In this chapter we explore the popular but controversial idea that developing countries benefit from abandoning policy … neutrality vis-a-vis trade, FDI and resource allocation across industries. Are developing countries justified in imposing tariffs … to this set of government interventions as industrial policy. We explore the theoretical foundation for industrial policy …

measurement errors in reported trade flows between the two countries and correlate those errors with tax rates. We find that the … Kingdom, and tax evasion seems to be more severe in trade flows between Kenya and Tanzania compared to trade flows between the …

This paper examines the best common currency criteria for Asian countries through the regional cooperation in trade and … developed countries to reduce the exchange rate fluctuation. Further this could help to increase the trade within region. The … that the common currency would bring the increase in trade, political stability and poverty reduction in the member …

The EUBIONET III project has boosted (i) sustainable, transparent international biomass fuel trade, (ii) investments in … currently utilised. The greatest potential for increased use lies in forest residues and herbaceous biomass. Trade barriers have …

beneficial at a time a diversity of trade agreements are taking place while others wait for official signatures. A movement … towards bilateral and multilateral trade agreements includes the U.S. The U.S. has come to play an important role in terms of … expanding the horizon of what would constitute the free trade area of the Americas (FTAA). This study investigates the …

Trade is spatial in nature. However, when specifying trade regressions, spatial issues are typically not accounted for … in a satisfactory way. We specify a trade model which relates to the effects that the introduction of the euro had on … that, perhaps, the effects of currency unions on trade as described in the previous literature have been overstated. …

oligopoly and trade. Firms choose capacity followed by prices. If the benefits of capacity investment in a given sector are …

This paper connects trade flows to deviations from the law of one price (LOOP) in a structural model of trade and … focusing on two sources of goods market segmentation — (i) international trade costs, and (ii) non-traded input costs of … distribution. I find that a multi-sector Ricardian trade model, ala Eaton–Kortum, augmented with a distribution sector, can account …