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Preferential Liberalization, Antidumping, and Safeguards : Stumbling Block Evidence from Mercosur
Bown, Chad P. - 2018
liberalization gains that arise when examining tariffs alone. This paper examines the experiences of Argentina and Brazil during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935259
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A Bit Far? Geography, International Economic Agreements, and Foreign Direct Investment : Evidence from Emerging Markets
Gomez-Mera, Laura - 2019
How do international economic agreements influence the investment patterns of firms from emerging economies? This paper studies the ways in which bilateral investment treaties and preferential trade agreements interact with geographic and cultural distance to influence firms' investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901103
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Arbitrating and Mediating Disputes : Benchmarking Arbitration and Mediation Regimes for Commercial Disputes Related to Foreign Direct Investment
Pouget, Sophie - 2017
An effective commercial arbitration regime matters for foreign investors. It gives parties the autonomy to create a … dispute resolution system tailored to increasingly complex disputes. Foreign investors view arbitration as a way to mitigate … Disputes indicators assess the legal and institutional framework for commercial arbitration, mediation, and conciliation …
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Deep Trade Agreements and Vertical FDI : The Devil is in the Details
Osnago, Alberto - 2017
Recent data show that the institutional content of preferential trade agreements has evolved over time. Although pre-1990s preferential trade agreements mostly focused on tariff liberalization, recent agreements increasingly contain deep provisions in diverse areas, such as intellectual property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970742
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Regional Trade Policy Options for Tanzania : The Importance of Services Commitments
Jensen, Jesper - 2017
Despite the growing importance of commitments to foreign investors in services in regional trade agreements, there are no applied general equilibrium models in the literature that assess these regional impacts. This paper develops a 52 sector applied general equilibrium model of Tanzania with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976282
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Trade Flows and Trade Disputes
Bown, Chad P. - 2017
This paper introduces a new data set and establishes a set of basic facts and patterns regarding the trade that countries fight about under World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement. The paper characterizes the scope of products, as well as the levels of and changes to the trade values,...
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Fiscal Policy as an Instrument of Investment and Growth
Basu, Kaushik - 2017
This paper investigates the role of fiscal guarantees in promoting infrastructure investment. Infrastructure is a critical driver of economic growth, but infrastructure entails significant up-front costs that yield benefits after a time lag. Investors hesitate to put their money down on private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973277
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Tariff Retaliation Versus Financial Compensation in the Enforcement of International Trade Agreements
Limão, Nuno - 2006
The authors analyze whether financial compensation is preferable to the current system of dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization that permits member countries to impose retaliatory tariffs in response to trade violations committed by other members. They show that monetary fines are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779256
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Trade Policy Flexibilities and Turkey : Tariffs, Antidumping, Safeguards, and WTO Dispute Settlement
Bown, Chad P. - 2017
Trade policy commitments to lower import tariffs and to maintain tariffs at low levels entail short and long-run political-economic costs and benefits. Empirical work examining the relationship between such commitments and the exercise of trade policy flexibilities is still relatively nascent,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974687
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Cotton Subsidies, the WTO, and The'Cotton Problem'
Baffes, John - 2017
Following an 8-year long dispute over cotton subsidies, Brazil and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 21, 2010, effectively paving the way for settling the dispute. This paper argues that cotton subsidies are just the tip of the iceberg while a number of other,...
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