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International Trade and Stable Resolutions of Resource Disputes
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Syropoulos, Constantinos - 2022
We consider a dynamic setting in which two sovereign states with overlapping ownership claims on a resource/asset first arm and then choose whether to resolve their dispute violently through war or peacefully through settlement. Both approaches depend on the states’ military capacities, but...
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A touch of sophistication: FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2009
The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more “sophisticated” products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence...
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On the Heterogeneous Trade and Welfare Effects of GATT/WTO Membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel - 2020
We build on the latest developments in the structural gravity literature to quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the...
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Use and Abuse of Antidumping by Global Cartels
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Hoffstadt, Martin - 2021
Antidumping creates opportunities for abuse to stifle market competition. Whether cartels actually abuse trade policy … that matches cartel investigations with trade data at the product level. We then estimate the world import price and … quantity effects of antidumping in cartel products. We find that the use of antidumping in cartel industries helps to maintain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314861
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Trade, Trees, and Contingent Trade Agreements
Harstad, Bård - 2022
Can trade agreements motivate environmental conservation? I first present a model whereby the government in the South expands its production capacity (e.g., deforest) before trading with the North. After deriving negative relationships between tariff reductions and conservation, I show how all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013299239
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The Role of Non-Discrimination in a World of Discriminatory Preferential Trade Agreements
Saggi, Kamal - 2020
In a three-country model of endogenous trade agreements, we study the implications of the Most Favored Nation Clause (MFN) when countries are free to form discriminatory preferential trade agreements (PTAs). While PTA members discriminate against non-member countries, MFN requires non-members to...
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The Not-so-Generalized Effects of the Generalized System of Preferences
Ornelas, Emanuel - 2019
effect on the exports of beneficiaries when they are members of the World Trade Organization and are very poor. Not …
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Subsidizing national champions: an evolutionary perspective
Aubert, Cécile; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
-benevolent politicians may not choose efficient policies. Real-world examples indicate that politicians tend to concentrate on externalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264424
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PRC Industrial Policies Postdate Rather than Lead Economic Activity
Holz, Carsten A. - 2020
Industrial policies are widely credited with upgrading the economic structure of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and advancing its economy towards and beyond the current technological frontier. Yet the data suggest that the PRC's economy-wide investment patterns—with investment embodying...
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Reopening Pandora's Box in Search of a WTO-Compatible Industrial Policy? The Brazil-Taxation Dispute
Ornelas, Emanuel - 2019
The Brazil-Taxation dispute concerns the complaints taken to the World Trade Organisation by the European Union and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860580