]The WTO system and democratic rights are unexpected bedfellows. The GATT/WTO requires governments to adopt policies … may gradually transfer the skills learned from influencing trade policies to other public issues. Thus, the WTO not only … shows that these issues are discussed during accessions and trade policy reviews. Quantitative analysis examines how members …

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody …

economic policy. In our empirical analysis, based on an extensive dataset covering most of world trade, we find that GSP tends …

There are many stories of democracy but little consensus over which variables robustly determine its emergence and … million regressions. The most robust determinants of the transition to democracy are GDP growth (a negative effect), past … countries are less likely to see democracy emerge, although the latter finding is driven entirely by oil producing Muslim …

, has largely taken place outside the standard trade-regulatory frameworks that cover most other forms of cross … trade and investment in the fields of e-commerce, informationbased services and online transmissions. One such measure is … the blockage of access to websites. This paper suggests that many WTO member states are legally obliged to permit an …

threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world … of national income per capita and democracy may not be positively correlated. The model is also useful for understanding …

threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world … of national income per capita and democracy may not be positively correlated. The model is also useful for understanding …

The strong negative link between democracy and output volatility documented by Rodrik (2000) and others stands in sharp … contrast to the lack of consensus on the democracy-growth relationship. To explain stable growth performance in democracies we … qualities of available policy alternatives are uncertain, greater democracy (i.e. decentralization of decision-making authority …