One of the main stylised facts that has emerged from the recent literature on global value chains is that bilateral trade imbalances in gross terms can differ substantially from those measured in value added terms. However, the factors underlying the extent and sign of the differences between...

This paper attempts to investigate the effect of FDI inflow and FDI outflow on the GDP of Bangladesh and India. For this purpose, we used panel data over the period of 2000-2019. First of all, we built our regression model from the basic regression model. The variables included in this model...

One of the main stylised facts that has emerged from the recent literature on global value chains is that bilateral trade imbalances in gross terms can differ substantially from those measured in value added terms. However, the factors underlying the extent and sign of the differences between...

Using a centre-two periphery new economic geography model we study the location and real wage effects of the EU's Eastern enlargement on current and future EU member countries under pure trade integration and with migration of skilled labour. The quality of final and intermediate products...

In an effort to stimulate trade, has Canada conducted regular trade missions starting in 1994, often led by the Prime Minister. According the Canada, these mission have led to tens of billions of dollars in new business deals. This paper uses multilateral trade data and a gravity equation to...

Whereas the impact of Brexit on Anglophone Africa was a major issue in the controversial British discussions on the pros and cons of Brexit, possible repercussions on French-speaking Africa have been rarely mentioned up to now. Yet, the range of possible Brexit effect is impressive, including...

Across countries and cultures, the Corona-19 virus was declared a Pandemic. Using available statistic and views, an analysis will be conducted in order to determine whether, across countries and continents, the measures used by governments and policymakers to curb the spread of the said virus...

This paper examines the long and short-run relationships between three Central European Economies stock returns (Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic) and their main western economic and trading partner, which is Germany. We obtain evidence of links between macroeconomic variables and stock...

We assess the conditions under which exchange rate fluctuations are contractionary for firm-level investment. To address this question, we match firm-level balance sheet data with a large dataset of firm-level bonds for about 1,000 firms from 36 emerging market economies over the period...

In this qualitative sociological and quantitative economic policy paper, we start out from the assumption of a very recent European Commission Background paper on the "Efficiency and effectiveness of social spending", which says the effectiveness of social spending can be defined by the degree...