The scope of this work is to explore whether RCEP would be beneficial to Bangladesh given her strong ties with India and the west.Using extended Gravity equation and data from Head and Mayer (2021) and the Direction of Trade Statistic (IMF, 2021) for Bangladesh with her applicable partner...

Purpose – Political risk factors play a pivotal role in determining the bilateral trade flow of Asian countries in general and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in particular. The main purpose of this research paper is to examine the impact of disaggregated...

ABSTRACTThis study examines the role of political risk in deterring China’s trade flowwith her 132 trading partners with particular attention to the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Middle East and North African(MENA) countries for 1984-2015 in the Belt Road Initiative...

Political risk or insecurity have been perceived as major deterrents to the trade flow all around the globe. Using a global dataset of countries, drawn from both OECD and Non-OECD lists, this paper examines the role of twelve different types of political risks or insecurities which act as a...