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Competition policy and poverty reduction: A holistic approach

Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2013

addition to the earlier work done on these topics in the WTO Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition …

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Indisputably essential: The economics of dispute settlement institutions in trade agreements

Keck, Alexander; Schropp, Simon - 2007

Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains the initial balance of concessions and prevents...

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Foreign banking: Do countries' WTO commitments match actual practices?

Barth, James R.; Marchetti, Juan A.; Nolle, Daniel E.; … - 2006

framework that affects the regulation of every WTO Member's financial sector. However, except for a limited number of country …-specific case studies, no attempt has been made to compare WTO commitments to open the domestic banking sector to foreign banks with … devoted to systematically and comprehensively assess the degree to which WTO Members discriminate against foreign bank. This …

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Telecommunications services in Africa: The impact of multilateral commitments and unilateral reform on sector performance and economic growth

Keck, Alexander; Djiofack-Zebaze, Calvin - 2006

growth. Besides unilateral measures, we account for WTO commitments fostering the credibility of reforms. Actual regulatory … reflect recent reforms. However, at the global level, adherence to the WTO Reference Paper entails lower prices. …

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Determining "likeness" under the GATS: Squaring the circle?

Cossy, Mireille - 2006

under the GATS are vague concerning the criteria which should be used to establish likeness. Discussions among WTO Members …

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Forecasting trade

Keck, Alexander; Raubold, Alexander - 2006

This paper develops a set of time series models to provide short-term forecasts (6 to 18 months ahead) of international trade both at the global level and for selected regions. Our results compare favourably to other forecasts, notably by the International Monetary Fund, as measured by standard...

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Political & quasi-adjudicative dispute settlement models in European Union Free Trade Agreements: Is the quasi-adjudicative model a trend or is it just another model?

Ramírez Robles, Edna - 2006

-adjudicative elements of dispute settlement mechanisms of Public International Law and World Trade Organization (WTO) Law were used as … conclusion, it was found that even though WTO Members incorporated adjudicative elements in the Dispute Settlement Understanding …

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Liberalizing financial services trade in Africa: Going regional and multilateral

Jansen, Marion; Vennes, Yannick - 2006

This paper analyses the possible gains from regional and multilateral liberalization of financial services trade for African countries taking into account the implications of such liberalization for financial regulation and capital account liberalization. It also describes existing efforts to...

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Public services and the GATS

Adlung, Rolf - 2005

provision - that may be used by WTO Members to meet typical public service objectives. It turns out that virtually all forms of …

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Turning hills into mountains? Current commitments under the GATS and prospects for change

Adlung, Rudolf; Roy, Martin - 2005

ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

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