Recent empirical studies argue that traditional trade models ignore product quality, usually leading to bias in price elasticities, which prevents the correct evaluation of trade determinants and the development of trade policies. This article quantifies the effect of quality on Brazilian...

COVID-19 is expected to have contributed towards changing the geographical structure of world trade, including trade between individual EU countries and China. This article presents the results of an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sino‑EU trade flows. The research aims to...

This paper studied the effects of anti-dumping measures on the imports to investigate whether the trade restriction effect of an anti-dumping duty is dominant. Our results indicate that a 1% increase in the anti-dumping duties decreases the import of the targeted product by about 0.43~0.51%. The...

This article analyses Turkey's safeguard (SG) actions using a renovated approach to the measurement of the impacts of the SG duties with empirical application introduced by Bown and McCulloch (2004). We examine the trade impacts of 16 safeguard duties, covering 52 different 4 and 6-digit...

This paper investigates the existence of long-run relationship between exports and imports in Qatar’s economy using Johansen cointegration approach. Qatar is a small open economy that depends on the outside world for exporting its oil, natural gas and its hydrocarbons and to import consumer...

This paper provides new evidence on the long-run relationship between exports and imports of the Iranian economy by employing bounds testing approach to level relationships. In Iran, there have been many unusual policy changes and/or external shocks to the economy; this has resulted in the...

Typischerweise zählen die Importe zu jenen Größen in der Konjunkturprognose, die die größten Prognosefehler aufweisen. Neben der erheblichen Volatilität der Importwachstumsraten ist dies dem Umstand geschuldet, dass bis dato kein bewährter Vorlaufindikator für die Importe Deutschlands...

As in many African countries, crude oil importation is a major drain on the economy of Ghana. We estimate short-run and long-run import demand models for crude oil using data over the period 1980-2012. Results show that demand for crude oil is price inelastic in the short-run but elastic in the...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact that exchange rate volatility has on international trade flows including here exports and imports. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on quarterly data from 2000-2018 making 224 observations in total. To measure the...

The trade war between the United States and China since 2008 has opened strategic opportunities to increase the economic market in ASEAN countries. This research aims to answer whether the trade war led to an oligopoly or a systemic market structure as a strategy for increasing demands,...