Using detailed global trade and novel Multi-Region Input-Output (MRIO) data, this paper examines the East African … Community’s (EAC) global and regional integration through trade, global, and regional value chains (GVCs and RVCs). With … global and regional trade and production networks at the aggregate, bilateral, sectoral, and bilateral-sectoral levels. The …

Global value chains offer countries unique opportunities to participate in and benefit from international trade by … chains positively impacts their growth; a positive impact which is driven by trade in commodities, knowledge intensive good …

This study examines Canada’s key strategic trade policy options – whether pushing for further economic integration with … increasing Canada’s trade with either emerging countries (e.g., India, China, Brazil) or with advanced partners such as Europe … and Japan. The main conclusion is that there may be considerable benefit to Canada of diversifying some of its trade away …

Using the clustering analysis and gravity model, this paper investigates the evolution of likely trade-bloc phenomenon … the other rising bloc of countries around Pacific Rim. For the automatic data processing industry, only one trade bloc …

We study linkages between financial development, international trade, and long-run growth using data since 1880 for 17 … trade reinforce each other in data before 1930, but that these effects do not persist after the Second World War. Financial … development affects growth positively throughout the sample period, while trade affects growth strongly and independently after …

This paper studies the structure and the evolution of worldwide trade integration from 1880 up to 1995. Starting from … historical trade and GDP data we use a state-space model to construct a bilateral historical trade index. This index is … strong diversification in the formation of trade links as well as a strong decrease in the effect of distance. The second …

The remarkable changes in the distribution of wealth and trade flows in recent decades are subject to abundant … examines and illustrates major geographical trends of the international trade in a coherent and comprehensive framework. The … detailed analysis places each country on the world trade map. It appears that the globalization of trade flows has not erased …

In this paper, micro-level evidence on the link between trade and labor markets is provided using annual plant level … data from Colombia. At the firm level, the manifestation of the observed relationship between trade and changing labor …