This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific … using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of … different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of measures to ensure compliance with the World Trade Organization …

With the ongoing trade normalisation process between India and Pakistan, opportunities to integrate have opened up … segment to focus on in improving trade relations between the two countries. Here, an empirical and theoretical analysis of … India-Pakistan trade using some statistical indicators reveals low levels of current trade but huge trade potential. Since …

We carry out an indirect inference test of two versions of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of world trade …. One of these, the ‘classical’ model,is well-known as the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model of world trade, in which … countries trade homogeneous products in world markets and produce according to their comparative advantage as determined by …

This paper analyzes the effects of 3D printing technologies on the volume of trade and on the structure of FDI. A … techniques. At this stage international trade stays unaffected. Finally, at later stages, with 3D printing machines being widely … used, further technological progress in 3D printing leads to a gradual replacement of international trade. Empirical …

In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces …

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through …, growth affects trade, directly through changes in country size and indirectly through altering the incidence of trade costs …. Theory translates into an intuitive econometric system that identifies the causal impact of trade on income and growth, and …

trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … consumer and less of an assembler. This provides ground for optimism about the prospects of trade with the PRC as a source of …

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Kenya's foreign trade using quarterly trade data for the period 2019 … regional trade integration, is bound to boost exports and enhance resilience. …