Economic trade relations between Kazakhstan and the EU are becoming increasingly important, and much of this economic success is due to its rich energy resources and the government's efforts in restructuring its centrally planned economy towards a more free-market based economy. In spite of...

Anti-dumping policy is an important instrument of trade policy as far as protecting markets against dishonest practices of foreign suppliers is concerned and it is compliant with international regulations such as e.g. these set by the World Trade Organisation. Generally, dumping concerns...

The structure of production and trade that exists in an economy can be taken to 'reveal' the current or recent past in terms of trends in comparative advantage. Traditionally the HO model characterizes the US as being rich in human capital which gives it a comparative advantage in services....

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...