Free Trade Today by Jagdish Bhagwati Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2002, pp. 121. Free Trade under Fire by Douglas A. Irwin Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2002, pp. 253.
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Trade concentration and dynamics of the Norwegian imports: an application of R-MANOVA model
This article proposes to analyse trade concentration and dynamics of the Norwegian import's expenditures by applying the two-way random effect MANOVA (R-MANOVA) model. The MANOVA model factors considered in this econometric analysis are origin continents or countries (spatial effects) and the business cycles (dynamic effects). The R-MANOVA model fit estimation results confirms that the Norwegian import trade is sustainable in both short and long run controlling for the effect of both origin continent and business cycles. More importantly, the expenditure and the share of Norwegian imports across the continents show considerable dynamics. The overall econometric estimation results suggest that across all continents the Norwegian import expenditure is increasing with time. However, the share of the Norwegian import expenditures across continents is relatively stable. The analysis confirms that European exporters will be the leading partners for Norwegian import expenditures in future trade patterns. The ranking of the remaining continents in descending order will be Asia and Oceania, North and Central America, South America and Africa.
Development of polyamide curable modified epoxy novolac resins with improved adhesion and chemical resistance
Purpose – To prepare modified epoxy resins from resorcinol, cresol and phenol for improved adhesion and chemical resistance. To evaluate the properties of such modified epoxy resins.Design/methodology/approach – Epoxy novolac resins (ENRs) were synthesised by condensing epichlorohydrin with novolacs based on different types of substituted phenols for improving adhesion and chemical resistance. Various compositions were made by incorporating different proportions of polyamide resin. The chemical and adhesive strengths of the conventional epoxy and the modified epoxy resins were characterised.Findings – The modified ENR using substituted phenols showed significant enhancement of chemical and adhesive strengths over the conventional DGEBA resin. The modified ENR had an increased number of glycidyl groups (thus increased functionality) of resin, which was responsible for improved chemical and adhesive strengths over the conventional DGEBA resin.Research limitations/implications – The EPN resins used in the pr...