• openAccess   A Two-Methodology Comparison Study of a Spatial Gravity Model in the Context of Interregional Trade Flows 

      Alamá Sabater, Luisa; Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Navarro Azorín, José Miguel; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2015)
      This paper argues that the introduction of spatial interactions to model the determinants of origin-destination (OD) flows can potentially result in excessive contiguity. To explain flows between OD ...
    • openAccess   Determinants of deep integration: examining socio-political factors 

      Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Springer Verlag (Germany) (2011)
      This research has three main aims: firstly, to empirically analyse the determinants of different levels ofintegration by re-examining the evidence presented by Baier and Bergstrand (Journal of International Economics ...
    • openAccess   Do transport costs have a differential effect on trade at the sectoral level? 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Pérez García, Eva María; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Chapman and Hall (London) (2008)
      This article aims to analyse the determinants of transport costs and to investigate their influence in international trade with a sample of disaggregate trade data. First, we estimate a transport-cost function using ...
    • openAccess   Export Structure Upgrading and Economic Growth in the Western Balkan Countries 

      Shimbov, Bojan; Alguacil, Maite; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2019)
      In this paper, we seek to analyze the impact that the ability to produce more sophisticated goods has on the economic performance of the Western Balkan region and to determine the factors fostering this process. To do ...
    • openAccess   Fragmentation and parts and components trade in the Western Balkan countries 

      Shimbov, Bojan; Alguacil, Maite; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2013)
      As a consequence of the increasing globalization and integration of the world’s markets, there has been an intensive process of international fragmentation of the production over the last few decades. This phenomenon ...
    • openAccess   International Production Networks and Economic Growth: The Case of the Western Balkan Countries 

      Shimbov, Bojan; Alguacil, Maite; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2016)
      The globalization of the world economy has given rise to new trade patterns through the intensification of international production networks (IPNs). This phenomenon has enabled countries to undertake more in-depth ...
    • openAccess   Relationship between logistics infraestructure and trade: Evidence from Spanish regional exports 

      Bensassi, Sami; Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Elsevier (2015-02)
      Geographical factors and transport infrastructure are two of the key determinants that influence international competitiveness. In this sense, the quality of such infrastructure and how widespread it is, the distribution ...
    • openAccess   The effect of maritime transport costs on the extensive and intensive margins: Evidence from the Europe–Asia trade 

      Bensassi, Sami; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Palgrave Macmillan (2014)
      This article investigates the determinants of maritime trade. It focuses in particular on the extent to which variations in trade-related costs between Asia and Europe help to explain the surge in Euro–Asian trade in eight ...
    • openAccess   The impact of FTAs on MENA trade in agricultural and industrial products 

      Parra Robles, María Dolores; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2016)
      This article analyses the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) trade for the period 1994–2010. The analysis distinguishes between industrial and agricultural trade to ...
    • closedAccess   Trade and transport connectivity: a spatial approach 

      Alamá Sabater, Luisa; Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2013)
      This article aims to analyse whether transport connectivity affects trade flows using a spatial approach. We consider first-order contiguity and incorporate logistics network structure dependence in a spatial autoregressive ...
    • openAccess   Trade policy versus trade facilitation: An application using "Good Old" OLS 

      Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Dennis J. Snower (2012)
      Trade policy barriers are only one element of overall trade costs. Among these, and due to the decrease in the influence of tariff barriers on trade over time, institutional barriers might increase in relative importance ...