European Studies
A Note on the Changing Nature of Financial Vulnerability in the Transition Economies, UNECE (2007)
A short note describing recent financial developments in the former planned economies of Eastern Europe...
Is There an East European Housing Bubble? (with Jose Palacin), Global Economy Journal (2006)
This study examines residential house price trends in the East European economies. The data are...
The Macroeconomic Situation In and the Competitive Challenges Facing the Transition Economies, Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda, Serbian Ministry of International Relations (2006)
This presentation to the UNCTAD training course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda,...
Is Europe Sick?, Global Economy Journal (2005)
Europe's economic performance has deteriorated continuously over the last two decades both in terms of...
UNECE Economic Survey of Europe (2005)
The Economic Survey of Europe provides a regular review of macroeconomic developments in the whole...
International Trade Theory and Policy
The Role of Intra-Industry Trade in the Service Sector (with Jorge Gonzalez), Empirical Methods in International Trade: Essays in Honor of Mordechai Kreinin (2004)
The role of intra-industry trade (IIT) in the service sector is examined. Methodological issues in...
The United States’ Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore, Global Business and Economics Review (2004)
This paper examines the U.S. Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore. The structures of...
Trade and Inequality: The Role of Vertical Specialization and Outsourcing, Global Economy Journal (2004)
This article considers how the process of outsourcing results in economic changes in factor usage...
A Utilitarian Welfare Analysis of Trade Liberalization, Papers and Proceedings of the International Trade and Finance Association (2003)
This paper provides a welfare analysis of trade liberalization based upon the moral principles of...
Bilateral Intra-Industry Trade in a Multi-Country Helpman-Krugman Model, International Economic Journal (2002)
The country characteristics that affect the volume of trade, the volume of intra-industry trade (IIT)...
Labor Standards
Wage Differentials, Monopsony Labor Markets, and the Trade-Labor Standards Debate, Journal of Economic Integration (2004)
This paper uses a simple theoretical model confined to reasonable parameters to investigate the implications...
An Explanation of the International Variation in the Prevalence of Child Labour, The World Economy (2001)
It is hypothesized using a public choice framework that societies establish social institutions or promote...
Labor Standards as a Trade Issue, The New World Order: Internationalism, Regionalism, and the Multinational Corporations (2000)
The current attempts by the United States to introduce core labor standards into its bilateral...
U.S. Congressional Reports
Trade and Employment Effects of the Andean Trade Preference Act, 2002 Report to the U.S. Congress (2002)
This Congressional report analyzes the trade and employment implications for the United States resulting from...
Trade and Employment Effects of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: U.S. Congressional Report (1999)
This is a report to the U.S. Congress examining the employment impact of the trade...
United Nations ECE Working Paper Series
Remittances in the CIS: Their Economic Implications and a New Estimation Procedure (with Jose Palacin) (2007)
Migrant remittances are an increasingly important type of international financial flow for providing both additional...
The Economic Situation and Outlook in Mid-2007 for the ECE Economies --Europe, North America, and the CIS, Forest Products Annual Market Review (2007)
This paper provides an assessment of the economic situation and outlook for Europe, North America...
Evolving Trade Patterns in the CIS: The Role of Manufacturing (with Oksana Pidufala) (2006)
The CIS countries were subject to severe economic shocks in the early 1990s that have...
The Private Housing Market in Eastern Europe and the CIS (with Jose Palacin) (2005)
This study provides a broad overview of the private housing market in central and eastern...
United Nations Reports
The Economic Situation in 2007-2008 in the ECE Region: Europe, North America, and the CIS (2008)
This document was prepared for the 2008 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...
Financing for Development in the Emerging Markets of the ECE Region (2007)
The report was prepared as an input into the addendum of the Report of the...