Developing countries now account for a significant fraction of both world trade and two thirds of the membership of the … World Trade Organization (WTO). However, many are still individually small and thus have a limited ability to bilaterally … extract and enforce trade concessions from larger developed economies even though as a group they would be able to do so. We …

This paper studies the existence of a fiscal Nash equilibrium in a multi-country model of trade where the relative …, consumptions and trade that allow for the existence of a Nash equilibrium in the fiscal game. In the particular case of homotethic …

This paper examines whether European integration, manifesting itself in increased trade and FDI linkages, new … model endogenous relationships and unveil direct and indirect effects. Trade and FDI prove to have a strong impact on …

This paper investigates the impact of global crisis shocks on Indias trade and industry. The estimated results show … that changes in trade composition are positively associated with changes in manufacturing composition in India, controlling …

In recent past, India has taken several measures to implement the trade facilitation measures. These have helped the … Customs Valuation (CV) Agreement in India especially in the context of trade facilitation (TF). In this paper, we present … trade regime in India. After interviewing a large number of firms, custom house agents and government officials we found …

negative exter- nal trade shocks may be accommodated by the migration of jobs be- tween sectors; the negative impact on some …, will be temporary, unless labour market rigidities prevent the necessary adjustment. We ar- gue that trade shocks trigger a … disequilibria. Therefore, the structural change that follows trade shocks can no longer be analysed within an equilibrium framework …

This paper examines the impact of the European Union-South Africa Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (EU …-SA TDCA) on trade between the RSA and Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS). The results indicate that demand for …

particular, and in contrast with estimates of the trade effect of other currency unions, we find that the impact of the euro on … trade has been close to zero. After reviewing the costs and benefits, we conclude with some open questions on normative and …

If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non …