Abstract The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) intends to enhance China's international
integration, strikingly by enhancing infrastructure and bolstering trade and investment links …

The existing literature studying the impact of non‐reciprocal preferential trade agreements
(NRPTAs) assumes implicitly NRPTAs are non‐randomly assigned without showing the …

In this paper, we present a novel approach to measure domestic bilateral trade flows in
intermediate and final consumption in the Italian regions. We reconstruct regional trade …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify trade integration and structure effects on
bilateral trade between China and its partners, focusing on Chinese merchandise imports …

The increased participation of economies in regional and bilateral free trade agreements
(FTAs) has resulted in welfare effects. This chapter attempts to determine the welfare …

This paper aims at unveiling the roots of integration-induced trade effects for MERCOSUR.
For this purpose, its methodology combines previous dummy-variables-and continuous …

I highly recommend this book for its in-depth exploration of Afghanistan's international trade
journey, especially post-2001. It provides valuable insights for policymakers and scholars …

Small-scale farmers (SSFs) have high levels of food insecurity and poor nutrition that are
reflections of the still high prevalent poverty rates. Semi-subsistence smallholder farming is …

Over the past decades, European air transport has experienced an immense growth in
passenger numbers and air freight volumes. The number of air passengers has tripled and …

In recent years, a growing number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) have been implemented to
govern international agricultural trade. NTMs increase the bureaucratic burden on exporting …