Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on services have proliferated since 2000. This working paper briefly presents the expansion of the dataset initially developed in Marchetti and Roy (2008). The data permits to assess the extent to which market access commitments undertaken by WTO Members in PTAs go beyond GATS commitments and offers made in the context of the Doha Development Agenda. The dat...

This study is an empirical attempt to find out whether under sanctions Iran’s trade direction has shifted away from Europe (trade policy of de-Europeanization) towards Asia (trade policy of Asianization). The analysis is conducted using a panel-gravity trade model to analyze bilateral trade pattern between Iran and 50 countries from the EU and Asia during the period 2006–2013. To this end, the ...

We examine whether the ‘fear’ of globalisation can be rationalised by economic theory. To do so, we depart from the standard AD/AS (partial) equilibrium model where the coordinational role of the Auctioneer is substituted by an implementation device based on learning (Guesnerie, [11]). By endowing producers with a learning ability to forecast market prices, individual profit-maximizing producti...

This paper describes BarterRoam: a new novel mobile and wireless roaming settlement model and clearance methodology, based on the concept of sharing and bartering excess capacities for usage in Visiting Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) coverage areas with Home WISP. The methodology is not limited to WISPs; it is applicable to virtual WISPs and any Value-Added Services in the mobile and...

Animals selecting habitats often have to consider many factors, e.g., food and cover for safety. However, each habitat type often lacks an adequate mixture of these factors. Analyses of habitat selection using resource selection functions (RSFs) for animal radiotelemetry data typically ignore trade-offs, and the fact that these may change during an animal's daily foraging and resting rhythm on ...

2 reduction in transport costs, the wide range of international agreements to facilitate trade and, in particular, by the spread of global and highly effective information and communication technologies. These changes contributed, in turn, to wider changes in the structure of international trade. The paper examines the forces that drove these changes and their impact on the less developed count...

We explore how integrating into the world economy affects the incomes of manufacturers in less developed countries (LDCs). We show that cutting back trade barriers has asymmetric effects on the incomes of the two typical groups of entrepreneurs. Whereas access to foreign markets benefits those entrepreneurs who are able to run large-scale factories, credit-rationed entrepreneurs running a micro...

Bangladesh is home to large unskilled and semi-skilled population and lacks adequate domestic employment opportunity due to scarcity of foreign direct investment (FDI) which may foster its economic growth. And this country has also been experiencing significant increase in international trade in recent years compared with the scenario of last decade. In this backdrop, the author aims at empiric...

Among non-oil exports and in trade arena, drug has always been strategic importance and most government especially industrialized countries pay special attention to its production and trade issues. Thus, having a comprehensive view from economic perspective to this section is essential for suggesting intervention. This was a descriptive-analytical and panel study. In this study, gravity model i...