Abstract Trade between India and China has been rising exponentially with a widening trade deficit for India, which raised alarm by businesses, some Indian parliamentarians have started accusing of unfair practices. Nevertheless, both countries intend to negotiate free arrangements them based on complementarity. This study examines how much reduction in due different preferential trading is fea...

With the lightning-fast pace of technological advancements, scientific as well medical innovation that we are witnessing in modern world, intellectual property has increasingly taken on role playing a vital role. In addition, shifts global economic environment have had an impact evolution business models which plays central determining value and potential for growth. To fulfil its international...

This paper develops a new model of a trade agreement that puts at center stage the competing interests between firms within a sector. Larger firms favor trade liberalization whereas smaller firms favor protection. Lobbying by firms for or against the agreement is modelled as an all-pay auction, thus incorporating the feature that binding contracts over contributions for policies cannot be writt...

This article aims to examine the trade effects of the South Asian FTAs including regional and bilateral ones with a focus on Sri Lanka, by applying a gravity trade model as an analytical framework. The study specifically targets the following three FTAs: the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) enforced in 2006, the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) in 2001, and the Pakistan-Sri ...