This paper evaluates the impact on developing countries of the prohibition of trade related investment measures ( TRIMs). The economic impact of implementing the TRIMs Agreement in GATT 1994, and more generally of liberalising investment measures, is likely to be negative and significant for...

This paper first shows that capital inflows to and outflows from financial centres were disproportionately affected by the global financial crisis. Switzerland was no exception. The paper then identifies waves of capital flows to and from Switzerland from 2000:Q1 to 2014:Q2 by using a simple...

This paper first shows that capital inflows to and outflows from financial centres were disproportionately affected by the global financial crisis. Switzerland was no exception. The paper then identifies waves of capital flows to and from Switzerland from 2000:Q1 to 2014:Q2 by using a simple...