Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the export, import, and total trade determinants using reduced form equations for six Pacific Island countries (PICs) with an institutional focus. Design/methodology/approach – A fixed effects model, controlling for AR(1) errors, using panel...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate if distance is a friction to Pacific Island countries (PICs) trade with the USA. Design/methodology/approach – A gravity model is used to estimate trade flows using time‐series cross‐country data for period 1981‐2005. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of business environment indicators (time required to start a business, time required to register a property, time required to enforce a contract, and time to resolve insolvency) on trade in a sample of four Gulf Co‐operation Council (GCC)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of trade and institutional quality on pollution in the Arab countries. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based in fixed estimation procedure. It utilises cross‐country data for 13 Arab countries into a reduced...