In this paper we investigate the effects of trade on the national minimum quality standards applied by two trading … standards set by national regulators will tend to unduly favour producer interests. As always, trade changes the balance of … lobbying access to its regulatory authority. As a result trade raises the minimum standard in the exporting country and may …

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by … focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and … political development. I argue that financial market institutions are critical to economic and political development, and …

economic development of countries in transition. His research has included fiscal policy issues, exchange rate determinants …, inflation targeting, and economic development issues. …

One major goal of the Nuclear Standards Program is to convert existing NE standards into national consensus standards … is a summary of the activities that have evolved to effect conversion of NE standards to national consensus standards …. Therefore, while complete conversion of program standards may not always be realized, the standards policy has been fully …

This manual contains the Radiation Control Standards'' and Radiation Control Procedures'' at Hanford Operations which … personnel. The purpose of the standards is to establish firm radiological limits within which the Irradiation Processing … an objective within the limitations of the Radiation Control Standards. A procedure may be changed at any time provided …

In the United States of America, numerous organizations are writing standards and recommend practices for contamination … Sciences (IES), and various US Government agencies are among the organizations with a vested interest in publishing standards …, significant work was done in the US on standards and recommended practices. Proprietary standards were established by companies …