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American tariff policy and the British alkali industry, 1880-1905
Varian, Brian - Department of Economic History, London School of … - 2014
Until the late nineteenth century, the British alkali industry enjoyed a colossal export market in the United States. Yet, as several scholars have already noted, the highly protectionist Dingley Tariff of 1897 caused a precipitous and irreversible decline in the volume of British alkali exports...
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Doha development agenda: implications for the US and world cotton markets
Fadiga, Mohamadou; Mohanty, Samarendu; Welch, Mark; … - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 17 (2008) 1, pp. 135-153
This study analyzed two scenarios that considered a reduction of the US aggregate measure of supports (AMS) payments by 60% over a five-year period. In the first scenario, which considered a unilateral action by the US, the targeted AMS payments reduction would require a 12% cut in the US target...
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Australian and American tariffs policies: do they rock or tango?
Cassette, Aurélie; Farvaque, Etienne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper disentangles between two hypotheses on the determinants of Australia's and the US' average tariffs levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621624
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Australian and American tariffs policies: do they rock or tango?
Cassette, Aurélie; Farvaque, Etienne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper disentangles between two hypotheses on the determinants of Australia's and the US' average tariffs levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621711
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Aggregation and the Welfare Analysis of US Tariffs
Arce, Hugh M.; Reinert, Kenneth A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) October, pp. 26-30
A recurrent concern of researchers who measure the cost of protection is that welfare estimates based on models with highly aggregated sectors of the economy in question will understate the true cost of protection if the tariff system is not uniform. Uses the 1988 tariff schedule of the US and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003301
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The Impact of the Tariff-Rate Quota on Sugar Imports on the US Economy
Uri, Noel D.; Boyd, Roy - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) January, pp. 16-40
Examines the impact of the sugar tariff-rate import quota programme on the United States economy. Uses a computable … fincome, and a government. Examines the effects of abolishing the tariff-rate import quota on sugar prices and quantities …
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Identifying Trade and Investment Opportunities
ESCAP, United Nations - In: Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2011: …
The traditional developed economies of the Group of Three (G3)-the European Union, Japan and the United States- all face economic slowdown, and acceptance is growing that the Asia-Pacific region will be the world's next engine of economic growth. Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are...
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The Implications of ‘Zeroing' on Enforcement of U.S. Antidumping Law
Nye, William W. - Antitrust Division, Department of Justice - 2008
.S. treats import price observations above the ‘normal’ value as if they occurred at the ‘normal’ value (rather than at their … potentially being found if any single transaction occurs below ‘normal’ value, even if the average of the import prices in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542286
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Competitive Advocacy Opportunity: Zeroing in U.S. Antidumping Enforcement
Nye, William W. - Antitrust Division, Department of Justice - 2008
firm is said to be dumping. Using zeroing, however, the U.S. treats import price observations above the 'normal' value as … below 'normal' value, even if the average of the import prices in the U.S. is much higher than the 'normal' value. The U … likely roles according to which import restrictions might be beneficial: addressing the possibility of predation or strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542298
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An analysis of the credit rating agencies
D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283
rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …
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