This paper examines the link between barriers to trade and investment and productivity performance, in the United Kingdom and selected European countries using both firm-level and sectoral data. Barriers to trade and investment appear to be a robust determinant of productivity in the long term....

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services are necessary to spur economic growth especially in the digital age. The comparative advantage enjoyed by the Philippines in specific ICT and ICT-enabled services indicate the availability of competitive ICT to support...

This essay will consider a number of interesting questions related to the Brexit vote. We will first examine, What is this European Union (EU)-operation that Britain is leaving? Using an economic perspective, Britain's decision to leave the EU will be evaluated based on its costs and benefits to...

Today's governance of foreign investment is dictated by a patchwork of investment treaties and preferential trade agreements. The governance of FDI is premised on the notion that the provision of reciprocal investment protection fosters investment and economic prosperity. However, as is well...