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Introduction and summary to Handbook of trade policy and WTO accession for development in Russia and the CIS
Tarr, David G.; Barba Navaretti, Giorgio - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003144404
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Effects of WTO accession on policy-making in sovereign states : preliminary lessons from the recent experience of transition countries
Bacchetta, Marc; Drábek, Zdeněk - 2002 - Manuscript date: April 2002
The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of WTO accession on policy-making and institutional reforms in transition countries. This is done by looking at the experience of those transition countries which are already Members of the WTO. We start by examining the effect of accession on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211073
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Russian commercial policies and the European Union : can Russia be anchored in a legal international economic order?
Dreyer, Iana; Hindley, Brian - 2008
This paper explores whether Russia can be made to abide by international commercial rules. It discusses the role the EU …, Russia's main trading partner, can and should play in fostering better Russian compliance with international commercial rules …. Russia's economic revival, built on oil and gas, has been accompanied by increasing assertiveness in foreign policies, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011618932
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Policy uncertainty, trade and welfare : theory and evidence for China and the U.S.
Handley, Kyle; Limão, Nuno - 2016 - This version: March 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472294
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The economic effects of trade policy uncertainty
Caldara, Dario; Iacoviello, Matteo; Molligo, Patrick; … - 2019
We study the effects of unexpected changes in trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on the U.S. economy. We construct three measures of TPU based on newspaper coverage, firms' earnings conference calls, and aggregate data on tari rates. We document that increases in TPU reduce investment and activity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012065127
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The persistence of trade policy in China after WTO accession
Garred, Jason - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575142
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Trade policy uncertainty and the WTO
Groppo, Valeria; Piermartini, Roberta - 2014 - Manuscript date: 19 December 2014
Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462834
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Trade policy uncertainty and the WTO
Groppo, Valeria; Piermartini, Roberta - 2014
Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462864
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How WTO commitments tame uncertainty
Jakubik, Adam; Piermartini, Roberta - 2019 - Manuscript date: 24 April 2019
This paper studies how WTO rules and flexibilities shape its members' trade policy responses to import shocks. Guided by a cost benefit analysis model and using a unique database of tariff bindings for all WTO countries over the 1996-2011 period, we show that WTO commitments affect members'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009096