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The Cost of Rich (and Poor) Country Protection to Developing Countries

Anderson, Kym; Dimaranan, Betina; Francois, Joseph F.; … - 2014

This study confirms that substantial barriers to market access will remain in both rich and poor countries following full implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement. The analysis finds that around 40 percent of the costs of these barriers to developing countries arise from barriers to market...

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Classical economics and modern theory : studies in long-period analysis

Kurz, Heinz D. (ed.); Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2003

In this thought-provoking book, well known economists Kurz and Salvadori cover original findings and new vistas on old problems. They cover: alternative interpretations of classical economists new growth theory the relationship between Sraffian theory and Von Neumann the treatment of capital in...

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Services Trade and Policy

Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard - 2010

impacts of globalization on labor markets, linked to worries about offshoring and the potential pressure this places on wages …

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The Doha Round and Preference Erosion : A Symposium

Hoekman, Bernard - 2006

The trade and welfare impacts of multilateral liberalization on individual countries and groups within countries depend on many factors-including the depth of liberalization by trading partners, the extent of countries' own reforms, the responsiveness of investors to changes in relative prices...

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Protection and Trade in Services : A Survey

Hoekman, Bernard - 2016

In the past, international economists have ignored trade in services, but technological progress and international trade negotiations are likely to keep liberalization of trade in services a high-profile policy issue.Until recently, trade in services was mostly ignored by international...

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Policies Facilitating Firm Adjustment to Globalization

Hoekman, Bernard - 2016

Hoekman and Javorcik focus on policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization. They briefly review the effects … Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to examine the effects of globalization on developing countries …

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Policies Facilitating Firm Adjustment to Globalization

Hoekman, Bernard; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2013

The authors focus on policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization. They briefly review the effects of trade …

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard; Manchin, Miriam - 2006

Because of concern that tariff reductions in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, the erosion of trade preferences may become a stumbling block for multilateral trade...

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Regulatory Cooperation, Aid for Trade and the General Agreement on Trade in Services

Hoekman, Bernard; Mattoo, Aaditya - 2012

World Trade Organization. A distinction is made between market access liberalization and the regulatory preconditions for … making national treatment the objective of World Trade Organization services negotiations, thereby clarifying the scope of … World Trade Organization commitments for regulators. Moreover, liberalization by smaller and poorer members of the World …

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Fran??ois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard; Manchin, Miriam - 2012

Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference...

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