described as an economy with a relatively large population and land area which plays a dominant role in trade within the region …

The conducted paper is analyzing the mutual trade relations existing among V4 countries. The main aim of the paper is … differences existing in area of agricultural sector and trade development in the case of analyzed countries. Another aim of the … paper is related to their trade relations. In this case the paper is identifying basic trends in the area of individual …

This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA …) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade … flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) countries. The need for maintaining the primacy of economic integration in …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 and the attempts to …

This paper examines to what extent Eastern Europe trade reorientation towards the West has been driven by market forces … versus policies for regional integration. Hierarchical cluster analysis based on bilateral trade intensity reveals the … convergence of regional trade structures to the pre- World- War II pattern. Estimates of the expected trade pattern of Eastern …

The bilateral trade flows between Canada and the US have grown rapidly in the 1990s. Are they evidence of an emerging … North American trading bloc? A gravity model of trade finds that while economic size and proximity can explain much of the … substantial trade between Canada and the US, the US bias in Canada’s merchandise trade has grown since the formation of the Canada …

. Service trade, however, like goods trade, is subject to strong distance effects, implying that the remote supply of services … remains limited. We investigate this proposition by deriving a gravity-like equation for service trade and estimating it for a … large sample of countries and different categories of service trade. We find that distance costs are high but are declining …

The impact of international tourism flows has been poorly studied within the international trade literature. In this …

The objective of the paper is to examine whether trade activity intensifies over time as the outcome of signed … bilateral trade agreements. Focusing on (the trade component of) the European Neighborhood Policy, the paper conducts an in …-depth study of trade activity between the EU and its neighboring countries, attempting to offer a detailed analysis in terms of …

This paper investigates the determinants of trade between Oman and its major Asian trading partners in order to gauge … the impact of the process of trade liberalisation. The empirical findings based on the gravity model indicate that Oman … statistically insignificant effect of trade liberalisation on non-oil exports. These findings certainly have policy implications in …