analysis of the geography of trade relations (i.e. the size, the composition and the direction of exports and imports flows …) between the EU and the ENP countries. The findings of the paper illustrate the emerging patterns of trade relations among the …

present, however, notwithstanding recent enlargements, the intra-EU trade share on total EU exchanges is declining while the … interconnections between EU and Russia which have led to envisage the creation of a Common Economic Space or even of a free trade zone … trade links between EU, Russia and the other transition economies, offering a background for the debate on the reshaping of …

I investigate the effect of changing language skills on trade using an unique panel data set on spoken language. It … countries have witnessed an advancing trade integration and large changes in foreign language knowledge. I estimate a … significant and positive effect of changing common English skills on trade using the gravity model and controlling for endogeneity …

Over the last decades there has been a sizeable increase in trade and financial openness, triggered by current and … either directly the evolution of trade costs over time or the sensitivity of trade flows to distance in gravity models. In … their survey of the empirical trade literature, Leamer and Levinsohn (1995) conclude that the effect of distance on trade …

context of a regional trade block (Mercosur). Entrepreneurship literature about these issues is scarce for developing …, partners in a regional trade agreement (Mercosur). We intend also to analyze how being part of this trade block has influence …, some characteristics of the integration of the regional trade block into the world economy seem to be relevant to explain …

from UPS and by applying instrument variable estimation techniques. Our results reveal that distance affects trade beyond …

externalities in the presence of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) in a three-country world. In particular, we examine how a PTA … the several forms of PTAs, we focus on free trade areas (FTAs), where each member country chooses its external tariffs … independently. We build a three-country oligopolistic trade model by incorporating the endogenous determination of standards by …