In the strategic trade policy literature, the firms typically make positive profits at equilibrium policy levels. We show that this is not always true when firms from the developed (North) and developing (South) countries compete in the Northern market. In particular, the South firm may be...

The analysis of the profitability is a central point of the economic and financial system indicators at the microeconomic level. All the entities the firm has business with are directly interested in the positive result of its activity. We present a logical approach of the main possibilities for...

Romanian Abstract: În articolul de față este analizată una dintre cele mai importante ipoteze care stau labaza majorității studiilor care evaluează impactul economic al încheierii unui acord comercial bilateralSUA-UE: reducerea barierelor netarifare. Am luat în considerare studiile...

Romanian Abstract: În cadrul acestui studiu, am prezentat poziţia României în cadrulcomerţului cu maşini electrice. În acest sens, am analizat evoluţia exporturilor, importurilorşi soldul balanţei comerciale aferente grupei de produse reprezentate de maşini electrice şiechipamente...

This paper shows the evolution of production, domestic demand and imports and exports of alcoholic beverages between 1995 and 2009. These variables are given for beer, malt and distilled and non‐distilled alcoholic beverages as well as some non‐alcoholic beverages. The paper shows the...

Adoptarea euro intr-un stat membru al Uniunii Europene este grevata de necesitatea respectarii, intre altele, poate chiar in primul rand, a unor criterii de natura bugetar-fiscala care, implicit, limiteaza spatiul de manevra al guvernelor nationale. Cel putin in ultimii patru ani, indisciplina...

This paper examines the evolution of the EU's trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU's services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

Continuous technological specialisation of a national economies, conducted by the dynamic comparative advantage, is not only the effect of free market forces accompanied by commercial openness, as it depends on many other factors, among which technological progress is essential.

<span lang=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"EN-GB\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\" style=\"\"\"\"font-family: \">Drawing on recent literature on the issue of services offshoring, this essay aims to give an overall picture on the dynamics, scale and effects of this phenomenon in Romania.</span>