On theories explaining the success of the gravity equation

SJ Evenett, W Keller - Journal of political economy, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
We examine whether two important theories of trade, the Heckscher-Ohlin theory and the
increasing returns theory, can account for the empirical success of the so-called gravity …

Non-Europe: the magnitude and causes of market fragmentation in the EU

K Head, T Mayer - Review of World Economics, 2000 - Springer
Abstract Non-Europe: The Magnitude and Causes of Market Fragmentation in the EU.—In
1985 the European Commission diagnosed its member states as suffering from excessive …

The cost of non-Europe, revisited

T Mayer, V Vicard, S Zignago - Economic Policy, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we quantify the “Cost of Non-Europe”, that is, the trade-related welfare gains
each country member has reaped from the European Union (EU). Thirty years after the …

Specialization across varieties and North–South competition

L Fontagné, G Gaulier, S Zignago - Economic policy, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Analyzing a new database that makes it possible to disaggregate trade flows across many
countries according to unit values, we show that international specialization in terms of …

Mind the gap: Unemployment in the new EU regions

AM Ferragina, F Pastore - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on regional unemployment during
transition in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus is on optimal speed of transition (OST) …

A systematic decomposition of world trade into horizontal and vertical IIT

L Fontagné, M Freudenberg, G Gaulier - Review of World Economics, 2006 - Springer
We provide a systematic decomposition of world trade using harmonized bilateral flows at
the most available detail (some 5,000 product categories), into three trade types: inter …

[BOOK][B] Trade costs, barriers to entry, and export diversification in develo** countries

A Dennis - 2007 - books.google.com
This paper finds that a 1% reduction in the cost of exporting or the cost of international
transport is associated with an export diversification gain of 0.3% or 0.4% respectively …

A consistent, ad-valorem equivalent measure of applied protection across the world: The MAcMap-HS6 database

A Bouët, Y Decreux, LG Fontagné, S Jean, D Laborde - 2004 - papers.ssrn.com
MAcMap-HS6 is a database providing with a consistent, ad valorem equivalent measure of
tariff duties and tariff rate quotas for 163 countries and 208 partners, at the six-digit level of …

On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade

AKM Azhar, RJR Elliott - Review of World Economics, 2006 - Springer
The world has witnessed a dramatic increase in trade over the last forty years. Much of this
growth in trade is intra-industry in nature. A relatively recent development in the intra …

Does integration and economic policy coordination promote business cycle synchronization in the EU?

N Antonakakis, G Tondl - Empirica, 2014 - Springer
Previous studies have discounted important factors and indirect channels that might
contribute to business cycle synchronization (BCS) in the EU. We estimate the effects of …