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Standards, Regulatory Reform and Development in APEC: Case Studies of Vietnam and Thailand

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

standards systems and related infrastructure. Vietnam and Thailand are examined as case studies. In both cases the move to … improving in line with industry demands. Vietnam, in particular, has initiated a wide-ranging transition from a central planning … fewer than in most developed country APEC economies. Protection in Vietnam, and even still in Thailand, mostly comes through …

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Informationally Efficient Trade Barriers

Moro, Andrea; Mitchell, Matthew F. - EconWPA - 2005

Why are trade barriers often used to protect home producers, even at the cost of introducing deadweight losses from higher commodity prices? We add an informational friction to the standard textbook argument in favor of free trade, and show that trade restrictions may be a more effcient policy...

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Rules of Origin under the Australia–New Zealand CER Trade Agreement

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were referred to the Commission for examination and report by May 2004. The request stemmed from concerns that Australian and New Zealand firms were having difficulty achieving the...

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Restrictions on trade in distribution services

Kalirajan, Kaleeswaran - EconWPA - 2001

Identifies and quantifies restrictions affecting domestic and international trade in distribution services - mainly wholesaling and retailing - in 38 economies, including Australia. The paper also explores the price and cost implications of restrictions in food distribution services.

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Multilateral liberalisation of services trade

Dee, Philippa; Hanslow, Kevin - EconWPA - 2002

This paper compares estimates of the gains from eliminating barriers to trade in services with those from eliminating post-Uruguay barriers remaining in the traditional areas of agriculture and manufacturing. It uses a model that incorporates a bilateral treatment of foreign direct investment,...

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Restrictions on trade in professional services

Nguyen-Hong, Duc - EconWPA - 2001

Identifies and quantifies restrictions affecting domestic and international trade in legal, accountancy, architectural and engineering services in more than 29 economies, including Australia. The paper also examines the price and cost effects of restrictions in engineering services.

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Would MERCOSUR´s Exports to the EU Profit from Trade Liberalisation? Some General Insights and a Simulation Study for Argentina

Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.; Zarzoso, Inmaculada Martínez- - EconWPA - 2004

In this study, MERCOSUR's past exports to the EU under the protectionist environment of the period between 1988 and 1996 are examined and an attempt is made to determine MERCOSUR's exports' growth potential in a liberalised EU market. A sectoral study is considered indispensable since tariff and...

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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