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It is well known that communication often serves as a facilitator for cooperation in static games. Yet, communication … can serve entirely different purposes in dynamic settings as communication during the game may work as a means for … investigates cooperation and non-binding communication in a two-stage game. More specifically, two treatments are considered: one …
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International trade negotiations have recently tackled the issue of possible free trade restrictions, justified - among … and trade negotiations, highlighting the different and somewhat conflicting approach adopted in the two cases. A numerical …
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This paper analyzes how international rules are established and stabilized, i.e. how an international institutional order develops. Rules emerge mainly through learning from negative experience and serve to reduce transaction costs. The paper looks at mechanisms that stabilize rule systems, at...
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why an important driving force of mercantilistically motivated trade negotiations has become weaker, the reciprocity …
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The paper aims at understanding the structural features of the bargaining coalitions in the Doha Round of the WTO. We provide an empirical assessment of the preferences of each negotiating actor looking at general economics indicators, development levels, structure of the agricultural sectors,...
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This paper analyses the relationship between different equity rules and the incentives to sign and ratify a climate agreement. A widespread conjecture suggests that a more equitable ex-ante distribution of the burden of reducing emissions would provide the right incentives for more countries -...
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We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
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We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
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