The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisinglyfragile, as shown in a number of … between trade barriers and growth is contingent on measures ofcomparative advantage. The findings suggest that these …

This paper analyses trade specialisation dynamics in two Eastern European countries(Romania and Bulgaria – EEC-2) vis …

This paper provides a systematic welfare-based approach to analyze the impact of non-tariffmeasures (NTMs) on trade and … phytosanitary regulations.The approach overcomes the shortcomings of the mainstream approach based on the analysisof forgone trade … caused by trade costs. The latter ignores market imperfections: welfareincreases when NTMs are removed and trade expands. We …

is discouraged when trade costs fall. This seems to conflict with the experience of the 1990s, when trade liberalisation … and technological change led to dramatic reductions in trade costs yet FDI grew much faster than trade. Two possible … resolutions to this paradox are explored. First, horizontal FDI in trading blocs is encouraged by intra-bloc trade liberalisation …

The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub … extra-Asian trade, almost all sample countries concentrate their intra-Asian exports more on non-manufactures. Within … manufactures, resource-intensive goods still play a larger role in intra-Asian trade than in trade outside Asia. This reflects both …