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We use the global Linkage model to assess the impact of trade and support policies in agriculture on income, trade, and output patterns. We provide order-of-magnitude estimates of the impacts of policy changes rather than point estimates. Two sets of simulations are used to identify key drivers...
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distortions in world sugar markets using a partial-equilibrium international sugar model calibrated on 2002 market data and …, Turkey), expand production when all distortions are removed. Consumption distortions have marginal impacts on world markets …
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WTO trade negotiations on market access follow the MFN treatment. However, an increasing share of trade falls under …. We focus on the European Union- the world largest preferences provider- and run two experiments of tariff cuts by the EU …
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In this dissertation I assess the impact of developing country trade liberalization on their wage inequality by focusing on two possible channels, namely job formality and inter-industry wage premium. Informal workers are a large share of the workforce, more than 30% in Brazil and Colombia, and...
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Handelsliberalisierung auf das Angebot von Kinderarbeit analysiert die Effekte von Einkommensumverteilung durch Außenhandel, und zeigt, dass … Auswirkungen von Handelsliberalisierung auf Kinderarbeit und Schulbesuch in Indonesien für den Zeitraum 1993-2002. Es wird gezeigt … Handelsliberalisierung stärker ausgesetzt waren. Dies war insbesondere dem größeren Rückgang an Armut in diesen Regionen zu verdanken.Aus der …
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Under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) current dispute settlement system (DSS) the utmost threat to a non … and its participation in the WTO's DSS. Therefore, a simple sequential game of dispute settlement is employed in order to … tradable retaliation is able to improve WTO members' compliance with their trade policy commitments, especially towards less …
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market price support to land-based payments could generate a “win-win” outcome whereby farm incomes are maintained and world …
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In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...
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BIMSTEC, a regional grouping of South and Southeast Asian countries, is heading towards an FTA for greater economic integration. The present paper examines the ex ante effects of the iniative by adopting SMART and GTAP models. Based on estimated export supply elasticity, the results of SMART...
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