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Developing Country Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda
Anderson, Kym; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
A new round of WTO negotiations on agriculture, services and perhaps some other issues is expected to be launched in late 1999. To what extent should those negotiations include so-called "new trade agenda" items aimed at ensuring that domestic regulatory policies do not discriminate against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504672
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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development
Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468688
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Rebalancing Growth in China: A Three-Handed Approach
Blanchard, Olivier J; Giavazzi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Our paper is an attempt to define the contours of the right macroeconomic strategy for China. In a nutshell, we believe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114183
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The National Security Argument for Agricultural Protection
Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
Agricultural support is often advocated as a means to national security. This is misguided. At current levels of consumption there is considerable scope for substitution away from food without catastrophic welfare losses, and even in the total absence of imports the United Kingdom could feed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662234
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Domestic and Trade Policy for Central and East European Agriculture
Karp, Larry; Stefanou, Spiro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
After a brief period of liberal agricultural policies, Central and East European (CEE) countries have begun to rely increasingly on price subsidies and trade restrictions. We outline the situation of CEE agriculture and describe current policies. Scarce government funds could be better used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791494
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Services Trade and Policy
Francois, Joseph; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Since the mid-1980s a substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the WTO and regional trade agreements. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature touches on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502579
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Telecommunications Infrastructure And Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Waverman, Leonard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper investigates how telecommunications infrastructure affects economic growth. This issue is important and has received considerable attention in the popular press concerning the creation of the 'information superhighway' and its potential impacts on the economy. We use evidence from 21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123589
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Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies
Beck, Thorsten; Laeven, Luc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Drawing on the recent literature on economic institutions and the origins of economic development, we offer a political economy explanation of why institution building has varied so much across transition economies. We identify dependence on natural resources and the historical experience of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123823
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Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their forebears. In the spirit of the epidemiology literature,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124005
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Economic Developments in the Balkan Countries and the Role of Greece: From Bilateral Relations to the Challenge of Integration
Christodoulakis, Nikos; Petrakos, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
Throughout the post-war period Greece has faced a unique, and unfavourable, situation consisting of: (i) a perimetric location away from major European markets; and (ii) distorted economic relations as its northern borders were designed to be real barriers to communication and trade with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124303