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Global Service Efficiency and the Role of Special and Differential Based Negotiation
Yao, Daqing - 2016
This paper argues that the pursuit of special and differential treatments (SDT) by developing countries has hampered the liberalization of global service trade, which is one of the causes of the only slowing improving of service efficiency globally. We use value added per worker as a proxy of...
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Pollution and International Trade in Services
Levinson, Arik - 2014
Two central topics in recent rounds of international trade negotiations have been environmental concerns, and services trade. While each is undoubtedly important, they are unrelated. In this paper I show that the services-environment link is small, for two reasons. First, services account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071207
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The Division and Size of Gains from Liberalization of Service Networks
Bhattarai, Keshab; Whalley, John - 2022
This paper emphasizes the different nature of cross border liberalization in network related services, such as telecoms, compared to liberalization in goods. In the presence of network externalities, it argues that if two disjoint country service networks involving a small and large country are...
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Assessing the Benefits to Developing Countries of Liberalization in Services Trade
Whalley, John - 2021
This paper discusses the potential impacts of services trade liberalization on developing countries and reviews existing quantitative studies. Its purpose is to distill themes from current literature rather than to advocate specific policy changes. The picture emerging is one of valiant attempts...
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The "New" Economics of Trade Agreements : From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?
Grossman, Gene M. - 2019
What incentives do governments have to negotiate "new trade agreements," i.e., agreements that constrain not only governments' choices of tariffs, but also their domestic regulatory policies? We focus on horizontal product standards, i.e., those that impose requirements along a horizontal...
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A Political-Economy Theory of Trade Agreements
Maggi, Giovanni; Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - 2021
This paper presents a theory of trade agreements where "politics" play an central role. This stands in contrast with the standard theory, where even politically-motivated governments sign trade agreements only to deal with terms-of-trade externalities. We develop a model where governments may be...
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Wage Effects of a U.S. - Mexican Free Trade Agreement
Leamer, Edward E. - 2021
This paper analyzes the extent to which education will be subsidized when the subsidy rate is determined by majority voting. The analysis takes place in a framework where education is a discrete decision and all individuals would like to obtain an education because of its effect on future...
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Reciprocity, Non-Discrimination and Preferential Agreements in the Multilateral Trading System
Bagwell, Kyle; Staiger, Robert W. - 2021
and non-discrimination, the two principles that are the pillars of the multi- lateral trading system as embodied in GATT and its successor, the WTO. We show that GATT's principle of reciprocity serves to neutralize the world-price effects of a country's trade policy decisions, and hence can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239353
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The Politics of Free Trade Agreements
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - 2022
Suppose that an opportunity arises for two countries to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA). Will an FTA between these countries be politically viable? And if so, what form will it take? We address these questions using a political-economy framework that emphasizes the interaction between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014157843
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Foreign Affiliate Sales and Trade in Both Goods and Services
Chunding, Li - 2010
(1994) and the GATS there is an incompatibility between measures of world trade in goods and services. Measures of goods … trade reflecting GATT (1994) are restricted to trade that crosses borders. Service trade, however, under GATS mode 3 … them is the present mixed GATT and GATS basis; another is trade including foreign affiliate sales, and a final one excludes …
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