Trade Barriers and Exports between Western Balkan Countries

The analysis of innovation in Western Balkan countries in 2012

The analysis of innovation in Western Balkan countries in 2012 Slobodan Cvetanovic, Danijela Despotović, Igor Mladenović & Dušanka Jovović To cite this article: Slobodan Cvetanovic, Danijela Despotović, Igor Mladenović & Dušanka Jovović (2014) The analysis of innovation in Western Balkan countries in 2012, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 27:1, 830-846, DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2014.97492...

Trade Barriers and Trade Flows with Product Heterogeneity: An Application to US Motion Picture Exports

We extend Melitz (2003) to allow for both global and bilateral fixed export costs. If global (bilateral) export costs dominate, the average sales ratio (import sales per product variety/domestic sales per variety), decreases (increases) in variable (fixed) trade barriers, due to adjustment along the intensive (extensive) margin of trade. Using novel data on bilateral US movie exports we find th...

Medicine Availability and Prescribing Policy for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Western Balkan Countries

Background During the transition processes, the Western Balkan countries were affected by conflicts and transition-related changes. Life expectancy in these countries is lower, while the mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is higher in comparison with western and northern parts of Europe. The primary aim of this study was to analyze the treatment possibilities for the most common NC...

Gravity Model of Trade and Russian Exports

Openness of Trade, Unemployment and Inequality of Income Distribution: Comparison between Developed and Developing Countries

In the discussions of trading, unemployment and income distribution inequality, this question is raised by economists that in economic development of developing and developed countries, which policy is necessary in the first stage. Is trading liberalization the pre-requirement of transfer from a close economy to a relative open economy and is it necessary for the developed economy compared to o...