The relationship between geography and trade is a central topic in international economics. This paper investigates the … potential existence of a continental bias in world trade flows on a sample of 182 countries over the period 1990-2006. Using … evidence of an economically significant continental bias in trade. It implies that, other things equal, countries located on …

This paper assesses whether the sensitivity of bilateral trade volumes to various trade cost factors is constant or … varies across countries. It utilizes a random coeffcients model and analyses a cross-sectional sample of bilateral trade data … for 96 countries in 2005. We expect the elasticity of trade to vary particularly with bilateral distance and bilateral …

The five chapters of this dissertation deal with the topic of trade under different kinds of uncertainty. In the first … chapter, the impact of exchange rate uncertainty on exports of European countries is investigated with a special focus on … especially uncertainty about future exchange rates has a negative impact on trade. …