This paper formulates an empirical model to estimate the impact of endogenous new RTA membership on trade structure. The likelihood of new RTA membership is influenced by economic fundamentals such as country size, factor endowments and trade and investment costs. In a sample of country-pairs covering mainly the OECD economies we find a particularly strong effect of endogenous RTAs on intra-ind...

2 aCknowledgements This framework has been developed by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI, see www.cepi.org). Through its 17 member countries* CEPI represents 800 pulp, paper and board producing companies across Europe, ranging from small and medium sized companies to multi-nationals, and 1,200 paper mills. The European paper industry is one of the most competitive and sustai...

This research entails the extent of up-gradation of Dandot coal, using conventional gravity based sink-float separation techniques, to make it technoeconomically acceptable for the cement industry as a partial substitution of imported coal. In this research, various sizes of run-of-mine coal samples were subjected to specific gravity based sink-float test and resultant fractions were analyzed. ...

Pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) refers to meat that is pale in color, forms soft gels, and has poor water-holding ability. Most frequently used in reference to pork, this defective meat is being seen with increasing frequency in turkey and broiler processing plants. It has been estimated that this PSE-type meat represents 5 to 40% of meat that is produced in the poultry industry. With the incre...

The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the paramedical industry was the most cataclysmic event to occur since the inception of paramedical services in 1969. With the exception of a rather significant growth spurt which occurred in 1972 due to the introduction of the Mobile Paramedical Exam, paramedical services volume ebbed as term wars began and many companies found it necessary to go as high as $...

OBJECTIVES Financial conflicts of interest have come under increasing scrutiny in medicine, but their impact has not been quantified. Our objective was to use the results of a national survey of academic emergency medicine (EM) faculty to determine if an association between money and personal opinion exists. METHODS We conducted a web-based survey of EM faculty. Opinion questions were analyze...

OBJECTIVE To describe the occupational background of cases with an asbestos-related disease and to present overall mesothelioma risks across industries with historical exposure to asbestos. METHODS For the period 1990-2000, cases were collected from records held by two law firms. Information on jobs held, previous employers, activities performed and specific products used were obtained from p...

This paper tackles two issues: (1) lead and lag relationship among regions and the role of the industry mix effect to this phenomenon are explored; (2) concurrent and lagged effects of the industry mix on the regional economic fluctuations are measured explicitly with the national shock identified from the principal components method. The empirical analysis focuses on five Midwest states. The f...