By the end of 2007, China’s current account surplus represented 11.1 percent of thecountry’s gross domestic product. Many have argued that an appreciation of the RMBwould help to reduce this surplus and restore order to global accounts. Using a panel dataset including China’s exports to 33...

This thesis has three objectives. First, the thesis evaluates the alternative indirectmethods of measuring or identifying Iran's comparative advantage through revealedtrade performance. Secondly, it seeks to identify Iran's export potential byconsidering similar and comparable economies....

This dissertation consists of three essays pertaining to the causes of the levels and composition of the international trade flows of nations, and the consequential implications for the levels of per capita income and welfare of their populations. The first of these documents a pattern of...