TRADE POLICY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TRADE POLICY IN THE GLOBALIZING WORLD -POLICY MODELING AND SIMULATIONS OF FUTURES- -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OUTLINE OF FUGI GLOBAL MODELING SYSTEM -- EXAMPLES OF ESTIMATED PARAMETERS OF FGMS200 -- PROJECTIONS OF THE WORLD ECONOMY, 2006-2020 -- POLICY SIMULATIONS OF GLOBALIZING WORLD ECONOMY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY: ONISHI, AKIRA -- APPENDIX A: THE FUGI GLOBAL MODELING SYSTEM (FGMS) -- APPENDIX B: WORLD TRADE MATRIX -- APPENDIX C: WORLD POPULATION -- "ENERGY PRICES, OIL TRADE FLOWS, AND REAL EXCHANGE RATES IN AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL MARKET"1 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBAL OIL MARKET AND BEHAVIOR OF PRICES -- REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE -- THE PPP FORMULATION -- DATA SOURCES, UNIT ROOTS AND COINTEGRATION TESTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MERCURY TRADE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MERCURY -- MERCURY TRADE -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE SILK ROAD: TAX COMPETITION AMONG NATION STATES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ONE-PERIOD GAME -- REPEATED INTERACTIONS -- MANY NATIONS STATES -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- THE STATUS AND FUTURE OF CARBON TRADING IN CENTRAL AMERICA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CDM MARKET STATUS IN THE REGION -- TYPES OF PROJECTS -- BARRIERS -- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC ENERGY LEGISLATION -- REFERENCES -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FREE TRADE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TECHNICAL EFFECT. -- COMPOSITION EFFECT: -- SCALE EFFECT -- TOTAL EFFECT -- TRADE POLICY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RESPONSIVENESS TO EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE TRADE CHANNEL: NEW ESTIMATES FOR THE EURO AREA* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

RELEVANCE OF EXTERNAL TRADE EXCHANGES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- PUZZLING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN REAL EXCHANGE RATES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENTS. IS THIS THE WHOLE STORY? -- AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL SHOCKS ON TRADE FLOWS -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX - DATA SOURCES AND DEFINITIONS -- REFERENCES -- STRATEGIC TRADE POLICY: HOW IMPORTANT IS THE INFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINT? THE CASE OF OPTIMAL TARIFF WHEN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS SPILL OVER TO THE FOREIGN COMPETITOR* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSUMPTIONS AND THE CORE MODEL -- THE COURNOT GAME -- OPTIMAL TARIFF IN COURNOT COMPETITION -- BERTRAND COMPETITION -- OPTIMAL TARIFF IN BERTRAND COMPETITION -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- APPENDIX 5 -- REFERENCES -- BRAZILIAN TRADE POLICY ANDTHE UNITED STATES* -- ABSTRACT -- BRAZILIAN FOREIGN TRADE STRATEGY -- BRAZILIAN TRADE WITH THE WORLD -- U.S.-BRAZIL TRADE RELATIONS -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLUSTERS OF THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FOUNDATIONS FOR USING GRAVITY MODELS IN EXPLORING INTERNATIONAL TRADE FLOWS -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS OF EXPLORING TRADE FLOWS OF EU-25 COUNTRIES -- THE BALTIC SEA REGION AS AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLUSTER -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1. THE VARIABLES AND SOURCES OF DATA USED IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE GRAVITY EQUATIONS -- APPENDIX 2. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ESTIMATION RESULTS OF THE GRAVITY EQUATIONS FOR TESTING HISTORICAL TRADE RELATIONSHIPS (MODEL 1) -- APPENDIX 3. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ESTIMATION RESULTS OF THE GRAVITY EQUATIONS FOR TESTING HISTORICAL TRADE RELATIONSHIPS(MODEL 2) -- APPENDIX 4. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ESTIMATION RESULTS OF THE GRAVITY EQUATION WITH REGIONAL TRADE CLUSTERS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.