This report forms part of a project entitled 'World Biofuels Study'. The objective is to study world biofuel markets and to examine the possible contribution that biofuel imports could make to help meet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)....

Prosperity Games are an outgrowth and adaptation of move/countermove and seminar War Games. Prosperity Games are simulations that explore complex issues in a variety of areas including economics, politics, sociology, environment, education and research. These issues can be examined from a...

This dissertation examines the effects of neoliberal economic policies in Latin America in 25 years (the 1970-1995 period), focusing especially on macroeconomic stabilization under IMF support and on IMF and World Bank structural adjustment lending, where the debate centers on the effect of...

This paper investigates the primacy of foreign direct investment inflows in liberalizing China’s economy and whether the long-term gains from economic openness will justify its inefficient energy uses and growing regional income disparities. By examining the history of FDI inflows in China, it...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) from Spain made large foreign direct investments (FDIs) in Latin America between 1990 and 2002, making Spain the second largest direct investor in this region since 1998, behind the United States. This dissertation explains the reasons that led Spanish firms to...

This dissertation consists of three essays on the topic of antidumping (AD) which is currently the most intensively-used worldwide temporary trade measure. As detailed in the next paragraphs, the three essays explore the link between the AD activity and political lobbying, R&D investment, and...

A Külügyi és Külgazdasági Intézet 4:1 című sorozatában négy kutató válaszol röviden ugyanarra – a nemzetközi politikát és gazdaságot érintő – kérdésre. Célunk a magyarországi tudományos viták elindítása és a szakértők közötti párbeszéd elősegítése. E...

The first essay proposes to test the Grossman and Helpman "Protection for Sale" model using data from the U.S. food processing industries at the 4-digit level. The Grossman and Helpman model departs from previous frameworks of trade protection in that it provides micro-foundations to the...