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Route structure and productive efficiency in transpacific air services

Toda, Hirohito; Toda, Hirohito - 1995

Bilateral air service agreements have determined the nature of international air services through regulation of entry, service quality and pricing. Negotiations for such treaties reflect each government's aim to gain at least an equivalent right before granting certain traffic rights to the...

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The broader-deeper trade off and regional trade agreements

Anac, Sezi; Anac, Sezi - 2007

This dissertation examines the empirical underpinnings of the broader-deeper trade off. Policy makers often worry that the enlargement of regional trade agreements comes at the expense of further deepening (integration). Enlargement will lead to more preference heterogeneity and more economic...

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Bargaining and economic coercion: The use and effectiveness of sanctions

Krustev, Valentin L.; Krustev, Valentin L. - 2007

We address international economic sanctions from a bargaining perspective and explain the variation in states' decisions to employ economic coercion, in the objectives they pursue through it, and in the level of political concessions they are able to extract. The connection between military and...

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Political Competition and the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment

Dorobantu, Sinziana Paulina Ruxandra - 2010

This dissertation examines the variation in the choice of FDI regulations. Why do some countries restrict the entry and operations of foreign MNEs while others permit and even seek inward FDI? What factors determine the choice of FDI regulations and what conditions are likely to bring about...

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Environment and development: A study of North-South conflict

Mukherjee, Jaideep - 1996

In this dissertation, we investigate the effects of different environmental-economic policy choices on the well-being of people in the affluent North and the relatively poor South blocks of countries. We also investigate how regional cooperation or noncooperation in choosing these policies...

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Intra-industry trade and ASEAN: The experience of Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore

Thorpe, Michael William

Trade in differentiated manufactured goods from the same industry, between developed economies characterized by similar relative factor endowments, has been observed to be an important feature of international trade patterns since the 1960's. While the traditional, factor-proportions model of...

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The determinants of domestic arms production in Third World countries

Padgett, Mark Lee

The production and sale of arms is now the second largest industry in the world, only the oil industry is larger. More Third World countries produce arms now than ever before. Third World arms production may be a small percentage of total global production, but it causes an international...

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Foreign trade strategies and economic performance: Nomothetic evidence and a single case

Tuna, Ayse Gulgun

1973-85. Three perspectives are presented to explain their experiences: the export-led growth model, dependency theory, and … rent-seeking theory. It was found that rapid economic growth and a higher physical quality of life are associated with … 1973-85. Three perspectives are presented to explain their experiences: the export-led growth model, dependency theory, and …

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Legal, informational, and testing restrictions in employment: A study of antidiscrimination policy

Sadka-Negrin, Joyce Carol; Sadka-Negrin, Joyce Carol - 1998

This dissertation addresses the problem of informational and legal restrictions on employment screening processes such as educational requirements and standardized testing. For the past two decades, the legal system in the U.S. has struggled with this issue and has labeled certain information or...

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Essays in cooperative game theory and public finance

Temimi, Akram - 1996

This dissertation is divided into three essays. The first essay focuses on the question of enfranchisement of groups of individuals. Existing research work in the area has not adequately addressed this question. Indeed, previous analyses have focused on the value of a vote for a single...

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