This paper models the inter-connections between the U.S. economy and five major economic regions in the world, namely, Japan, China, ASEAN, Latin America, and the European Union, using an inter-linkage coordinate space. This space is represented graphically, with the U.S. economy placed in the...

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...

This paper intends to establish conceptual foundations for analyzing the economic dimensions of a territorial military conflict. The Intraregional Trade Disruption from War Simulator (ITDW-Simulator) attempts to estimate the heterogeneous macroeconomic effects of the military conflict. The model...

This paper shows how the inter-connections of the U.S. economy with five major economic regions in the world: Japan, China, ASEAN, Latin America, and the European Union can be captured through use of the inter-linkage coordinate space, and how such connections can be represented graphically with...

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...

This paper is interested to introduce an alternative free trade area model to promote fast economic growth at the least developed countries (LDC's). This new model of free trade area is called “The Nano-Free Trade Territory (NFTT) Model”. The idea is to generate jobs and indirect...

This research attempts to evaluate the impact of Brexit on the Asian markets. This research divided into two large markets: The international trade markets (exports and imports) and international financial markets (investment and stock markets) respectively. The main objective of this research...

This paper introduces an alternative index to measure the external sector from different perspectives. Called "External Sector Development Index (SXi)," this index is a new analytical tool for studying the trend of external sector in any country or region. The SXi is strongly affiliated with the...