Negotiators may reach a trade deal on a limited series of issues WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali (3–6 December 2013 …), one of these being trade facilitation. Based on a quantitative assessment taking into account the detail of the last … well as trade facilitation. Importantly, we evaluate the impact of the Spring 2011 sectoral initiatives. …

econometric estimations consider impacts on both the extensive and intensive margins of trade. The reduced tariffs imposed on … affected the probability of recording new flows. Growth in emerging countries’ exports at the extensive margin of trade has …

qualitative data into a trade restrictiveness synthetic index (STRI). In a second stage we estimate the average impact of STRI on …-cost margins of the individual firms only when controlled for Regional trade Agreements and exception to the MFN clause in the …

In May 2003, the United States, Canada and Argentina launched a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against the … European Union. Our results suggest that the European moratorium and product-specific measures have a negative effect on trade …

This paper applies quantile regression techniques to investigate how the impact of trade openness on the growth rate of … robust variables affecting economic growth (investment, government balance, terms of trade, inflation, and population growth …) which we then use as controls in the quantile regression estimations. Our findings suggest a heterogeneous trade …