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WTO Dispute Settlement at Ten: Evolution, Experiences, and Evaluation
Zimmermann, Thomas A. - EconWPA - 2005
, WTO Members and adjudicating bodies managed to develop the system further through evolving practice. While this approach … decisionmaking in the WTO (as incorporated in the DSU) and nearly blocked political decisionmaking evolves into a serious challenge … WTO-Abkommens in Kraft. In den ersten zehn Jahren seines Bestehens fand das DSU auf 324 Klagebegehren Anwendung – mehr …
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Acordo de Comércio sobre Comércio de Serviços - GTAS
Campos, Luis Canha - EconWPA - 2005
Uma breve apresentação do GATS (Acordo de Comércio sobre Comércio de Serviços) da Organização Mundial de Comércio, que ilustra quais os principais parâmetros do seu âmbito, bem como, qual o modelo de negociação das sucessivas 'rondas' negociais.
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Do gasoline prices converge in a unified Europe with non- harmonized tax rates?
Dreher, Axel; Krieger, Tim - EconWPA - 2004
The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125494
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La Economía Política de la Nueva Ley de Hidrocarburos
Porras, Author Enrique R. González - EconWPA - 2003
La estructura normativa de un sector como reglas que armonizan o delimitan las acciones de los agentes económicos involucrados o los potenciales involucrados, reviste una importancia incuestionable. Los cambios filosóficos y de estructura tributaria que contemplan la nueva Ley de Hidrocarburos...
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Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Saving
Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004
Genuine saving measures net investment in produced, natural and human capital. It is a necessary condition for weak sustainable development that genuine saving not be persistently negative. However, according to data provided by the World Bank, resource-rich countries are systematically failing...
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Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Saving
Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004
Genuine saving is an established indicator of weak sustainable development that measures the net level of investment a country makes in produced, natural and human capital less depreciation. Maintaining this net level of investment above zero is a necessary condition for sustainable development....
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Resellers' Regulated Demand Price of 93 Octane Petrol in Namibia Relative to OPEC Crude Oil Price, 1991
Amavilah, Voxi H.S. - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines the efficiency implications of regulated demand price of 93 octane petrol relative to OPEC crude oil price across 183 Namibian localities in 1991. It describes briefly pricing problems associated with managing petroleum and petro-products. Assuming that demand price depends...
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Political Economy of Electricity Reform: A Case Study in Gujarat, India
Hansen, Christopher Joshi; Bower, John - EconWPA - 2004
In India, the supply of electricity relies heavily on a virtually bankrupt and sometimes corrupt system of state electricity boards (SEBs), which have failed to bring electricity to approximately 40% of rural households. High subsidy levels to agriculture and domestic customers and widespread...
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Firms, the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading System
Wagner, Marcus - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyses which likely effects international co-operation on climate change, the emissions trading directive of the European Union currently introduced and the tradable emissions permit systems specified under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) will have on energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118919
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International Aspects of Social Reform in the Interwar Period
Galbi, Douglas - EconWPA - 2004
The reconstruction of the international order after World War I put great emphasis on social reforms through the International Labor Organization (ILO). Three types of arguments were used to promote social reform. The first asserted that international economic competition meant that social...
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