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International Institutions and Market Expectations: Stock Price Responses to the WTO Ruling on the 2002 U.S. Steel Tariffs.
Jensen, Nathan M - EconWPA - 2005
Thanks to Nitsan Chorev, Robert Connolly, David Leblang, Quan Li, Andy Mertha, Layna Mosley, Bumba Mukherjee, Eric Reinhardt, Peter Rosendorff, Matthew Slaughter, Andy Sobel, participants of the 2004 Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting and the 2004 Duke Summer Institute on...
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Minimum Quality Standards and Equilibrium Selection with Asymmetric Firms
Bonroy, Olivier; Constantatos, Christos - EconWPA - 2005
In a vertically differentiated market with cost asymmetries, the risk dominance criterion selects the equilibrium where the high quality is produced by the efficient firm. We show that a sufficiently high Minimum Quality Standard reverses equilibrium selection. Hence, MQS may be used in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134542
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Gewährleisten umgesetzte WTO-Streitschlichtungsurteile offene Märkte? Eine Betrachtung am Beispiel des Zeitschriftenfalles
Zimmermann, Thomas A. - EconWPA - 2005
Theoretical analyses of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism suggest that the system contains only weak incentives for the implementation of rulings. Against this background, it is puzzling that the specific WTO procedure which deals with allegedly insufficient implementation is used only in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408038
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The Modern World: The effect of democracy, colonialism and war on economic growth 1820-2000
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2005
The paper uses the recently available data on growth rates, democracy, protectionism, and wars over the period 1820 to … the effect of democracy on growth, was colonialism economically bad for colonies, does protectionism affect growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062416
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Why is there an Anti-trade Bias in Trade Policy?
Limão, Nuno; Panagariya, Arvind - EconWPA - 2003
Small economies rarely embrace free trade, a fact that is commonly explained as a consequence of the government's use of trade policy to redistribute income. But why is this redistribution typically biased in favor of import-competing sectors and is consequently trade restricting rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119340
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Maquiladoras and Standard of Living in Mexico Before and After NAFTA
Huato, Julio - EconWPA - 2005
as 'maquiladoras') on various measures of standard of living in Mexico, namely literacy rate, school attendance rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005555993
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Maquiladora Prospects in a Global Economy
Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Anda, Martha Patricia Barraza de - EconWPA - 2004
The in-bond manufacturing sector in Mexico, popularly known as the 'maquiladora' industry, suffered a number of job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556047
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Una transición permanentemente trunca: Estado y sociedad rural en México (1975-2000)
Gordillo, Gustavo; Wagner, Rodrigo; Lewin, Paul - EconWPA - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556107
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Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
principles for South Au stralia, Queensland, NSW, Victoria South Africa, Chile, Colorado, Mexico and California. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556157
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Agglomeration Economies, Economic Growth and the New Economic Geography in Mexico
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2005
The present study of regional economic growth in Mexico is based on the new economic geography, where distance plays an … important role in explaining urban regional economic growth. The results show that distance to the northern border of Mexico and … labor migration between states of Mexico, after the passage of NAFTA are important factors that explain the regional state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556194