analysis finds strong role of supply links in cross-country export performance in Europe, where these links between countries … production through a vertical trading chain network that streches across many countries, with each country specializing in … understanding of European exports: where exports values are created, the role of vertical supply links in export growth, what is …

In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly …, particularly on exports. We then go on to 'augment' the standard gravity model with relevant variables from the World Bank …'s Business Enterprise surveys. Our results further show that these variables, and in particular transport constraints and …

analysis of the effects of trade enhancing and resisting factors used by exporting countries on world trade. The gravity model … countries. Our results show that North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is more effective in increasing export flows than … European Union (EU), and the effects of regional economic integrations are more effective for agricultural commodities than non …

analysis of the effects of trade enhancing and resisting factors used by exporting countries on world trade. The gravity model … countries. Our results show that North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is more effective in increasing export flows than … European Union (EU), and the effects of regional economic integrations are more effective for agricultural commodities than non …

with nonmembers, as most Asian countries' integration with the global economy preceded regional integration. However …Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of … results show that membership in the Asian RTAs considered in this study have not, to date, occurred at the expense of trade …

The member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation have set as a target the achievement of an …? Data from South Asia suggest that member states have minor trade linkages and face asymmetrical patterns of shocks. This … harmonized with the level of regional economic integration. …

-Level Conference on Asian Integration cohosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the IMF on May 25, 2006. The first documents …-of financial integration in Asia. The third considers the implications of economic integration for the choice of the exchange rate …

The paper evaluates the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) within the global structure of overlapping regional … individual South Asian countries and SAFTA: RTAs with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union (EU … Program which started in 2006. SAFTA would have a minor effect on regional trade flows and the impact on custom duties would …