Growing Olive Oil Export and Intra-Industry Trade in Mediterranean Countries: Application of Gravity Model
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
A very good article. It is very well written with a solid scientific basis and mathematical modeling underpinning all the results. It can be published in this present form.
Author Response
We acknowledge the reviewer for his/her careful review of our manuscript and helpful comments and suggestions.
Following the suggestion, we made English proofreading by native speaker again and checked typological errors.
Reviewer 2 Report
It is recommended to include current references
Author Response
We acknowledge the reviewer for his/her careful review of our manuscript and helpful comments and suggestions.
Following the suggestion, we added the following recent references in the section 2 of literature review:
[1] Rallatou, D.; Tzouvelekas, V. An analysis of the trade patterns of olive-oil in the European Union. Agricultural Economics Review. 2016, 17(2), 55-69.
[2] Sheldon, I.M.; Mishra, S.; Pick, D.; Thompson, S.R. Exchange rate uncertainty and US bilateral fresh fruit and fresh vegetable trade: An application of the gravity model. Applied Economics. 2013, 45(15), 2067-2082. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.650330
[3] Márquez-Ramos, L.; Martinez-Gomez, V. On the effect of EU trade preferences: evidence for monthly exports of fruit and vegetables from Morocco. New Medit. 2016, 15(2), 14-21.
