Recent evidence on the respective contributions of institutions and trade to income levels across countries has … demonstrated that - once endogeneity is considered - institutional quality clearly dominates the effect of trade. We argue that … overall trade is not the most appropriate measure for technology diffusion as a source of productivity growth and propose to …

We empirically analyse the impact of trade on income levels in the sub-Saharan African countries. The results indicate …

This paper studies the spread of the Black Death as a proxy for the ow of medieval trade between 1346 and 1351. The … variables of medieval trade ows based on an empirical trade model. These results shed new light on many qualitative debates on … the importance and causes of medieval trade. …

importer at 5.4% of world imports in 2006/07. China's overall trade with Latin America has expanded substantially during the …, Latin American governments need to pursue long-run strategic public policies. They need to optimize trade results and …

The paper uses a gravity model to examine the role of corruption in the direction of trade in a data set comprising … membership of the RTAs does not always increase bilateral trade whereas reducing a country's corruption does tend to increase … trade flows. The results suggest that EU membership, with the associated improvement in the perceived level of corruption …

The paper empirically investigates the inter-linkage between FDI inflow and international trade in service sector in … more than 60 percent of output and almost 35 percent of trade in global economy. The sector also accounted for 63 percent … theoretically established causal relationship between FDI inflow and international trade in services towards sustainable and service …

across markets, by exploiting the quasi experimental design of the nearly total collapse of domestic trade by rail in January … a 11% to 18% reduction in price dispersion across markets. Geographical reach of trade varies by crop, most likely …