Empirical work on the underlying causes of the recent dislocations in bank-intermediated trade finance has been limited by the poor availability of hard data. This paper analyzes the key determinants of bank-intermediated trade finance using a novel data set covering ten banking jurisdictions....

Integration processes in Europe as well as globalization trends create new possibilities for enterprises. The accession of ten new Member States in 2004 and additional two in 2007 create new possibilities for enterprises, especially as far as foreign trade is concerned. The paper elaborates on...

This paper analyzes the performance of Chilean exporting firms during the period after the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. After the crisis, world imports increased sustainably, which was used by Chilean firms in particular and the country in general. Specifically, larger firms, and those...

In this paper, our main objective is to emphasize the difference between the old and the new EU member states (EU-15  versus EU-12 or NMS ) as regards the dependence on the Internal Market in the field of trade in goods. Conversely, we are trying to find out which European countries are most...

We analyse common stylized facts of services firms engaged in trade in a comparative study across four EU member countries. We find that, though relatively less engaged in trade than manufacturing firms, services firms have similar traits. Services firms are more likely to import than to export....

Gelişmekte olan ülkelerin karşı karşıya olduğu en önemli sorunlardan birisi geleneksel ihraç ürünlerine bağımlı kalmalarıdır. Oysa uluslararası piyasalarda rekabet gücü kazanmak ve ihracat gelirlerini arttırmak sadece geleneksel ürünlerin ihraç edilmesi ile değil, aynı...

This paper examines the determinants of international competitiveness at the level of sectors and firms. First, we address the relation between cost-related and technological competition in a sample of fifteen OECD countries. Results suggest that the countries' sectoral market shares are indeed...

The article deals with theoretical and methodological aspects of the modernization of domestic trade. The relevance of the study was due to the lack of scientific evidence and deformation of the trade modernization in practice. The models, spheres and the strategic direction of modernization and...

We explore the relative positions of China and India in the international fragmentation of automobile production by analyzing disaggregated trade flows, while distinguishing between final and intermediate goods. The size and composition of trade has significantly moved in favor of trade of...

The competitive advantage in tourism of the countries in Southeast Asia was assessed by using coverage ratio and revealed comparative advantage (RCA). Static and dynamic analyses were applied to the data of tourism services export during 2002-2010. The results show that Cambodia, Laos PDR,...