Policy makers in "small" countries facing trade liberalisation have become concerned with the potential loss of manufacturing employment and output to "large" economies in the presence of economies of scale in production and international transport costs. This paper offers a methodology to...

Die EU-Osterweiterung birgt auch für die Wirtschaft im Land Brandenburg zusätzliche Chancen und Risiken. Von allen Beitrittsländern ist Polen der größte Handelspartner Brandenburgs. Anhand des brandenburgischen Außenhandels wird untersucht, welche Potentiale sich der Wirtschaft des Landes...

Policy makers in "small" countries facing trade liberalisation have become concerned with the potential loss of manufacturing employment and output to "large" economies in the presence of economies of scale in production and international transport costs. This paper offers a methodology to...

This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 to 1993. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes several measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find...