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Global engagement, complex tasks, and the distribution of occupational employment
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2015
Building on a framework introduced by Chaney and Ossa (2013), we construct a task-based model of the firm's choice of occupational inputs to examine how that choice varies with greater global engagement. We depart from Chaney and Ossa by assuming that more complex tasks are more costly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348406
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Globalization and the jobs ladder
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2018
-select into groups that use different networks to fill vacancies. Our results indicate that although falling trade costs may … result in greater wage inequality, if trade costs are initially high, it can also lead to a wider path up the jobs ladders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943204
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Winners and losers in the panel stage of the WTO dispute settlement system
Hoekman, Bernard M. (contributor); Horn, Henrik (contributor) - 2008
A significant body of research has sought to examine claims that developing countries are underrepresented as complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on their propensity to participate, the idea being that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757010
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The burden of proof in national treatment disputes and the environment
Horn, Henrik - 2009
This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements …. -- National treatment ; burden of proof ; environment ; GATT ; WTO ; trade agreements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809130
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Burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO : legal aspects
Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2009
This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO adjudicating bodies have said little of more general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814076
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The WTO dispute settlement system 1995 - 2010 : some descriptive statistics
Horn, Henrik; Johannesson, Louise; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009410534
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In the shadow of the DSU : addressing specific trade concerns in the WTO SPS and TBT Committees
Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C.; Wijkström, Erik N. - 2013
extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number of 'specific … trade concerns' 􁈺STCs􁈻 that in the overwhelming majority of cases do not become formal disputes. The STCs address … appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national policies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722025
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The legal and economic principles of world trade law : national treatment
Grossman, Gene M.; Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580789
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Why the WTO? : an introduction to the economics of trade agreements
Grossman, Gene M.; Horn, Henrik - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580800
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Multilateral environmental agreements in the WTO : silence speaks volumes
Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2013
This study contributes to the debate concerning the appropriate role of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in in WTO dispute settlement. Its distinguishing feature is that it seeks to address this relationship in light of the reason why the parties have chosen to separate their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206814