Domestic institutions can have profound effects on international trade. This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of this insight. Particular attention is paid to contracting institutions and to comparative advantage, where the bulk of the research has been concentrated....

El exponencial crecimiento de China en los últimos treinta años genera preocupaciones e interrogantes en el ámbito político y académico. El país asiático ha pasado a ser el segundo socio comercial de América Latina, cuando en 1990 representaba apenas 0,6% del comercio total de la...

Private industrial development inPakistan has a mixed track record. This paper presents a political economy overview of industrial development in Pakistan. Starting with an analysis of initial conditions, such as low levels of urbanization and out-migration of bourgeoisie, the paper looks at the...

This article analyzes the volume and pattern of India–Pakistan trade given the extent of trade complementarity between the two countries and, in the presence of a restricted positive list of imports from India, the tariff regime and nontariff barriers in the two countries. The study also...

This paper analyzes how trade can develop between low and high wage countries when there is free trade and when there is protection. In particular, the paper focuses on Pakistani industrial development from the 1950’s and how standard international trade theory relies on specific assumptions...

Over recent years Russia has actually become a monoculture exporter: three types of energy resources (crude oil, oil products and natural gas) ensure about 60% of the overall export volume. In the circumstances of such high export concentration over a small group of commodities, Russia’s room...

This paper deals with a wide choice of Russia’s foreign trade issues.

This paper deals with a broad section of Russia’s foreign trade issues in 2011

This paper deals with a wide choice of Russia’s foreign trade issues.

This paper deals with a wide choice of issues related to Russia's foreign trade, its import and export.