This paper aims to quantify the impact of nominal exchange rate volatility on nominal trade flows with a particular focus on the Czech Republic. The paper shows that the magnitude of the impact differs when a dynamic model is used instead of static model.

The purpose of this paper is to examine Austrian foreign trade and estimate the country’s export function. The analysis is based on the gravity model of trade in the log-log form, augmented by additional variables in order to control for the impact of institutions on decision-making. Our panel...

En este trabajo se estiman los determinantes de las exportaciones manufactureras colombianas a Ecuador, Venezuela, México, Perú y Estados Unidos en el período 1998-2009. Los resultados muestran que el ingreso del país importador, los precios de las exportaciones y los costos salariales son...

Abstract: Recent empirical work emphasizes the importance of the extensive margin of trade (new exporters, new export activities) for long run export growth. In this context, understanding the determinants of duration of new exporters is key for underpinning the dynamics of exports growth. As...

Resumen: En este trabajo se explora, desde el punto de vista empírico, el comportamiento de la profundización, apertura y cierre de mercados de exportación a nivel sectorial para Colombia durante el periodo 1997-2010, con énfasis en los dos periodos de recesión que presenta la economía...

absTracTthis document analyzes the international competitiveness of colombianblackberries-raspberries between 2003-2007, as well as its potential marketsworldwide resulting from some theories and concepts related to internationalcommerce and competitiveness given by authors such as bela...

Este trabajo analiza la evolución del comercio agroalimentario español en el período en el que han tenido lugar las más hondas transformaciones de la economía española, la segunda mitad del siglo XX y la primera década del XXI. El artículo estudia la evolución de las exportaciones e...

Kletzer and Bardhan (1987) argue that countries with a relatively well-developed financial sector have a comparative advantage in industries that rely on external finance. Beck (2002) and Fanelli and Medhora (2002) find that well-developed financial sector translates into a comparative advantage...

This study examines the economic and non-economic factors governing the decision of forming Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between two non-zero trading partners by estimating a Probit model using 9,178 country pairs having 705 active and operational bilateral FTAs. This study works on the implied...

China’s economic rise is increasingly affecting East Asian growth and trade. This article discusses the changing patterns of the region’s trade and considers whether business cycles in East Asian economies have become more synchronised. We find that China’s main impact to date has been...