This chapter focuses on the estimation and interpretation of gravity equations for bilateral trade. This necessarily …

to diversify export portfolios through exporting to Asia. Each African nation has a distinct main trade partner in Asia …, in contrast to the common view that China has become the dominant trade partner of most African nations. Using a panel … with exports to the rest of the world, suggesting that in contrast to trade diversion, trade with Asia complements exports …

examines empirically the likely impact of their preferential and free trade agreements using Gravity Model under different …Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world's two largest developing countries, the People's Republic of … China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage and …

This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The … study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach … categories, namely, quantitative restrictions, trade facilitation and customs procedures, technical barriers to trade and …

The aim of this paper is to explore the patterns of trade duration across regions and to identify its determinants …. Using an extended Cox model, we evaluate the effects of country and product characteristics, as well as of trade cost … variables on the duration of trade relationships from 96 countries from 1995 to 2004. Our results suggest first that the …

(China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic …

The optimism surrounding aid for trade (AfT) led scholars and practitioners to probe its link with trade performance of … group. The results for the components of AfT from OECD countries are mixed, with AfT for "trade education and training" the … to Africa have played little role in Africa's trade with China, with infrastructure and economic size of African …

exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies …

cooperation should aim to reduce both intra- and inter- regional trade facilitation gaps as well as to expand the connectivity …. South Asia has to enact its own connectivity and trade facilitation arrangement to take forward the agenda of South Asian … trade facilitation and connectivity in the region. South Asia connectivity needs a new vision to compete globally. This …

The study aimed to empirically analyse GCC’s trade patterns based on the gravity model. Gravity model is derived from … physics and is used to explain the bilateral flow of trade determined by GDP per capita, population, and distance. It is … assumed that trade flow between the two countries is positively related to their economic size and population. The gravity …