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The WTO and environmental provisions: three categories of trade and environment linkage
Khalilian, Setareh - 2009
The current WTO jurisdiction on linkages of trade and environment is not free of contradictions and has provided for … heated debate due to some inconsistencies in past WTO rulings. The article argues that the WTO jurisdiction is not only … unclear but also lacks economic reasoning. It aims to structure WTO provisions and WTO case rulings so that their application …
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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2020
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 average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270558
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Ocean iron fertilization in the context of the Kyoto Protocol and the post-Kyoto process
Bertram, Christine - 2009
Ocean iron fertilization is currently discussed as a potential measure to mitigate climate change by enhancing oceanic CO2 uptake. Its mitigation potential is not yet well explored, and carbon offsets generated through iron fertilization activities could currently not be traded on regulated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265237
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Ocean iron fertilization: why further research is needed
Güssow, Kerstin; Oschlies, Andreas; Proelss, Alexander; … - 2009
Despite large uncertainties in the fertilization efficiency, natural iron fertilization studies and some of the purposeful iron enrichment studies have demonstrated that Southern Ocean iron fertilization can lead to a significant export of carbon from the sea surface to the ocean interior. From...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265835
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Economic and legal aspects of international environmental agreements: The case of enforcing and stabilising an international CO 2 agreement
Heister, Johannes; Mohr, Ernst; Plesmann, Wolf; … - 1995
The protection of the global environment is impeded by multilateral externalities which the international community attempts to bring under control by entering into international agreements. International agreements, however, can suffer from non-compliance and free-riding behaviour by sovereign...
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More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a Bit!
Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2010
We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...
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Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box
Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2010
The previous literature provides a highly ambiguous picture on the impact of trade and investment agreements on FDI. Most empirical studies ignore the actual content of BITs and RTAs, treating them as 'black boxes', despite the diversity of investment provisions constituting the essence of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277989
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The future of (negative) emissions trading in the European Union
Rickels, Wilfried; Proelß, Alexander; Geden, Oliver; … - 2020
Under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), operators must surrender allowances corresponding to the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from their installations. The supply of allowances in the EU ETS decreases linearly and, all else equal, is expected to end around 2057. An...
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Marktordnung und Barrieren im grenzüberschreitenden Handel mit Kommunikationsdienstleistungen: Dienstleistungen der Informationstechnologie
Krancke, Jan - 2000
Die vorliegende Untersuchung stellt die technischen Grundlagen und die Marktordnung für den internationalen Handel mit Dienstleistungen der Informationstechnologie dar; sie analysiert und bewertet die resultierenden Handelsbarrieren. Die Funktionsweise des Internets (Netzaufbau, Adress- und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260446
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Marktordnung und Barrieren im grenzüberschreitenden Handel mit Telekommunikationsdienstleistungen
Krancke, Jan - 2000
Die vorliegende Untersuchung stellt die technischen Grundlagen und die Marktordnung für den internationalen Handel mit Telekommunikationsdienstleistungen dar; sie analysiert und bewertet die resultierenden Handelsbarrieren. Die Grundstruktur internationaler Telekommunikation wird in...
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