Geopolitical conflicts have increasingly been a driver of trade policy. We study the potential effects of global and persistent geopolitical conflicts on trade, technological innovation, and economic growth. In conventional trade models the welfare costs of such conflicts are modest. We build a...

The Trans Pacific Partnership, however, is not the only trade agreement facing dangers of being finalized or even implemented. Other protectionist waves – namely those arising in relation to Europe, have witnessed growing difficulties, protests and challenges to efforts aimed at mitigating...

The book explains the reasons for the recent economic success of Turkey by examining the transformation of the private sector and the development policies implemented by the Turkish government. Further concrete insights are provided by professionals working for institutional and business players...