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The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and its relevance for the Austrian economy
Gruebler, Julia; Reiter, Oliver; Stehrer, Robert - 2018
Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While the protectionist agendas are on the rise, the EU and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 17 July 2018. It is the most ambitious agreement of the EU with any Asian state. The study...
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Mögliche Auswirkungen eines harten oder weichen Brexit auf die deutsche Landwirtschaft - Update
Banse, Martin; Freund, Florian - 2018
tiefgreifendes Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der EU und dem VK, während das 'harte' Brexit Szenario mit der Einführung von MFN Zöllen …
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The Doha Round: "death-defying agenda" or "don't do it again"?
Harbinson, Stuart - 2009
Almost eight years after the launch of the Doha Round, the WTO negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with … the twists and turns in the negotiations since then and finds that, while progress has been incremental, it has also been … given the long but inconclusive history of the negotiations, it is important to complete the Doha Round and if so, how this …
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Market Structure, Trade Liberalization and the GATS
Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - 2000
In this paper we examine the interaction between the different modesof market access commitments inservices (cross-border and establishment) market structure, andregulation. In this context, we focus on theimpact of improved domestic market access for a foreign serviceprovider on a domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324523
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Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries under the Doha Round
Francois, J.; van Meijl, H.; van Tongeren, F. - 2003
We explore the impact of multilateral liberalization, with emphasison distributional effects across countries. We first develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the EU, allowing us to focus on those effects that...
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Market Structure in Services and Market Access in Goods
Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - 2004
We examine interaction between trade in goods and market power in domestic trade and distribution, developing a model that highlights this interaction. Theory points to an expected linkage between service sector competition and goods trade, one supported by econometrics involving import patterns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325473
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Environmental policy and industrial competitiveness: The pollution haven hypothesis reconsidered
Bommer, Rolf - 1995
The Pollution-Haven Hypothesis suggests that tight environmental standards reduce domestic producers' competitiveness and give rise to their relocating to countries with more lenient standards. This paper questions that relocation is always caused by reduced competitiveness at home. By using a...
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Tariff Rates, Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from German and Austrian Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization in terms of tarif cuts within the Eastern European enlargement on German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage...
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Trade liberalization and the evolution of skill earnings differentials in Brazil
Gonzaga, Gustavo; Menezes Filho, Naércio; Terra, Cristina - 2002
From 1988 to 1995, when trade liberalization was implemented in Brazil, relative earnings of skilled workers decreased. In this paper, we in-vestigate the role of trade liberalization in explaining these relative earn-ings movements, by checking all the steps predicted by the Heckscher-Ohlin-...
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Trade liberalization and the evolution of skill earnings differentials in Brazil
Gonzaga, Gustavo; Menezes Filho, Naércio; Terra, Cristina - 2005
Skilled labor earnings differentials decreased during the trade liberalization implemented in Brazil from 1988 to 1995. This paper investigates the role of trade liberalization in explaining these relative earnings movements. We perform several independent empirical exercises that check the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807329