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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435382
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Corporate social responsibility research: The importance of context
Tilt, Carol A. - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 1 (2016) 2, pp. 1-9
ideology that underpins the nation's government. The nature and impact of ideology and hegemony in China has been under …
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European power struggles: Can EU's decarbonisation agenda break the state-company axis in the power sector?
Sattich, Thomas; Ydersbond, Inga; Scholten, Daniel - 2015
Europe's power system is still marked by a distinct national component, and despite some regions with strongly integrated power systems, electricity supply today still has a largely national basis. Policies to decarbonise the power sector may fundamentally alter this situation, because power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307297
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China in der Geschichte der Globalisierung
Spree, Reinhard - 2015
In my view, globalization is a process that has taken place episodically since approximately the beginning of the 16th century. Previously, there were a number of attemps at globalization, which however failed to attain the precondition of regular commercial and communicative relationships among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374990
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Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica: Market Failures, Government Failures, and Policy Outcomes
Monge-Gonzalez, Ricardo; Rivera, Luis; … - 2010
optimally addressing market failures. Moreover, government failures rather than market failures represent the main justification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328255
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The Polish Growth Miracle: Outcome of Persistent Reform Efforts
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2012
-friendly governments were voted out of office, the new governments in Poland never reversed reforms undertaken by the previous government …
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Who contributes? A strategic approach to a European immigration policy
Russo, Giuseppe; Senatore, Luigi - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
Who pays for immigration control? According to the Lisbon Treaty the cost of enforcing the European border against illegal immigration shall be shared among the EU members. Nonetheless, the Treaty is vague with respect to the 'appropriate measures' to adopt in order to distribute the financial...
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A decade (and a global financial crisis) after Blinder: The interaction between researchers and policy-makers in central banks
Bussière, Matthieu; Stracca, Livio - 2010
Periods of economic and financial stress traditionally give rise to profound changes in economic theory and in the way policy decisions are taken. Motivated by the recent interest in renewing macroeconomics after the global financial crisis, we collected the views of senior central bank staff in...
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Child abuse materials as digital goods: Why we should fear new commercial forms
Acar, Kemal Veli - 2017
Psycho-sociological and legal aspects of online child sexual abuse such as criminalization, offender profiling, and rehabilitation have been thoroughly studied in the literature. The economics of the issue may appear relatively insignificant at first sight, considering the devastating effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636397
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Public Statements of Good Conduct Promote Pro-Social Behavior
Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Page, Lionel; Dulleck, Uwe - 2018
Voluntary and compulsory public statements of good conduct are frequently observed in the real world, such as the codes of good conduct for professionals or the requirements of academic journals to affirm that research was carried out ethically. In this study, we investigate what effect public...
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