Rising trade tensions, a spate of trade-inhibiting policy measures and a weakening of multilateral institutions have … sparked a growing concern about the potential implications of global trade fragmentation. Yet, empirical evidence that … geopolitical considerations are already materially affecting trade flows is scant. In this study, we quantify the impact of …

This paper assesses the Euro’s influence upon European trade by estimating two different indicators. The first is the … with its trade partners. This study of the Euro’s influence by means of the Border Effect is a novelty in the literature …, it reveals that the Euro’s influence upon trade is not so clear as papers focused only on the Rose Effect claim. This …

rapid increase in the share of China in world trade. As the world is taking the full measure of this phenomenon, tensions … therefore provides an assessment of China’s “natural” place in the world economy based on a new set of trade integration … indicators. These indicators are used as a benchmark in order to examine whether China’s share in international trade is …

During the 2008-2009 crisis trade in goods experienced the deepest decline ever recorded. Surprisingly, trade in …

The rapid increase in intra-industry trade (IIT) between the EU15 and Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European … (CESEE) countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union indicates a structural change in the nature of trade in CESEE and a … new process of transition and real convergence to the EU. Using a product-level trade flows database and employing linear …

for Spain, Portugal and Italy providing evidence of the importance of sunk costs and hysteresis in international trade. …

and export performance among European economies. We use the information compiled in the Trade module of CompNet to … each country can have important consequences from the point of view of the dynamics of aggregate trade patterns. …

This paper empirically investigates the effect of the EU-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) on manufacturing trade … flows. By applying a state-of-the-art structural gravity model with intranational (i.e., domestic) trade and using … disaggregated data, we quantify both the trade impact and the observed heterogeneity in the FTA estimates. In line with literature …

This paper assesses the Euro's influence upon European trade by estimating two different indicators. The first is the … with its trade partners. This study of the Euro's influence by means of the Border Effect is a novelty in the literature …, it reveals that the Euro's influence upon trade is not so clear as papers focused only on the Rose Effect claim. This …