This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study finds that the export potential from India to...

Economic integration in South Asia is governed by India's relations with the other economies of the region and it is also at the helm of all trade facilitation and transit issues of the region. Concessions given by India under SAFTA for LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to...

This paper analyses the effects of non-tariff barriers, in terms of both variable and fixed export costs, on trade structure. The relationship between fixed and variable trade costs determines whether international trade emerges. If trade emerges, only variable, but not fixed export costs,...

Der Zusammenbruch des Rats für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe hat zu erheblichen ökonomischen Verwerfungen geführt. Der verstärkte Zugang zu den stabileren Märkten der OECD-Länder ist deshalb von großer Bedeutung für die ehemals sozialistischen Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas sowie der...