estimation of trade elasticities. The elasticities we compute depend directly on the specialization of trade across sectors … elasticities for North Macedonia - i.e. trade elasticities relevant to policy - and ultimately to calibration choices. …

The creation of the Manaus Free Trade Zone had a development purpose in the Brazilian political, economic and social … social performances of the Manaus Free Trade Zone, the analysis confirms that the implementation of the special economic zone …

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries whose joint gross … domestic products (GDPs) account for 36 percent of world GDP and whose mutual trade accounts for approximately 24 percent of … world trade. As for most proposed free trade agreements (FTAs), trade economists have provided ex ante computable general …

This paper investigates selected short- and mid-term effects in trade in goods between the Visegrad countries (V4: the … Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic) and the Republic of Korea under the framework of the Free Trade … Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea. This Agreement is described in the "Trade for All" (2015: 9 …

Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly …

impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia, but … are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards harmonization …

support the role of international trade in Malawi’s economic development and hence policies that seek to facilitate Malawi …’s trade within and outside the SADC regional would be worthwhile to pursue. …

Agrifood standards impede trade by increasing compliance costs, but they can also enhance trade by signalling quality …. This paper disentangles the trade costs and demand-enhancing effects of two important standards-technical barriers to trade …, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures-on (i) global agricultural trade flows and (ii) fruit, nut, and vegetable trade …

Recent empirical studies argue that traditional trade models ignore product quality, usually leading to bias in price … elasticities, which prevents the correct evaluation of trade determinants and the development of trade policies. This article …