How much does a nation spend on resources to 'grease the wheels of trade'? To examine this question the Dutch economy … seventeenth century from successes in long distance trade, shipping and financial innovations. Despite its historical background … remain important, suggesting that face-to-face trade remains an important element of modern transactions. In contrast to the …

trade (i.e., enhancing exports) in developing nations. …The effects of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI have gone understudied. We employ panel data reported by OECD …

extra-Asian trade, almost all sample countries concentrate their intra-Asian exports more on non-manufactures. Within …The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub … Asian countries have successfully diversified their manufactured exports towards more skill-intensive products. Relative to …