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Trade liberalization in a joint spatial inter-temporal trade model
Huang, Hui (contributor); Whalley, John (contributor);  … - 2005
) existence can also be an issue. Here we use numerical simulation methods. We first consider world with service trade autarky in … removing period by period budget constraints for domestic consumers. In such a world, if nonzero tariffs apply to spatial trade … negotiations on services in the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) need not be welfare improving if there are also …
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Market structure and market access
Francois, Joseph F. (contributor); Wooton, Ian (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003647238
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Peeling away the layers : impacts of durable tariff elimination
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Henn, Christian - 2018
We demonstrate that durable MFN tariff elimination affects trade patterns through several layers, and magnitudes of effects are sizable. The WTO Information Technology Agreement's (ITA) unique setting allows us to overcome the challenges associated with identifying effects of non-discriminatory...
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The free rider effect and market power in trade agreements
Wong, Woan Foong - 2023
Regional trade agreements have proliferated in the past two decades while multilateral trade negotiations have stalled. Both these agreements are governed by the WTO and have to abide by the non-discriminatory (Most-Favored Nation, MFN) clause to varying degrees-regional agreements to a lesser...
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Parallel imports and repair services
Ishikawa, Jota; Morita, Hodaka; Mukunoki, Hiroshi - 2018
This study explores the effect of parallel imports (PIs) when the producer may discriminate repair and maintenance services against PI units. This service discrimination weakens intrabrand competition and reduces the degree of price convergence between countries. If the producer makes costly...
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Higher education financing and income redistribution
Wigger, Berthold U. - 2001
This paper considers an optimal income tax cum higher educationpolicy.It shows that in the presence of an optimal income tax systemhigher education should be taxed rather than subsidized.Furthermore, income taxes should become less progressive whenan optimal higher education policy is introduced.
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Are expectations alone enough? : estimating the effect of mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan
Jacob, Brian Aaron; Dynarski, Susan M.; Frank, Kenneth; … - 2016
This paper examines the impacts of the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC), a statewide college-preparatory curriculum that applies to the high school graduating class of 2008 and later. We use a student, longitudinal database for all public school students in Michigan for the main analyses, and...
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What makes a program good? : evidence from short-cycle higher education programs in five developing countries
Bassi, Marina; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; … - 2023
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and...
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Trade model with an optimal exchange rate motivated by current discussion of a Chinese Renminbi float
Huang, Hui; Wang, Yi; Yiming, Wang; Whalley, John; … - 2005
We combine a model of combined inter-spatial and inter-temporal trade between countries recently used by Huang, Whalley and Zhang (2004) to analyze the merits of trade liberalization in services when goods trade is restricted with a model of foreign exchange rationing due to Clarete and Whalley...
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Smart or smash? : the effect of financial sanctions on trade in goods and services
Besedeš, Tibor; Goldbach, Stefan; Nitsch, Volker - 2023
We examine the extent to which financial sanctions imposed by Germany through its European Union and United Nations commitments cause collateral damage on Germany's trade in goods and services. Financial sanctions reduce Germany's inflows and outflows of financial assets, as well as imports and...
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