Was the collapse of world trade between 1928 and 1937 caused by higher transport costs, increased protectionism or the collapse of the gold standard? Using recent advances in the estimation of gravity equations, I examine the partial and general equilibrium effects of bilateral distance,...

This paper will use gravity model with cross-section data of two single year 2010 and 2014 to identify and evaluate the significant factor influencing the trade volume of Vietnam with 65 main trading partners across the world. Dependent variable using in this paper is trade volumes (total...

Today international regulation of trade in intellectual property (IP) is an extremely urgent issue due to the emergence of an increasing number of factors and conditions affecting its development. Technological progress cannot be imagined without intelligent components that are actively...

Aim of this research is to identify the effect of Yuan Renminbi to Yen toward import value of Japan from Indonesia. We use the monthly data for the period of October 2004-December 2012 in which Indonesia is under regime of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Co-integration test is performed in...

This paper suggests that contingent on the productivity level of the trade partner; international trade may create resource misallocation in less productive countries. It theoretically shows how the interaction between technology diffusion induced by trade and cross sectoral heterogeneity in...

We analyze how trade openness matters for interstate conflict over productive resources. Our analysis features a terms-of-trade channel that makes security policies trade-regime dependent. Specifically, trade between two adversaries reduces each one’s incentive to arm given the opponent’s...