• openAccess   A Panel Data Analysis of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion effects: The case of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area 

      Yang, Shanping; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Elsevier (2014-06)
      This study uses a theoretically justified gravity model of trade to examine the impact of the ASEAN–China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) on exports, focusing on trade creation and diversion effects. The model is tested on a ...
    • openAccess   Aid and its impact on the donor’s export industry – The Dutch case 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Klasen, Stephan Springer (2017-08)
      This paper models the link between Dutch development aid and Dutch exports to 142 recipient countries over the period from 1964 to 2011. Given that Dutch aid policy drastically changed in 1999, the model is estimated ...
    • openAccess   Are international environmental policies effective? The case of the Rotterdam and the Stockholm Conventions 

      Núñez Rocha, Thaís; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada (2018-06-30)
      This is the first paper to show that participation in an international environmental agreement has some effectiveness. Our identification strategy consists of applying difference-in-differences techniques in a panel data ...
    • closedAccess   Can free trade help convert the ‘Arab Spring’ into permanent peace and democracy? 

      Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Wijkman, Magnus Taylor & Francis (2015)
      Using a panel gravity model of trade for the period 1995–2010, this paper estimates the potential for increased intra-regional trade among 10 countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean coast. It examines how closer ...
    • openAccess   Central East European Countries’ accession into the European Union: role of extensive margin for trade in intermediate and final goods 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Voicu, Anka Monika; Vidovic, Martina Springer US (2015)
      We study the effect on trade in intermediates and final goods of the Central East European Countries’ (CEECs) accession into the European Union (EU) for the period 1999–2009. In doing so, we estimate a gravity model that ...
    • openAccess   Do climate variations explain bilateral migration? A gravity model analysis 

      Backhaus, Andreas; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Muris, Chris SpringerOpen (2015-12)
      This paper investigates to what extent international migration can be explained by climatic variations. A gravity model of migration augmented with average temperature and precipitation in the country of origin is estimated ...
    • closedAccess   Regional versus global production networks: where does Latin America stand? 

      Florensa, Luis Marcelo; Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Recalde, María Luisa Taylor & Francis (2015)
      This article quantifies the effects of the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) on the trade of intermediate goods and also on the trade of final goods. It is the first ...
    • openAccess   The Effect of Technological Innovation on International Trade 

      Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2010)
      In this paper, the effect of technological innovation on sectoral exports is analysed using a gravity model of trade. The technological achievement index (TAI) and its four components, creation of technology, diffusion ...
    • openAccess   The Effect of Trade Facilitation on Sectoral Trade 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Márquez-Ramos, Laura The Berkeley Electronic Press (2008)
      This paper aims to analyse the effect of trade facilitation on sectoral trade flows. We use data from the World Bank’s Doing Business Database on the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import ...
    • openAccess   The Gravity of Arms 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Johannsen, Florian Taylor & Francis (2018-05)
      1 The Gravity of Arms Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of international arms transfers in a gravity model framework . By distinguishing between the decision to export ...