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The Protectionist Mentality : An Accounting and Philosophical Analysis -- Part II
McGee, Robert W. - 2016
This paper examines the various arguments that have been put forth in favor of protectionism, from both an accounting and philosophical perspective. The author concludes that arguments against free trade are based on faulty premises, illogical reasoning or incorrect facts. Part 2. This paper was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981889
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Trade Policy of a Free Society
McGee, Robert W. - 2016
This paper examines the various arguments that have been put forth in favor of protectionism, from both an accounting and philosophical perspective. The author concludes that arguments against free trade are based on faulty premises, illogical reasoning or incorrect facts. Part 2. This paper was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981890
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The Protectionist Mentality : An Accounting and Philosophical Analysis -- Part I
McGee, Robert W. - 2016
This paper examines the various arguments that have been put forth in favor of protectionism, from both an accounting and philosophical perspective. The author concludes that arguments against free trade are based on faulty premises, illogical reasoning or incorrect facts
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125064
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Liberalized trade policy and inequality : evidence from post-Multi-Fibre Arrangement India and some theoretical issues
Kar, Mausumi; Kar, Saibal - 2015
The phased elimination of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement has been one of the most compelling trade policy reforms of the early twenty-first century, and has brought in significant changes in the industrial structures of the countries of the global south. The textile and clothing industry is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465456
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Private information and optimal infant industry protection
Ravikumar, B.; Riezman, Raymond Glenn; Zhang, Yuzhe - 2022
We study infant industry protection using a dynamic model in which the industry's cost is initially higher than that of …. We show that (i) the optimal protection, measured by infant industry output, declines over time and is less than that … under public information, (ii) the optimal protection policy is time consistent under public information but not under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013206084
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Implications of the 2030 EU resource efficiency target on sustainable development
Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio - 2015
The paper explores the implications of achieving the EU27 Resource Efficiency target by 2030 for the future sustainability of the area. The target involves increasing by well over 30% within 2030 EU27 Resource Productivity, which would correspond to nearly double the annual growth rate of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513983
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Time is money – how much money is time? : interest and inflation in competition law actions for damages
Bueren, Eckart; Hüschelrath, Kai; Veith, Tobias - 2014
Public and private action against cartels is an internationally recognized cornerstone of antitrust enforcement. Effective private enforcement requires that cartel victims can receive (at least) full compensation for the harm suffered. Academics and competition authorities support this goal with...
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Cartel in the Indian cement industry : an attempt to identify it
Bejger, Sylwester - 2012
This article is devoted to the problem of the detection of overt or tacit collusion equilibrium in the context of the choice of the appropriate econometric method, a choice that is determined by the amount of information that the observer possesses. The author addresses this problem in two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009514728
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Solution of macromodels with Hansen-Sargent robust policies : summary and some extensions
Giordani, Paolo (contributor); Söderlind, Paul (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. May 15, 2003
We summarize some methods useful in formulating and solving Hansen-Sargent robust control problems, and suggest extensions to discretion and simple rules. Matlab, Octave, and Gauss software is provided. We illustrate these extensions with applications to the term structure of interest rates, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001664234
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Capacity Investment Under Demand Uncertainty - An Empirical Study of the US Cement Industry, 1994-2006
Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - 2010
Uncertainty about the level of demand is thought to influence irreversible capacity decisions. This paper examines some implications of the theory literature on this topic in an empirical study of the US cement industry between 1994 and 2006. Firms in this sector have the ability to deliver...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138028