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Russian Regions: Foreign Trade and Economic Development

Sherov-Ignatyev, Vladimir - 2013

impact of WTO accession and CU RBK arrangement on the economic development of Russian regions. We start with the general … the WTO accession of Russia. Oil- and gas-rich regions do not expect serious effect. On the other hand, regions … the WTO accession. The customs union formation gives a chance to alleviate such negative development, providing easier …

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Russia's chemical and petrochemical industries at the eve of WTO-Accession

Schaimijeva, Elmira; Gumerova, Gjusel; Jasper, Jörg; … - 2010

Although Russia's WTO-accession is foreseeable, there are still deficits in the literature on its concrete effects on …

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Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries under the Doha Round

Francois, J.; van Meijl, H.; van Tongeren, F. - 2003

develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the …

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Formula Approaches for Market Access Negotiations

Francois, Joseph; Martin, Will - 2002

Most of the large tariff reductions achieved in multilateral tradenegotiations have involved tariff-cutting formulas such as the Swissformula. However, wide variations in initial tariff rates between activeparticipants call for new approaches under the Doha Development Agenda.This paper surveys...

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Francois, J.; Hoekman, B.; Manchin, M. - 2005

WTO-based concern. …

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Indisputably essential: The economics of dispute settlement institutions in trade agreements

Keck, Alexander; Schropp, Simon - 2007

Economic theory has made considerable progress in explaining why sovereign countries cooperate in trade. Central to most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains the initial balance of concessions and prevents...

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Foreign banking: Do countries' WTO commitments match actual practices?

Barth, James R.; Marchetti, Juan A.; Nolle, Daniel E.; … - 2006

framework that affects the regulation of every WTO Member's financial sector. However, except for a limited number of country …-specific case studies, no attempt has been made to compare WTO commitments to open the domestic banking sector to foreign banks with … devoted to systematically and comprehensively assess the degree to which WTO Members discriminate against foreign bank. This …

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Telecommunications services in Africa: The impact of multilateral commitments and unilateral reform on sector performance and economic growth

Keck, Alexander; Djiofack-Zebaze, Calvin - 2006

growth. Besides unilateral measures, we account for WTO commitments fostering the credibility of reforms. Actual regulatory … reflect recent reforms. However, at the global level, adherence to the WTO Reference Paper entails lower prices. …

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Determining "likeness" under the GATS: Squaring the circle?

Cossy, Mireille - 2006

under the GATS are vague concerning the criteria which should be used to establish likeness. Discussions among WTO Members …

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Forecasting trade

Keck, Alexander; Raubold, Alexander - 2006

This paper develops a set of time series models to provide short-term forecasts (6 to 18 months ahead) of international trade both at the global level and for selected regions. Our results compare favourably to other forecasts, notably by the International Monetary Fund, as measured by standard...

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