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rounds of multilateral negotiations under its auspices for reductions of trade barriers culminating in the URA in 1994. …
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This paper reviews econommic studies of rice research programs and attempts to identify the contributions of rice varietal improvement to changes in rice productivity. I also report some new work specifically addressed to the contributions of genetic resources to the production of rice varieties.
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This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve … over time to favor foods consumed as a child. The opening of trade causes preferred goods to rise in price, as these were …-run nutritional gains from agricultural trade liberalization and masks potential caloric losses for laborers. I examine the …
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departure of some raises the ability of others to migrate. This depends on whether trade is a complement or a substitute for …
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The latest, and internationally controversial, issue relating to trade and human rights is that of labor standards. It … has surfaced in international fora including the World Trade Organization (WTO). I will focus exclusively on this issue in … political problems associated with using trade policy as an instrument for enforcing human rights. …
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trade area to compensate for the loss of welfare due to the formation of the original union. …
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In this study, we look at the relationship between export stability, investment and economic growth in nine Asian countries using time series data. The few previous time series studies in this area have not paid any attention to stationarity and cointegration issues. We find that in most cases,...
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This paper the presents pattern and determinants of intra-industry trade (IIT) in Australian manufacturing since the … trend in IIT suggests that the short-term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalisation are likely to be lower, and … investigated. Results indicate that intra-industry trade is positively related to product differentiation and scale economies, and …
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This paper considers the economic sanctions that were applied in the mid-1980s to pressure the South African government to end apartheid. It asks what role those sanctions played in the eventual demise of the apartheid regime and concludes that the role was probably very small. An alternative...
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This paper considers the economic sanctions that were applied in the mid-1980s to pressure the South African government to end apartheid. It asks what role those sanctions played in the eventual demise of the apartheid regime and concludes that the role was probably very small. An alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738365