Examining the trade prospects for the new European Union (EU) member states and the EU associated partner countries is an important issue in the context of European eastward enlargement and greater economic integration with its immediate neighbours. An out-ofsample approach to projecting trade...

This article investigates the probability of the FDI location decisions of multinational enterprises using a mixed logit panel data model, which is the most flexible discrete choice model. We employ a three-level data set, which includes over 1100 FDI location decisions into 13 alternative...

Attention that has been directed toward the effect of trade on foreigner's holdings of domestic currency comes exclusively from time-series evidence. Here we extend a model of currency substitution that incorporates a trade motive for foreigners to hold domestic currency. It uses time-series and...