The purpose of this paper is to develop an imperfect competition model of a small open developing country to analyze the effects of trade sanctions on the incidence of child labor. We show that a uniform tariff levied by the developed countries on imports produced with the help of child labor is...

The European Union is currently negotiating free trade agreements, called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), with African countries as part of the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The paper empirically assesses the impact of the EPAs...

The European Union is currently negotiating free trade agreements, called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), with African countries as part of the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The paper empirically assesses the impact of the EPAs...

Die weltwirtschaftliche Verflechtung hat in der Nachkriegszeit stetig zugenommen. Da diese Entwicklung mit beträchtlichen Handelsgewinnen verbunden war, ist sie grundsätzlich positiv zu bewerten. Das Zusammenwachsen der Märkte erzeugt aber auch zusätzliche Spannungen, denn mit der...