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Burden of Proof in Environmental Disputes in the WTO: Legal Aspects

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2009

This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO adjudicating bodies have said little of more general...

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Social Trust and Central-Bank Independence

Berggren, Niclas; Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Hellström, Jörgen - 2012

Central banks have been made more independent in many countries. A common rationale has been the existence of a credibility (or lack-of-trust) problem for monetary policy. This indicates a possible and until now unexplored link between social trust and central-bank independence. Our empirical...

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Globalization and Absolute Poverty: A Panel Data Study

Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - 2011

Using panel data from more than 100 countries around the world from 1988 through 2007, this paper examines the … developed by Dreher (2006) and the World Bank poverty estimates. Using a fixed-effect panel based on five-year averages and …

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The International Mobility of the Super-Rich

Sanandaji, Tino - 2012

Relying on Forbes Magazine annual rankings for two decades, 1625 billionaires and their countries of birth and residence are identified, most of whom are self-made entrepreneurs. 13 percent of billionaires reside in a country other than that of their birth. Migration is linked to distance, to...

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The World Distribution of Productivity: Country TFP Choice in a Nelson-Phelps Economy

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Krusell, Per - 2010

general equilibrium model of the world which has externalities: each country invests in TFP and internalizes the dynamic … effects of its own investment, while treating other countries' investments as given. Average world growth is endogenous, as is …-run differences in TFP levels and that, in the long run, the world distribution of TFP across countries may be asymmetric, i.e., twin …

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Common Trends and Shocks to Top Incomes: A Structural Breaks Approach

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2009

In this paper we use newly compiled top income share data to estimate common breaks and trends across countries over the twentieth century. By using the most re-cent structural breaks techniques, our approach both confirms previous notions and offers new insights. In particular, the division...

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Every Man for Himself! Gender, Norms and Survival in Maritime Disasters

Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar - 2012

Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of 'women and children first' gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning...

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The WTO Dispute Settlement System 1995-2010: Some Descriptive Statistics

Horn, Henrik; Johannesson, Louise; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2011

The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This …

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Why The IMF And The International Monetary System Needs More Than Cosmetic Reform

Akyuz, Yilmaz - 2010

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The Staggering Rise of the South?

Akyüz, Yilmaz - 2012

This paper argues that the unprecedented acceleration of growth in the developing world in the new millennium in …

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