Objective: The objective of the article is to identify patterns of intra-industry trade between the European Union (EU) and Japan in the automotive industry and to provide implications of key provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) for this sector. Research Design &...

This paper attempts to examinePakistan’s trade patterns with South Asian countries by using a gravity model of trade. The main objective of the study is to quantify the long-run impacts of gravity variables. To achieve this objective, a panel data set for the period 2003 to 2017 has been used....

Recent empirical studies argue that traditional trade models ignore product quality, usually leading to bias in price elasticities, which prevents the correct evaluation of trade determinants and the development of trade policies. This article quantifies the effect of quality on Brazilian...

Agrifood standards impede trade by increasing compliance costs, but they can also enhance trade by signalling quality. This paper disentangles the trade costs and demand-enhancing effects of two important standards-technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures-on (i)...

Even as a number of developing countries have been able to reap the export opportunities presented by the rise of global value chains (GVCs), Nepal's export performance remains dismal. This paper examines the challenges and constraints faced by manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises...

The creation of the Manaus Free Trade Zone had a development purpose in the Brazilian political, economic and social scenario between 1960 and 1970. This industrial pole was an important device in achieving the desired development, populating a region considered deserted and exposed to external...

Trade flows are the result of the interaction between buyers and sellers. Understanding how these firm-to-firm relationships form, survive, and evolve over time helps identify how countries can improve their export outcomes. Using a very granular dataset of United States import transactions from...

We develop a quantitative theory of prices in firm-to-firm trade with bilateral negotiations and two-sided market power. Markups reflect oligopoly and oligopsony forces, with relative bargaining power as weight. Cost pass-through elasticities into import prices can be incomplete or complete,...

This paper aims to examine the changes in global value chains (GVCs) in the years 2020-2022 (times of the COVID-19 pandemic) compared to 2019 (last year before the pandemic). GVCs are illustrated by diagrams based on the statistics on international trade measured by value-added exports and...

This study examines the effect of regional integration-specifically, that of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as an economic integration agreement-on the survival rate of Ghana's exports. It employs a discrete-time complementary log-log hazard model with a random effects...