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The DSU Review (1998-2004): Negotiations, Problems and Perspectives

Zimmermann, Thomas A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Settlement Understanding; DSU) entered into force. Since 1998, negotiations to review and reform the DSU have taken place (DSU … review), however without yielding any result so far. The DSU review exercise has only attracted limited academic interest to … become the subject of countless contributions, the efforts of the entire WTO community to make the DSU evolve further have …

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Financial development, International Trade and welfare

Blanchard, Michel; Peltrault, Frederic - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Differences between domestic financial systems can lead to international trade. A country with relatively developed or decentralized financial systems will export innovative commodities while a country with less developed and centralized financial systems will export traditional commodities....

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Trade Protectionism and Intra-industry Trade: A USA - EU Comparison

Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra; Sousa, Cândida; Carvalho, Helena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The aim of this work is to find patterns for products included in the customs tariffs of the USA and the EU (composed of over 5000 products disaggregated at the 6 digit-level) which share similarities, defined by a set of international trade variables, namely the index of revealed comparative...

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Agricultural Policy Reforms and Structural Adjustments in Bangladesh

Hasan, Mohammad Monirul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper depicts the agricultural policy reforms and structural changes in Bangladesh from independence to the present times. Bangladesh agriculture has experienced major structural changes and achieved major successes over the last three and a half decades. Reforms began in the late 1970s and...

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Winners and Losers in a Free Trade Area between the United States and MERCOSUR

Marcel, Vaillant; Alvaro, Ons - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

The paper focus on the characteristics of the political economy of an FTA of this kind. With this objective, they develop a methodology that allows them to study the welfare effects of a bilateral agreement by identifying the sectors that would encounter the most problems and those that would be...

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Productivity and Trade Orientation: Turkish Manufacturing Industry Before and After the Customs Union

Taymaz, Erol; Yilmaz, Kamil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The impact of trade liberalization on productivity and economic growth has received considerable attention in recent policy debate. Besides the theory, there is also a large body of empirical literature on the impact of trade policy reforms on productivity growth. We contribute to this...

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How exporters respond to antidumping investigations?

Lu, Yi; Tao, Zhigang; Zhang, Yan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Using China Customs data that cover monthly transactions of all Chinese exporters, we investigate how Chinese exporters respond to U.S. antidumping investigations during the 2000-2006 period. Our difference-in-differences analysis uncovers a number of findings: (1) the substantial...

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POLITIQUE COMMERCIALE ET NEGOCIATIONS AGRICOLES DU RIZ AU CAMEROUN : UNE TOTALE FAISABILITE

NANA KUINDJA, RODRIGUE - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Appreciated for its culinary qualities, rice has become very important in the diets of households in Cameroon. The rice market is generally found Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese. But where is the rice Cameroon? The central objective is to identify trade policy tools to implement in Cameroon to meet...

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Lao PDR Market Access Guide: Trading with ASEAN Dialogue Partners - Australia and New

Lord, Montague J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Laos benefits from the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA). The Agreement has eliminated tariffs on 90% of Australia’s and New Zealand’s imports, with the remaining tariff lines to be removed by 2020. For Laos, it provides for a much longer transition period for eliminating...

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Protection for Sale, Monopolistic Competition and Variable Markups

Marvasi, Enrico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We extend the basic model of trade protection with special interest groups developed in Grossman and Helpman (1994) to include monopolistic competition with variable markups. We find the following results: (i) for sectors organized into lobbies the endogenous import tariff is always positive and...

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