This paper provides evidence of the effect of immigration-based networks on German trade. Germany presents a particular … migration policy. According to our results, we find no trade creating effect from migrant networks on exports but on imports …

that are active across country borders, we focus on international trade and multinational enterprise activity as conduits … spillovers through trade and foreign direct investment, the discussion guided by a model of foreign direct investment, trade, and … endogenous technology transfer. There is evidence for technology spillovers from both international trade and the activity of …

, testing for the importance of pairwise country links as well as characteristics of the receiving country (trade and financial … open- ness, exchange rate regime, fiscal variables). We find that trade integration fosters the spill-over of business … cycles, both bilaterally and as a country characteristic (trade openness). Results for financial integration are mixed …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example … transform into rising income inequality, the ability of governments to cushion this impact may be limited, as rising trade …

dependent variable. This paper empirically examines how immigration impacts a region’s policies and institutions. We find small … but positive increases in institutional quality as a result of immigration …

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to … (equivalent to trade taxes if no domestic production is possible). We review the literature, and argue that the policy equilibrium …

A Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) has been proposed in the mid-1990s to revitalize the economic and political … trade area for its members with respect to trade in goods and services and investment flows. It then looks at potential …

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 …

, a theoretical model is developed to explain price transmission for different trade regimes. Drawing from the competitive … if no trade takes place but future trade is expected. Using a global database on food prices, we construct national and …