The paper measures income elasticities of demand for manufacturing imports in China since 1990 disaggregated by major trading partners such as the US, Japan, Germany and rest of the EU. German exporters seem to have benefited from the highest demand elasticities. The paper proposes explanatory...

This paper analyses the causes of the precipitous fall in trade among the twelve CIS countries since 1990; points out the implications for industrial restructuring; and discusses the policy options for regional reintegration. The main finding is that the decline in intra-C!S trade was initiated by...

Mitte Juni 2013 wollen die USA und die Europäische Union Verhandlungen über ein Freihandelsabkommen aufnehmen. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und ifo Institut, und Mario Larch, Universität Bayreuth, betonen, dass jedes Abkommen, das Wachstums- und...

The paper departs from the perception that trade in services in general and developing countries' exports in services in particular are dynamic segments of world trade. Both total trade data as well as US import trade figures do not support this perception. Success episodes such as the recent...