Determinants of bilateral Trade – evidence of emerging countries

Abstract

Trade has been suggested as an important contribution for economic growth in many countries. Moreover, trade has been the popular subject for policy making process and international relations. In this research, we investigate the determinants of international trade employing the bilateral data set of trade between a number of emerging countries and their trading partners as a dependent variables. We also use a large number of variables as dependent variables that potentially drive international trade. We use a disaggregated data set over an extended time period.