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European Community-Sugar : Cross-Subsidization and the World Trade Organization

Howse, Robert L. - 2016

An important recent World Trade Organization dispute settlement case for many developing countries concerned European … being used to cover losses associated with exports of sugar to the world market. Although in principle the economic …

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Services Policies in Transition Economies : On the European Union and the World Trade Organization as Commitment Mechanisms

Eschenbach, Felix - 2016

The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...

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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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Determinants of Trade Policy Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis

Gawande, Kishore - 2017

. World Trade Organization disciplines raise the cost of using trade policies for member countries and have proved to be a …

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Proposals for WTO Reform : A Synthesis and Assessment

Hoekman, Bernard - 2017

This paper summarizes the major arguments and proposals to reform the modus operandi of the World Trade Organization … internal and external transparency of World Trade Organization processes. Some proposals for structural reform ignore incentive … constraints and the fact that the World Trade Organization is an incomplete contract that must be self-enforcing. Others -- such …

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Services Trade Liberalization and Regulatory Reform : Re-Invigorating International Cooperation

Hoekman, Bernard - 2017

place the preconditions for future market opening. The second proposal is for a new approach to negotiations in the World …

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Canada-Wheat : Discrimination, Non-Commercial Considerations, and State Trading Enterprises

Trachtman, Joel P. - 2016

purchase and sales prices of commodities are a type of state trading enterprise that is subject to World Trade Organization …

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard; Manchin, Miriam - 2005

Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference...

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Are short-lived jobs stepping stones to long-lasting jobs?

Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2009

This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate labour market...

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Is the notification of monitoring a threat to the unemployed? : A regression discontinuity approach

Cockx, Bart (contributor); Dejemeppe, Muriel (contributor) - 2007

In July 2004, the Belgian government intensified monitoring within the Unemployment Insurance scheme. Workers claiming unemployment benefits for more than 13 months are notified that past job-search behavior will be monitored 8 months later. In one region the target group is counseled shortly...

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