.../approach Structural gravity model estimated using Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood, enabling robust treatment of heteroskedasticity and zero-trade observations. Findings Gross domestic product ( GDP ) of India and its African partners is the strongest predictor of bilateral trade. Governance...

... rights only Gravity model Panel data Bilateral trade Over the past decades, a large number of studies have considered trade flows between nations by modeling bilateral trade. One of the most popular international trade models that have been extensively used to formulate trade flows...

...], random effect [RE] and fully modified ordinary least squares [FMOLS]) based on the gravity model approach for bilateral trade patterns in natural resource and non-natural resource commodities between China and 13 OPEC members over the period of 1998-2014. Findings The findings reveal that the gravity...

... in gravity models of trade. As for Latin America and the Caribbean countries, some of them are tax havens like the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Figure 2. China’s OFDI Flows by geographical destination from 2003 till 2012 Figure 3. China’s OFDI Stocks...