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EU ENLARGEMENT TO TURKEY: POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND HOW THEY ARE SHAPED BY CHANGES IN MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS

Fellmann, Thomas; van Leeuwen, Myrna; Salamon, Petra - 2011

The potential accession of Turkey to the EU, and the related adoption of the CAP by Turkey,is expected to influence … agricultural markets in both the EU and Turkey. The extent of theaccession impacts depends on the one hand on the way the CAP will …-membership simulation show that the impacts on agriculturalmarkets in Turkey are significant, while effects on EU markets are rather limited …

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World Biofuels Study

Alfstad,T. - 2009

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)....

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Prosperity Game: Advanced Manufacturing Day, May 17, 1994

Berman, M. - 2009

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...

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The Flat Tax: An Examination of the Baltic States

Greenberg, Deena - 2009

The idea of a flat tax, a tax levied at a single rate, has become an increasingly discussed and implemented fiscal strategy across Europe and the rest of the world. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania adopted flat tax systems in 1994 and 1995, making them the first modern countries to adopt flat...

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Capital, conditionality, and free markets: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the effects of the neoliberal transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carbacho-Burgos, Andres - 2000

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...

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The Gift that Keeps Giving: FDI Inflows in China

Chang, Joseph - 2011

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...

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The advantage of Spanish multinational enterprises in Latin America

Toral, Pablo - 2003

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...

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Three essays on antidumping

Iliescu, Nicoleta - 2011

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...

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Two essays in international relations: Trade protection and water diversion

Hathie, Ibrahima - 2000

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...

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Economic integration and market structure: An empirical analysis of the Morocco-European Union Free Trade Area

Elbehri, Aziz - 1999

This research offers an empirical analysis of the economic effects on Morocco from implementing a Free Trade Area (FTA) with the European Union (EU) signed in 1996. Since the FTA translates largely into unilateral discriminatory tariff elimination against EU imports, there are concerns about the...

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