A napjainkban zajló információs forradalom számos stabilnak hitt összefüggést felborít. A ,,szérianagyság", amelyet sok évtizeden keresztül a gazdaságos termelés kulcsaként tartottak számon, sok esetben szinte nem is értelmezhető, hisz a termékek egyre nagyobb hányada ma már...

A rendkívül dinamikus kelet-ázsiai export nagyon egyenlőtlenül oszlott el a világ különböző importáló régiói, s ezen belül az európai régiók között. Hasonló aránytalanság jelentkezik az ellenkező irányban is: Nyugat-Európa nemcsak összehasonlíthatatlanul többet...

A címben jelzett dilemma minden bizonnyal sokakban felvetődik, ha elolvassák Török Ádám legújabb könyvét, amelyet a versenypolitika európai uniós és magyar gyakorlatának szentelt, természetesen az idevágó elméleti háttér alapos és tárgyszerű áttekintésével. A könyv...

India has a long history of economic linkages with the EU member states. In recent period, the volumes of Indo-EU trade both in case of merchandise products and services have considerably increased and a number of investment collaboration opportunities are emerging. Since 2007 the two sides are...

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has emerged as a role model for the developing countries at large by building a sustainable dialogue on major policy issues. The ongoing stalemate at the Doha Round of Discussions under WTO is creating a major hurdle for the developing...

This paper investigates whether political competition plays an important role in determining the level of agricultural protection. In order to do so, we exploit variation in political and economic data from 74 developing and developed countries for the post-war period. Our results robustly show...

This paper uses a novel dataset on US food import refusals to show that reputation is an important factor in the enforcement of sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures. The strongest reputation effect comes from a country’s own history of compliance in relation to a particular product. The...

This paper studies the determinants of pricing-to-market at the firm-level, with a particular focus on the role of firm-specific and policy-induced market power. We use a large dataset containing export values and quantities by product and destination for all exporting firms in 12 developing and...

Global Value Chains (GVCs) have become a central topic in trade and development policy but little is known about their actual impact on economic performance because data availability has been limited. Using a new unique set of Inter- Country Input-Output tables with extensive country coverage, I...

This paper provides evidence that the reduction in bound MFN tariffs is significantly larger for products with initially high tariff levels. These findings highlight the sensitivity of the PTA-external tariff question to the inclusion of initial tariffs, putting into perspective the previously...