This article reviews several hypotheses that aim at explaining the development of German merchandise exports. Based on cointegration estimation techniques, we examine different determinants for their ability to explain German exports during the period 1992-2016. The estimation results indicate...

The decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) is unprecedented, especially considering the recent trend in the global economy toward economic integration. There is a multitude of research concerning the implications of economic integration; however, research in the...

Since the adoption of new methodological standards for European national accounts and balance of payments (BoP) statistics in 2014, both statistical domains should be directly comparable and fully consistent. The latter implies that data elements that describe the same economic phenomena related...

Trade asymmetry is a well-known fact and there are extensive reports and literature about the causes for those asymmetries. There is also a recognised effort made by trade statisticians to mitigate trade asymmetry over time. Notwithstanding the positive achievements that have been made so far,...

This paper presents the value proposition of blockchain for Port Community Systems (PCS) by dissecting the business processes in port logistics and unfolding functionalities of blockchain in lowering the transaction cost. This paper contributes to the research by a detailed technical assessment...

This article introduces a new econometric model that includes an innovative measure of intersectoral structural change. This model describes the structural convergence (or divergence) of sector share patterns across countries (from the North-South or global perspective) influenced by...

This paper examines the role the digital economy plays in international trade impacts on Africa's economic growth based on 53 countries' sample from 2000-2018. We further divided the sample into five sub-regions, and the results are estimated by POLS, random and fixed effects, and the GMM...

This paper discusses the dynamics of foreign trade in the post-Soviet space within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) during the period from 2015 to 2021. Additionally, the paper analyzes export indicators in foreign and mutual trade of the EAEU member countries and diversification of the...

The global economic landscape is undergoing a transformative shift, as evidenced by the BRICS nations’ increasing dominance. This development raises questions about the emergence of economic and political blocks and their potential leverage. China and India, as the world’s most populous...

In a period of sluggish economic growth, the Brexit saga adds additional uncertainty to trade issues, concluding half a century of troubled EU-UK experience. In the post-Brexit era, the UK will be the third external EU_27 partner after the USA and China. Especially inbound trade (from the UK to...