... The research used annual series data from 1991 to 2021 and employed inferential, simulation, and descriptive analyses. The two-stage least squares (2SLS) of 19 simultaneous equations were used to estimate parameters. Findings The results indicate that free trade policies and restrictions have influenced...

...Jayatilleke S. Bandara; Wusheng Yu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: does a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) lead to an improvement in the security of a member country and greater peace between two member countries in the developing world? Design/methodology...

... of the for‐profit sector. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Social economics Social responsibility Organizations Economic theory Privatization Free trade According to the symbolic interaction theory, people act (at an individual, group or social level) based on symbolic meanings...

... trade leads to improvements in environmental quality. According to the “environmental uznets curve” (EKC) hypothesis there would initially be some environmental degradation, but as income rises through free trade, demand for higher environmental quality would lead to improvements in the quality...

... of the process of trade and economic development. He pointed out that while trade and free movement of labor may exert some pressure towards convergence of wages and income, there are other dynamic processes that can thwart the equilibrating effects of free trade in resources and goods. The notion that free...

...Udo E. Simonis Economic growth Free trade Environmental impact Crisis Ecology Sustainable development Robert U.   Ayres . Turning Point. An End to the Growth Paradigm . London : Earthscan Publications Ltd.   1999 . xiv + 258 pp. , ISBN: 1 85383 439 4 (paperback...

... that developed countries’ protection of agriculture was hurting and retarding the development of developing countries which are reliant on production of agricultural products. Just as there is debate among economists on the free trade‐environmental objective issue, so there is among economists on the impact...

... self‐love and free trade to be contained within the rules of fair play, or qualified by Christian or proto‐Marxist values. These are not the only interpretations of Smith but they are the ones that have received widespread support. Yet, as explained at length elsewhere, none of them flows easily...

... of the argument are the British advocates of free trade, concocting subtle arguments to neutralize the boisterous aspirations of insubordinate colonies (and former colonies) yearning for independence; on the other, the standard‐bearers of Economic Nationalism, responding fiercely to the incessant firing...