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Did Caselaw Foster England's Economic Development during the Industrial Revolution? Data and Evidence
Grajzl, Peter; Murrell, Peter - 2022
We generate and analyze data pertinent to the role of caselaw in England's economic development during the Industrial Revolution. Applying topic modeling to a corpus of 67,455 reports on English court cases, we construct annual time series of caselaw developments between 1765 and 1865. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470346
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The shifting contours of trade in knowledge: The new "trade-related aspects" of intellectual property
Taubman, Antony - 2020
This paper charts the evolution and diversification of trade in knowledge that has taken place in the quarter-century since the WTO TRIPS Agreement came into force. Entirely new markets have come into being, potentially redefining the very character of 'trade'. The disruptive effect of digital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415347
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Intellectual property and digital trade: Mapping international regulatory responses to emerging issues
Meier-Ewert, Wolf R.; Gutierrez, Jorge - 2021
This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431210
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Beyond the classroom: Using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266109
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Institutional and policy adjustments to implement Free Trade Agreements with the European Union: A developing country perspective
Baltzer, Kenneth - 2015
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and trade partners go far beyond mere elimination of tariffs to include such diverse issues as non-tariff barriers, competition legislation, investment protection, and more. Implementing such provisions requires deep institutional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440658
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Das Japan-EU-Freihandelsabkommen
Weerth, Carsten - In: AW-Service Guide (2020), pp. 5-9
Die Abschottungspolitik der USA unter dem Präsidenten Donald Trump (America-First-Politik) führt zu einer …). Diese drei sehr wichtigen Freihandelsabkommen mit Asien sind unterzeichnet und stehen jetzt zur Abstimmung im Europäischen … Parlament und dem Europäischen Rat an. Eine dreiteilige Reihe stellt die Inhalte der drei Freihandelsabkommen vor. Teil 2 …
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Precision-Guided or Blunt? The Effects of US Economic Sanctions on Human Rights
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2016
This study contributes to the literature that analyzes the consequences of economic sanctions for the target country’s human rights situation. We offer a political economy explanation for different types of human rights infringements or improvements in reaction to economic shocks caused by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586870
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Precision-Guided or Blunt? The Effects of US Economic Sanctions on Human Rights
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2016
We use endogenous treatment-regression models to estimate the causal average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on four types of human rights. In contrast to previous studies, we find no support for adverse effects of sanctions on economic rights, political and civil rights, and basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621176
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Precision-guided or blunt? The effects of US economic sanctions on human rights
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2016
We use endogenous treatment-regression models to estimate the causal average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on four types of human rights. In contrast to previous studies, we find no support for adverse effects of sanctions on economic rights, political and civil rights, and basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011624336
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Precision-guided or blunt? The effects of US economic sanctions on human rights
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2016
We use endogenous treatment-regression models to estimate the causal average treatment effect of US economic sanctions on four types of human rights. In contrast to previous studies, we find no support for adverse effects of sanctions on economic rights, political and civil rights, and basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537405