The literature has paid very little attention to a potential positive endogenous nexus between trade globalization and … the gravity trade theory, using data from a sample of 134 IMF countries over the pe- riod 1974-1998. An extensive search … shows that trade globalization dampens political liberalization, though political liberalization fosters trade globalization …

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared “peace is the natural effect of trade,” a number of economists … and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources more efficiently … comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then at least a portion of …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

have concluded about the efficacy of BCAs from both a trade and an environmental perspective. …

container charges incurred for goods traded across borders - represent trade costs obtained from the World Bank's Doing Business … to consider the issue of export endogeneity in the estimation. Moreover, it highlights the failure of the current trade …

have concluded about the efficacy of BCAs from both a trade and an environmental perspective …

contains a thorough exploration of parameter heterogeneity by income and by region. -- Trade ; Democracy ; Gravity Equation …The literature has paid very little attention to a potential positive endogenous nexus between trade globalization and … the gravity trade theory, using data from a sample of 134 IMF countries over the pe- riod 1974-1998. An extensive search …

Trade costs associated with institutional failures and political risks, continue to serve as a big barrier to regional … and international trade. Despite this strong impediment, limited work has been done to investigate the effect of weak … institutions and type of political regime on bilateral trade. In an attempt to bolster this literature, this paper investigates the …

This study examines linkages between political stability and trade openness dynamics in a panel of 44 countries in SSA … relationship between political stability and merchandise trade is not significant while the negative relationship between political … stability and trade openness (exports plus imports) is significant. Hence, the findings do not validate the tested hypothesis …

migration and trade and their effects on unemployment (chapter 5), and the dynamics of democracy and income chapter 6). …-Maximilians-Universität München. It includes six self-contained chapters which deal with the following topics in empirical international trade and …, trade, and informal employment as illustrated by the maquiladora industry in Mexico (chapter 4), the interaction between …