This paper contributes new empirical evidence on the relationship between productivity and international trade. This is accomplished using an econometric approach that combines input-output and productivity data, which allows a more detailed tracking of the relationship between trade in...

Este artículo estudia los efectos que la apertura de una economía al comercio exterior, tiene sobre la productividad a nivel de empresa y a nivel de industria en un entorno donde existen diferencias intersectoriales en niveles de competencia en autarquía. Cuando la economía se abre al...

This paper contributes new empirical evidence on the relationship between productivity and international trade. This is accomplished using an econometric approach that combines input-output and productivity data, which allows a more detailed tracking of the relationship between trade in...

Romania has always aimed for creating a friendly financial sector for the exporters, which has to be able to contribute to an increased national competitiveness. In order to have a relevant strategic answer for this sector, the main objectives, such as increasing the budget resources to finance...

We analyze the impact on productivity in advanced economies of fast-growing trade with China between the mid-1990s and late-2000s, separately identifying the export and import channels. We use country-sector-level data for 18 advanced economies and, similar to Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013),...

Today, more than 50 years after the Rome Treaty, the EU has made great strides in its’ economic integration and liberalization of movement of goods and people. International trade theory predicts deepening economic integration inside the European Union will increase regional trade and have...

RESUMENLos mercados internacionales son competitivos no solamente por la disponibilidad de los factores de producción básicos, sino por la adaptación y asimilación de nuevos elementos constitutivos de los factores como son los correspondientes al capital y a la mano de obra, en lo pertinente...

Trading blocks can help or hinder the liberalization of world trade. A determining factor is whether trade within the block is organized around traditional comparative advantages, or around economies of scale. Regional free trade agreements such as NAFTA can be a substitutes for global free...

(english) Core labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal, but applied very differently across countries. Compliance is much higher in high income countries. However, the causality between improved labour standards and economic growth remains a controversial issue. Export-led...

Les normes de travail définies par l’OIT en 1998 sont universelles mais très différemment appliquées dans les pays. Elles sont d’autant mieux respectées que les pays disposent d’un revenu élevé. Néanmoins la causalité entre les normes de travail et la croissance reste une question...