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The theoretical debate over whether countries can and should set tariffs in response to export elasticities goes back over a century to the writings of Edgeworth (1894) and Bickerdike (1907). Despite the optimal tariff argument's centrality in debates over trade policy, there exists no evidence...
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The changing situation in the world economy is connected with growing competition on global markets. This new situation creates growing possibilities for some, for others loss of gains. The goal of the European Union is to be more competitive on the world market and to keep the leading position...
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inclusion of GATS and TRIPS in the WTO made the WTO a more important influence on international cultural policy than its GATT …
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Trade policy has been one of the most important issues in agricultural economics for more than 200 years. Our focus here is on evaluating relatively recent contributions to the understanding of agricultural trade policy and trade agreements. We present some background concerning trade policies...
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Developing countries have been characterized by some eminent writers on the GATT as having played an essentially … defensive role in the GATT, unwilling to make tariff concessions, and are said to have focused almost exclusively on securing … literature on the GATT. This paper argues, based on empirical evidence, that the conventional argument is not an accurate …
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