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The German economy and EU industrial tariff reductions : partial and CGE analyses of a stillborn Millennium Round
Francois, Joseph F.; Glismann, Hans H.; Spinanger, Dean - 2000
The Millennium Round of MTNs, which was stillborn in Seattle, was supposed to have initiated wide-sweeping changes to the world's trading system. This paper deals with the impact on the German economy of some changes that might have been forthcoming from proposed liberalization strategies. It...
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Determinants of FDI in developing countries : Has globalization changed the rules of the game?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign … its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490677
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The cost of EU trade protection in textiles and clothing
Francois, Joseph F.; Glismann, Hans H.; Spinanger, Dean - 2000
This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the textile and clothing (T&C) industries command sizeable shares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472459
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Minimum wages and employment : the case of German unification
Heitger, Bernhard - 2001
Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473914
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Why economic growth trends differ so much across developing countries : the globalization debate and its relevance to Pakistan
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all … developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance … and foreign indebtedness which may explain the varying experience with globalization in regard to per capita income growth …
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CAP reform, the Berlin summit, and EU enlargement
Schrader, Jörg-Volker - 2000
The paper discusses the decisions on the CAP in the context of the Berlin summit. In a rather broad perspective the agricultural sectoral and related objectives are analyzed for their consistency and compatability with higher ranking societal objectives. The policies' allocational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476556
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Liberalisierung des internationalen Handels mit Dienstleistungen : Herausforderungen und Chancen für Entwicklungsländer
Lücke, Matthias (contributor); Spinanger, Dean (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002344300
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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2020
We build on the latest developments in the structural gravity literature to quantify the partial and general 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269824
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Service trade liberalization as a handmaiden of competitiveness in manufacturing : an industrialized or developing country issue?
Langhammer, Rolf J. (contributor) - 2006
This paper discusses the issue whether developing countries forego chances in world manufactured markets by protecting intermediate services against market entry of new suppliers. By scanning the empirical literature on effective rates of protection (ERP), the evidence is supportive. Yet, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003370335
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Globalisation and employment in the EU electrical industry : a case study with emphasis on Germany
Diehl, Markus - 2000
The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s is analysed in order to test the hypothesis that the competitive pressure from low-income countries has led to the observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled...
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