Tools of the Trade – Cross Breeding

Tools of the Trade: Cross Breeding

Agriculture Trade Openness and Poverty Reduction: A Cross-Country Analysis

This paper explores the effects of general and agricultural trade openness on economic freedom and alongside with the quality of institutions, on income and poverty. Recent cross-country data for over 200 nations in global regions were used to estimate equations for income, poverty and economic freedom. Economic freedom appears to have positive impacts on income levels, which together with good...

Foreign Trade and International Financial Flows: Implications for Economic Stability in the Selected ECOWAS Countries

T his study investigates the effects of extra-ECOWAS merchandise trade and investment flows on the transmission of business cycles in the selected ECOWAS between 1985 and 2014.  The study finds that total trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) significantly influence the transmission of business cycles with elasticities of 1.1 and 0.7, respectively in the long run. There are little vari...

New technologies for increasing the production of ornamental fish

In recent years, world trade in ornamental fish has grown significantly. Southeast Asia industry use this potential to export these species to other countries. Considering the importance of ornamental fish, attempting to produce more marketable fish is one of the goals of ornamental fish breeders. In this regard, new methods such as coloring for producing the best fish variety, sex change aimed...

Trade and National Security: A Test for Best-Known Hypothesis

National security depends on soft power, the ability of a country to generate and use its economic power and to project its national values. It also depends on long-term factors that contribute to economic growth and increase the total resources base available not only for defense but to provide economic security in the form of income and business opportunities for individuals. The economic iss...