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Defining Development in WTO Law : The Legality and Parameters of Labour Rights Conditionality in the Generalised System of Preferences
O'Brien, Brynn - 2012
This paper argues that GSP labour rights conditionality is in conformity with WTO law. This hinges on the critical question of whether the realisation of labour standards can meet a ‘development need,' a term considered by the WTO Appellate Body report in the EC – Tariffs Preferences case,...
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The (Unnoticed?) Contradictory Overlapping of International and Domestic Rules on FDI : Getting the Legal Facts Right
Fernandez-Pons, Xavier; Torrent, Ramon - 2012
This intends to be a very “empirical” paper. We want to let the facts (legal facts, but facts nevertheless) speak by themselves. We simply present them in an organized way and limit to the minimum our own comments. The overall objective is to show, “by getting the legal facts right”,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014168424
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A new index of globalization : measuring impacts of integration on economic growth and income inequality
Huh, Hyeon-seung; Park, Cyn-Young - 2019
The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to develop a new composite index of globalization based on data on … effects of globalization on economic growth and income inequality. The index comprises 25 indicators that represent the key … integration in the construction of the globalization index. The results show that although globalization promotes economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030661
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The EU's Open Strategic Autonomy from a central banking perspective : challenges to the monetary policy landscape from a changing geopolitical environment
2023
Over the past decade, geopolitical developments - and the policy responses to these by major economies around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248552
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Does financial openness promote economic integration? Some evidence from Europe and the CIS
Carmignani, Fabrizio; Chowdhury, Abdur R. - 2005
We study whether financial openness facilitates the economic integration of formerly centrally planned economies with the EU-15. Two dimensions of economic integration are considered: cross-country convergence of per-capita incomes and bilateral trade in goods and services. We find that more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284651
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Revisting the Effective Exchange Rates of the Euro
Schmitz, Martin - 2012
This paper describes in detail the methodology currently used by the European Central Bank (ECB) to determine the nominal and real effective exchange rate indices of the euro. Building on the work of Buldorini et al. (2002), it shows how the ECB's techniques for calculating effective exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113993
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Regulatory Harmonization Through FTAs and BITs : Regulation of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
Nakagawa, Junji - 2012
State capitalism is reemerging today. Some governments, notably newly emerging economies such as China and Russia and oil producing countries in the Middle East are placing much emphasis on state-led economic development, and they are making much use of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103941
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The Challenge of Implementing Preferential Trade Agreements in Developing Countries – Lessons for Rule Design
Chauffour, Jean-Pierre - 2013
they can be effectively addressed, the World Bank has launched a series of case studies on PTA implementation in a dozen … selected developing countries from around the world. This paper summarizes the main results of a forthcoming report, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090634
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The ECB's enhanced effective exchange rates and harmonised competitiveness indicators : an updated weighting scheme including trade in services
Schmitz, Martin; Dietrich, Andreas; Brisson, Rémy - 2024
The nominal effective exchange rate (EER) of a currency is an index of the tradeweighted average of its bilateral exchange rates vis-à-vis the currencies of selected trading partners, while the real EER is derived by adjusting the nominal index for relative prices or costs. The nominal EER...
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Resolution for the Eurozone Crisis : An Analysis of the Root Causes, Consequences of Current Policies, and Potential Economic and Structural Solutions
Kuo, Roy - 2013
mentality which has been in place since the development of the welfare state after the Second World War (pg.15). 2) Germany … effectively by the likes of the UK after the Second World War (pg. 19). 2) Channeling monetary stimulus into the real economy …
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