The principal contribution of this paper is to investigate the relationship between policy uncertainty, caused by recent developments in international markets, and firms' trade margins for the largest economy in Africa: South Africa. In particular, using a unique database on the population of...

The Cotonou Agreement introduces new fundamental principles with respect to trade between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries relative to the Lomé Convention: in particular non-reciprocal preferential market access for ACP economies will only last until 1 January...

Das Buch vereinigt Beiträge zum Fifth Symposium of the Special Commission on Africa (SCA), einem Projekt der African Academy of Sciences, vom September 1989 in Abidjan. Das Symposium beschäftigte sich mit regionaler Integration und den Möglichkeiten wirtschaftlicher Kooperation in Afrika....

There are rare studies which assess the economic gains derived from trade in services for this specific group of 26 economies. This paper seeks to add to the existing body of literature. Two models (import and export) are created, and the 13 variables (data obtained from various international...

Die Feststellung, daß sich das weltwirtschaftliche Gravitationszentrum zunehmend in den asiatisch-pazifischen Raum verlagert, gehört mittlerweile zu den Gemeinplätzen internationaler Politikanalysen. Mindestens ebenso bemerkenswert ist jedoch die verstärkte innerregionale Kooperation auf...