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Poverty Impacts of the Volume-Based Special Safeguard Mechanism

Ivanic, Maros - 2017

simulations for 31 countries suggest that use of this safeguard in line with the proposed World Trade Organization rules would … raise the world poverty headcount by an average of 24 million. The adverse poverty impact of the duty is larger when the …

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Doha Merchandise Trade Reform : What's at Stake for Developing Countries?

Anderson, Kym - 2016

liberalization could move the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more developing countries themselves …

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Agricultural Trade : What Matters in the Doha Round?

Laborde, David - 2017

This survey concludes that including agriculture in the Doha Agenda negotiations was important both economically and politically, although the political resistance to reform is particularly strong in this sector. While agriculture accounts for less than 10 percent of merchandise trade, high and...

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Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets : An Agenda for Multilateral Cooperation

Hoekman, Bernard - 2017

as a result affect world prices for the specific products concerned. Market failures and market structures (market power …

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Potential Implications of a Special Safeguard Mechanism in the WTO : The Case of Wheat

Hertel, Thomas W. - 2017

The Special Safeguard Mechanism was a key issue in the July 2008 failure to reach agreement in the World Trade … uses a stochastic simulation model of the world wheat market to investigate the effects of policy makers implementing … percent in some regions, with world wheat trade falling by 4.7 percent. The price measures discriminate against low price …

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Implications of the Doha Market Access Proposals for Developing Countries

Laborde, David - 2017

This paper uses detailed data on bound and applied tariffs to assess the consequences of the World Trade Organization …

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Formulas and Flexibility in Trade Negotiations : Sensitive Agricultural Products in the Wto's Doha Agenda

Jean, Sebastien - 2017

Many trade negotiations involve large cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities allowing much smaller cuts for an agreed number of politically-sensitive products. The effects of these flexibilities on market access opportunities are difficult to predict, creating particular problems for...

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Specialisation patterns and the synchronicity of regional employment cycles in Europe

Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Heine, Jens M. (contributor) - 2004

This paper examines the degree of correlation of EU regional employment cycles and attempts to show whether these cycles reflect changing patterns of specialisation. By focusing on the regional level and by employing three different indicators of similarity of sectoral structure, it improves on...

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Interest rate bands of inaction and play-hysteresis in domestic investment : evidence for the Euro area

Belke, Ansgar; Frenzel Baudisch, Coletta; Göcke, Matthias - 2019

The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...

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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach

Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005

This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...

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