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Can oil discovery shocks affect the demand for protectionism? An intertemporal model of Dutch disease indicates that if the tradable sector is politically dominant then an oil discovery can induce protectionism. If the economy is also credit constrained, this effect is intensified upon...
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This chapter surveys research on the demand for protectionism as well as theoretical and empirical work on the (i) electoral mechanisms, the (ii) lobbying institutions, and the (iii) legislative bargaining that affect its supply. A recent trend is mutual feedbacks between commercial policy on...
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We analyze how economy-wide forces (i.e.shocks to terms of trade, technology and endowments) affect the intensity of … have perverse effects, and offers guidance on how to integrate international trade policy and peacekeeping efforts …. Thus, we can also account for populist policies, apparently inefficient redistribution and “national development strategies …
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also retard the development of markets, especially in the rural areas. The tax reform policies implemented in a large …
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We analyze how economy-wide forces (i.e. shocks to terms of trade, technology and endowments) affect the intensity of … have perverse effects, and offers guidance on how to integrate international trade policy and peacekeeping efforts …. Thus, we can also account for populist policies, apparently inefficient redistribution and national development strategies …
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While most countries have harmonized intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation, the dispute about the optimal level of IPR-enforcement remains. This paper develops an endogenous growth framework with two open economies satisfying the classical North-South assumptions to study (a)...
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While most countries have harmonized intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation, the dispute about the optimal level of IPR-enforcement remains. This paper develops an endogenous growth framework with two open economies satisfying the classical North-South assumptions to study (a)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312504
In this paper we argue that strong political economy forces explain the rush of the EU to expand eastwards. We use a model of vertical product differentiation in order to claim that technologically- advanced EU firms (residing in high-income member countries) prefer a mutual market-opening with...
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