the relationship between technology and international competitiveness dates back to the neo-technological trade theories of the 1960s. this approach considers difference in technology as the primary motive for difference among nations in terms of trade performance. the technology gap approach emphasizes inter-country differences in innovativeness as the basis for international trade flows. the ...

abstract t his paper explains bilateral trade patterns between south korea and thirteen opec member countries over the period 1980-2014 using a gravity model. the estimation results show that the gravity equation fits the data reasonably well. we confirmed the existence of long term relationships between the bilateral trade flows and the main components of gravity model - gdp, income (gdp per c...

abstract financial crises and currency instabilities within developing and emerging economies during the last decade had a tremendous impact on the economic performance and increased vulnerability of economies against domestic and foreign shocks. the timing of capital liberalization is one of the significant debates among other issues related to currency instability, and it would be more conven...

This study aims to quantify the impact of untapped export potential on ASEAN-6 countries’ high-tech exports for 2006-2016 period. Our innovative aspect sheds new light relationship between in previous year and performance current year. Using a system GMM estimator, we found several significant results. Firstly, last has positive countries' Secondly, effect depends supply competencies (ASEAN-6 h...

The determinants of a country's UN peacekeeping troop contribution have been persistently studied. Trade, as crucial self-interest motivation, is one the important explanatory variables in extant literature. However, existing literature presents mixed results on influence trade contributions. To capture effect contributions precisely, we need to model expectations about future volume better way...

â â â  â â  the paper uses economic and energy data analysis and econometric modeling to study the prospects and challenges of korea’s 2003 fta roadmap (mofat 2013) in the form of potential comprehensive partnerships with its major trade and energy partners. it first reviews korea’s international economic and trade relations in recent years with a focus on its major merchandise export desti...