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The Value of MFN Treatment to Developing Countries
Ghosh, Madanmohan; Perroni, Carlo; Whalley, John - 1999
We discuss most favoured nation (MFN) treatment in trade agreements, and its significance for developing countries, suggesting that its value to individual countries depends critically on the relevant model solution concept used to evaluate it. We analyze both rights to MFN treatment in foreign...
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Die Integration der Länder Mittel- und Osteuropas in die Europäische Union. Gründe und Auswirkungen der Güterströme zwischen beiden Regionen.
Filsinger, Michael J. - 1997
Die jungen Marktwirtschaften der Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas streben nach der Mitgliedschaft in der Europäischen Union.Bereits im April 1998 werden erste Beitrittsverhandlungen mit fünf Ländern aus der Region beginnen. Die ökonomischeProblematik einer Integration der Reformländer in den...
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Ersetzt die Neue Ökonomische Geographie Außenwirtschaftstheorie und Raumwirtschaftstheorie?
Schöler, Klaus - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449010
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Spatial discrimination, nations' size and transportation costs
Andree, Kai - 2010
In this paper we develop a spatial Cournot trade model with two unequally sized countries, using the geographical interpretation of the Hotelling line. We analyze the trade and welfare effects of international trade between these two countries. The welfare analysis indicates that in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449011
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Autarky versus free trade: catching-up and overtaking? : an endogenous growth approach
Teodorescu, Margareta - 2008
" framework.The special case of constant terms of trade is subsequently abandoned and a two-country model of the world economy … trade. By bringing into contrast an autarkic versus a trading world economy, the extension to a two-country model allows us … to mainly investigate two transitional dynamics. The first one is whether the switch of the world economy from no trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452613
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The Flat Tax: An Examination of the Baltic States
Greenberg, Deena - 2009
strategy across Europe and the rest of the world. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania adopted flat tax systems in 1994 and 1995 … growth, shocking the world as they emerged as “Baltic Tigers” at the turn of the century. Russia adopted a flat tax regime in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438702
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Essays in Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Financial Market
Yao, Wen - 2011
This thesis explores the important link between macroeconomic dynamics and the financial sector. The first essay studies Epstein-Zin preferences, which are found to be able to account for both aggregate macroeconomic dynamics and asset prices. In the first essay, I compare different solution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438768
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Was financial market contagion the source of economic crisis in Asia? Evidence using a multivariate VAR model
Khalid, Ahmed M; Kawai, Masahiro - 2003
The episodes of financial crises in many parts of the world during the 1990s have sparked interest in identifying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441798
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Recruitment and Retention of Immigrants in a Global Labour Market: Implications for Policy
Robinson, Christopher - 2011
Bio:Chris Robinson studied economics at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago, and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario since 1977. His research has focused on human capital and wage issues including human capital specificity, labour supply,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447214
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Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - 2010
The Zambian economy has grown relatively fast over the last decade. This article discusses the challenge of using these growing resources effectively to improve the welfare of the population and reduce poverty. The poverty head count index is found to have declined between 1998 and 2004 by about...
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