In this work the determinants of retailers' price-cost margings are investigated using a theoretical model of bilateral bargaining. We use bimonthly data on 36 grocery productes in Italy over the period 1989-1992 to test the theoretical predictions on the effect of vertical relationships on the...

This paper outlines recent themes in the literature on foreign direct investment with particular reference to the links between foreign investment and trade. A discussion of the research into the recent surge of foreign direct investment is also presented. The paper emphasises the need for...

The paper revisits the popular gravity model of trade in the light of the increasingly acknowledged findings of spatial econometrics and interprets the results in view of some recent theoretical developments from the economic literature that contribute to its foundation. When the inherent...