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Infrastructure and trade
Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Piermartini, Roberta - 2004 - Manuscript date: August 2004
This paper explores the role that quality of infrastructure has on a country's trade performance, estimating a gravity model that incorporates bilateral tariffs and a number of indicators for the quality of infrastructure. The paper looks at the impact of the quality of infrastructure (road,...
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Least-developed countries, transfer of technology and the TRIPS Agreement
Watal, Jayashree; Caminero, Leticia - 2018 - Manuscript date: November 2017
; Part 2 provides an understanding of the definition of LDCs in the World Trade Organization (WTO), and thus identifies the … potential beneficiaries of this obligation. Part 3 recounts the role of LDCs in the TRIPS negotiations in the Uruguay Round and … incentive programmes are being reported and how it has evolved between 2003 with 2016, which LDCs have been beneficiaries of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810280
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Achieving Bangladesh's tourism potential : linkages to export diversification, employment generation and the "green economy"
Honeck, Dale; Akhtar, Md. Shoaib - 2014 - Manuscript date: 26 August, 2014
majority of least developed countries (LDCs) - a challenging task in Bangladesh in the face of the country's success as an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411131
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A "probabilistic" approach to the use of econometric models in sunset reviews
Keck, Alexander (contributor);  … - 2006
investigations by reviewing the literature, the applicable WTO rules and, in particular, the pertinent case law. The potential value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003291951
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The falling elasticity of global trade to economic activity : testing the demand channel
Auboin, Marc; Borino, Floriana - 2017 - Manuscript date: April 2017
Since the recovery from the great financial crisis in 2010, global real trade flows grew much slower than pre-crisis, in both absolute terms (growth rates) and relative terms (relative to GDP, from 2:1 in the great 1990's to 1:1 since 2012) A debate has arisen as to whether this global trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635156
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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation
Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 October 2014
Indicators – which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882814
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An Economic Analysis of the US-China Trade Conflict
World Trade Organization - 2020
This paper provides an economic analysis of the trade conflict between the US and China, providing an overview of the tariff increases, a discussion of the background of the trade conflict, and an analysis of the economic effects of the trade conflict, based both on empirics (ex post analysis)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884411
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The harmonized system : amendments and their impact on WTO members' schedules
Yu, Dayong - 2008
pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their … the definition and thus also the implementation of some WTO agreements where the product coverage is defined in terms of …. It then looks back at the history of the introduction of the HS and its subsequent amendments into the WTO schedules and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805890
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Developing countries in the WTO services negotiations
Marchetti, Juan A. - 2004 - Manuscript date: September 2004
; the need to make use of the WTO forum to enhance credibility and sustain domestic regulatory reform programmes; the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010205561
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Can trade policy help mobilize financial resources for economic development?
Drábek, Zdeněk; Laird, Samuel - 2001 - Manuscript date: 29 August, 2001
The linkages between trade and resource mobilization are complex and not well defined in theory. To what extent does trade policy affect resource mobilization and what are the mechanisms? We argue that trade policy is a key factor of influencing the domestic fundamental balance between aggregate...
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