The eurozone is in political and economic crisis. This is due to the inadequate design...

This paper explains the underlying causes of the current account deficits in the New Member...

This study examines residential house price trends in the East European economies. The data are...

Europe's economic performance has deteriorated continuously over the last two decades both in terms of...

This paper provides a summary and analysis of the papers presented at a conference sponsored...

The role of intra-industry trade (IIT) in the service sector is examined. Methodological issues in...

The country characteristics that affect the volume of trade, the volume of intra-industry trade (IIT)...

Differences between intra-industry trade (IIT) indexes calculated at two difference points in time and an...

In order to explain two-way trade, the standard H-O model has recently been modified by...

There have been a number of empirical tests of the Linder hypothesis concerning how bilateral...

This paper examines the U.S. Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore. The structures of...

This article considers how the process of outsourcing results in economic changes in factor usage...

This paper provides a welfare analysis of trade liberalization based upon the moral principles of...

This article describes U.S. Government expenditures for export promotion activity. Estimates are presented by agency...

Gini coefficients are calculated for the geographic concentration of employment in U.S. manufacturing industries. The...

This paper examines the geographical concentration of employment by detailed industrial categories by state using...

This paper investigates how U.S.-Mexican intra-industry trade (IIT) has evolved since the creation of the...

This paper provides an updated overview of U.S. imports from Mexico with an emphasis on...

The industry staging pattern of U.S. tariff reductions under the NAFTA is explained and analyzed....

The degree to which the duty-free provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...

This study compares how Mexico's addition to the U.S.-Canadian Free Trade Agreement compares to the...

Migrant remittances are an increasingly important source of income for the transition economies. For many...

Migrant remittances are an increasingly important type of international financial flow for providing both additional...

The CIS countries were subject to severe economic shocks in the early 1990s that have...

This study provides a broad overview of the private housing market in central and eastern...

Comments to the United Nations ECE Spring Seminar on the state and prospects for further...

A short note describing recent financial developments in the former planned economies of Eastern Europe...

This paper was presented as the Presidential Address to the International Trade and Finance Association...

The poor economic performance of the global economy over the last several years is due...

This chapter discusses the Mexican economy before and after the creation of NAFTA with an...

The possibility of using commercial policy as a tool for correcting trade imbalances is examined....

This paper uses a simple theoretical model confined to reasonable parameters to investigate the implications...

It is hypothesized using a public choice framework that societies establish social institutions or promote...

The current attempts by the United States to introduce core labor standards into its bilateral...

This paper, presented at the Eastern Economic Association in 1999, assesses the impact of globalization...

This paper provides a discussion of the history and theory of the "Living Wage" concept....

Provides an overview of the current economic situation and outlook for the economies in transition...

Presentation to the the Project LINK conference on the economic situation in the transition economies...

Presentation to the Project Link Conference outlining the economic situation in 2010 and the economic...

Presentation to the Project LINK Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Provides an assessment of how the...

This paper provides an analysis of the middle income trap and assesses whether or not...

Presentation at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy/UNCTAD on the key issues on the international agenda. Discusses...

Keynote address to the UNWTO Resilience Committee in Berlin, Germany on the state of the...

The keynote address to the UNWTO Resilience Committee in Astana, Kazakhstan. Discusses how the great...

The keynote address to the UNWTO Commission for Europe in Baku, Azerbaijan. Provides a European...

A dicussion of the Doha and Monterrey documents regarding financing for development. The European approach...

This presentation to the UNCTAD training course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda,...

Comments made at a roundtable of the IT&FA on the European Debt Crisis at the...

There are a number of problems with the current international monetary system including the boom-bust...

Comments presented at the ILO Conference on the Key Lessons from the Economic Crisis

Both global economic and political systems are undergoing dramatic changes; and the general pattern is...

Comments made at a UNCTAD Expert Meeting on New and Dynamic Sectors of World Trade,...

The Pan-European Region made significant progress from 1995 to 2007 in improving the economic, social,...

This discussion paper examines the impact of the 2007-2009 financial crisis on public health in...

Many of the emerging market economies in Europe are presently running current account deficits which...

The report was prepared as an input into the addendum of the Report of the...

This document was prepared for the 2012 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...

This document was prepared for the 2011 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...

This document was prepared for the 2010 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...

This document was prepared for the 2009 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...

This document was prepared for the 2008 meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social...

The 2012 UNECE annual report assessing progress in Europe and Central Asia towards achieving the...

An article providing a broad methodological overview of how to think about the problem of...

An assessment of the economic impact of and policy response to the 2007-2010 economic and...

This essay discusses the challenges in financing economic development in the eastern European and CIS...

This paper provides an assessment of the economic situation and outlook for Europe, North America...

The Economic Survey of Europe provides a regular review of macroeconomic developments in the whole...

This Congressional report analyzes the trade and employment implications for the United States resulting from...

This is a report to the U.S. Congress examining the employment impact of the trade...