on African resources the EU is at pains to conclude Economic Partnership Programs with … Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … ECOWAS EPAs as example, analyses reveal that tensions are due to both the gap between discourse and practice of EU trade and …

exported from developing to EU countries, and using this as the dependent variable in an estimation. Moreover, it also tests …

, again controlling for the type of goods being traded. Very detailed mirror data on imports to EU countries from developing …

– could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting a Southern perspective by focusing on exports from non-EU … Mediterranean countries to the EU, we test whether the efficiency of trade procedures affects (i) bilateral volumes of exports, and …