This paper investigates comparative trade advantages in agro-food trade. We analyze comparative advantages of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovenian agro-food trade in the European Union (EU) markets. Both the levels and pattern of the revealed comparative advantage measure are investigated. The...

This paper studies how differences in labor market regulations shape countries' comparative advantage in the cross-border provision of labor-intensive services, using administrative data in Europe for the last two decades. I exploit exogenous variation in labor taxes and minimum wages faced by...

Energy security and international competitiveness are two of the most fiercely discussed topics - especially in the light of the European Union (EU)'s dependence on Russia's gas, oil, and coal. Both mentioned concepts are of special importance for the so-called EU new member states (EU NMS),...

This study seeks to identify commodities and sectors of comparative advantage between Nigeria and China and to determine the extent to which Nigeria's export matches with China's import demand. Applying the Revealed Sectorial Comparative Advantage Index and the Trade Complementarity index on...