taking place since 1997 ("DSU review"), however, without yielding any result so far. In the meantime, WTO Members and … shortcomings of the DSU text, the more profound imbalance between relatively efficient judicial decision-making in the WTO (as … of India in WTO dispute settlement, her use of the system and her participation in the DSU review negotiations. JEL …

countries' incentives to block (appeal) a panel report under the GATT (WTO) regime. The study then analyzes the effects of …

countries' incentives to block (appeal) a panel report under the GATT (WTO) regime. The study then analyzes the effects of …

This paper attempts to study the usage of the GATT/WTO dispute settlement mechanism and to explain its patterns across … controversy over a panel ruling in determining countries' incentives to block/appeal a panel report under the GATT/WTO regime. The … frequency at which the new appellate procedure under the WTO is invoked. Furthermore, a two-sided asymmetric information …

light of the general explosion of literature on the World Trade Organization (WTO), including on its dispute settlement … become the subject of countless contributions, the efforts of the entire WTO community to make the DSU evolve further have … and where the intergovernmental, memberdriven character of the WTO is largely overlooked. Practically, such a distorted …

which has permeated WTO scholarship for the last 10 years. Our main criticism concerns the substance of the entire debate … subsequent issues of WTO enforcement and the interpretation of the wording of the dispute settlement understanding. They thereby … along the lines of the nature of the WTO contract. This results in to three key findings: First, none of the two schools of …

"trade wars" and crucially impair the credibility of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. In this paper, we suggest that … such conclusions are unwarranted. Violation of WTO agreements and non-compliance with Dispute Settlement Body rulings …