This paper introduces an alternative indicator to evaluate the external sector behavior of a country or region. The objective of this indicator, titled 'The External Sector Vulnerability Monitoring Index' (henceforth ESVM) (λ), is to offer policy-makers and researchers a new analytical tool to...

We propose a group of indicators for the analysis of wine industry performance. We present a new model that analyzes the direct impact of wine industry productivity rate (Π*), the wine industry performance rate (ΔΠ), the wine cargo expansion rate (ΔΠ), and the wine industry technological...