near future due to a Greek embargo. Three possible outcomes of the current negotiations are discussed and some narrowing …

undoubtedly painful, yet manageable (a trade decline bigger than 10% would obviously lead to greater losses). The question is …

Timeliness has gained growing importance in international trade. This paper provides empirical evidence on the … significant cost of time in trade by exploiting the quasi-experimental nature of the European Union (EU) enlargement in 2004. It … trade barriers, where industries are differentiated according to their time sensitivity. The use of a treatment intensity …

most remarkable developments was a sudden upturn in mutual trade of this region’s countries. In 2007 the value of aggregate … intra-Visegrad trade was two and a half times higher than in 2003. The rate of growth in these countries’ trade with the … of mutual trade, this paper addresses the questions how the structure of mutual trade of the Visegrad countries developed …

Abstract In this paper we extend recent work using the Gravity Model to estimate the trade and price effects of … the importer. This involves specifying a trade model, deriving appropriate PTA variables, appending them to a gravity …-type equation and estimating it. We find that relying on the estimated coefficient on a PTA dummy variable overestimates the trade …

upturn in their mutual trade. In 2007 the value of aggregate intra-Visegrad trade was two and a half times higher than in … 2003. The rate of growth in these countries’ trade with the EU 15 (the ‘old’ member states) was only half as much. Also … the years before EU accession. These developments are reflected in the changes in the geographical distribution of trade …

In this paper we attempt to quantify the incidence of different types of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) on trade … the topic analysed in a quantitative manner. We start in this paper by reporting the most important facts on CEE-EU trade …' position with respect to export unit values. Second, we try to quantify the coverage of technical barriers to trade in the …

–Ukraine conflict little affected by potential trade and investment disruption, more by political escalation (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 7 …-10) Bilateral trade between Bulgaria and Romania the upturn after EU accession (by Sándor Richter; pp. 11-13) Recommended reading (p …