• openAccess   3D printing, international trade, and FDI 

      Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Prettner, Klaus Elsevier (2020-02)
      We analyze the relationship between 3D printing, the volume of trade and the structure of foreign direct investment (FDI). A novel framework with rm-speci c heterogeneity and 3D printing generates three predictions. ...
    • openAccess   A global dataset of pandemic- and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks 

      Torres Munguia, Juan Armando; Badarau, Florina Cristina; Díaz Pavez, Luis R.; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Wacker, Konstantin Nature (2022)
      this paper presents a new dataset of infectious disease outbreaks collected from the Disease Outbreak News and the Coronavirus Dashboard produced by the World Health Organization. the dataset contains information on 70 ...
    • 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   African Asylum Seekers in Europe: The Interplay between Foreign Aid and Governance in Origin Countries 

      Ripollés, Jordi; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Springer (2021-12-28)
      This paper empirically investigates the effects of governance quality on the num‑ ber of African asylum seekers in Europe over the period 1996–2018 and evaluates the extent to which official development aid acts as 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 ...
    • closedAccess   Aid and Trade – A Donor's Perspective 

      Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Klasen, Stephan; Herzer, Dierk Taylor & Francis (2009)
      One reason donors provide foreign aid is to support their exports to aid-recipient countries. Time series data for Germany suggests an average return of between US$ 1.04 to US$ 1.50 for each US dollar of aid spent by ...
    • closedAccess   Are EU standards detrimental to Africa’s exports? 

      Kareem, Fatima Olanike; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Elsevier (2020-06-15)
      The high costs of complying with standards adversely affect export competitiveness. Existing evidence suggests that the harmonisation of standards to international benchmarks reduces compliance costs and is less trade-inhibiting, ...
    • 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   Are regional trading agreements beneficial?. Static and dynamic panel gravity models 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Horsewood, N. Elsevier (2009)
      This paper evaluates the effects of preferential agreements on trade between trade group members and non-members using a static and a dynamic gravity model. The gravity model is estimated using recent panel data techniques ...
    • openAccess   Are RTA agreements with environmental provisions reducing emissions? 

      Baghdadi, Leila; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Zitouna, Habib Elsevier (2013-07)
      This paper investigates whether RTAs with environmental provisions affect relative and absolute pollution levels. In order to do so, the determinants of carbon dioxide emissions convergence are estimated for a cross-section ...
    • openAccess   Are the Central East European Countries Pollution Havens? 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Vidovic, Martina; Voicu, Anka Monika Sage (2016-09)
      The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between environmental stringency and intra–European Union (EU) trade flows. Two main hypotheses are tested. First, we test whether the stringency of a country's ...
    • closedAccess   Assessing the Effectiveness of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements. An empirical analysis 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada OECD Publishing (2018)
      While governments increasingly commit to incorporating environmental objectives in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), the evidence on the impact of including environmental provisions in RTAs on environmental outcomes is ...
    • openAccess   Bilateral Trade Flows and Income-Distribution Similarity 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Vollmer, Sebastian Public Library of Science (2016-05-03)
      Current models of bilateral trade neglect the effects of income distribution. This paper addresses the issue by accounting for non-homothetic consumer preferences and hence investigating the role of income distribution ...
    • closedAccess   Blessing or curse: The stabilizing role of remittances compared with other financial flows 

      Ahmed, Junaid; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada SAGE Publications (2016)
      Flows of remittances to Pakistan are being increasingly viewed as a relatively attractive source of external finance, which can help to foster development and manage economic shocks. Remittances have become a major source ...
    • 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   Climate change, natural disasters, and international migration: A country-level analysis considering climatic zones 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Duarte Lisboa Paschoaleto, Rafael Frontiers Media (2023)
      Climate change and natural disasters might increase the vulnerability of populations in aected regions. This article investigates the link between climatic events and bilateral migration from countries in the Global South ...
    • closedAccess   Club Convergence of Sectoral CO2 Emissions in the European Union. 

      Morales-Lage, Rafael; Bengochea, Aurelia; Camarero, Mariam; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Elsevier (2019-10-22)
      An understanding of the evolution of sectoral CO2 emissions for all EU countries in recent decades would clearly be useful for political authorities when designing future environmental policies. This paper investigates ...
    • openAccess   Comment on Lof, Mekasha, and Tarp (2014) 

      Herzer, Dierk; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Elsevier (2015-06)
      In Nowak-Lehmann et al. (2012), we used time-series methods to investigate the impact of aid on per capita GDP. Lof, Mekasha, and Tarp (LMT, 2014) criticize our econometric approach, our interpretation, and our data-handling ...
    • closedAccess   Deeper integration: What effects on trade? 

      Clever, Martin; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Hochschule St. Gallen für Wirstchafts- und Socialwissenschaften (2011-03)
      The focus of this paper is to estimate the effect of the different types of regional trade agreements on the volume of trade between country pairs. The analysis will employ the "empirical workhorse" of international trade; ...