At World Trade Organization (WTO), nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and until everyone agrees at the negotiating tables, and that ‘magic’ moment has been difficult to arrive at. Some WTO Members have argued that if all Members cannot…
The automotive industry is one of the South African industries that contribute to the manufacturing output and exports and plays important to the country’s economic performance. However, the export volume from this industry depends on various…
This article investigates whether cointegration approach can be the basis of an international trade network and whether such a network is relevant for analysis. We fit data on international-trade flows with a cointegration specification using…
There is much literature to support the view that export-ers (both developed and developing countries) pay higherwages than nonexporters. While this so-called export wagepremium has also been found to be prevalent in SouthAfrica, it has not been…
BACKGROUND: Exporting poses a challenge to the achievement of inclusive growth because there is a discernible wage inequality between exporting and non-exporting firms. The literature shows that exporting firms pay a wage premium relative to non-…
Background: Namibia is an open economy where international trade accounts for a greater
proportion of gross domestic product (GDP). Openness of the Namibian economy for the
period 2010 to 2018 has been on average 111% of GDP. The high level of…