The author reflects on the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law. The emergence of a new prospective among economists on this relationship is stressed, suggesting that a dynamic view of the role of IPRs in promoting economic welfare gains generally leads to the...

This Working Paper considers the significance of government procurement chapters in regional trade agreements (RTAs), both in their own right and vis-à-vis the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). The paper finds, inter alia, that: (i) a strong complementarity exists between...

Competition policy, today, is an essential element of the legal and institutional framework for the global economy. Increasingly, major issues of com- petition law enforcement and policy implicate the interests of multiple jurisdictions. This Article examines a range of related issues and...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has sometimes been portrayed as being at odds with the protection of human rights. This article takes issue with this perception, both generally and with specific reference to WTO agreements/activities in the areas of intellectual property (IP) and competition...

For the Southwestern Association, average net farm income was $40,598 in 1997 for the 208 farms included in this report. This is a decrease of 35% from 1996 continuing the pattern of large swings in income. Since costs changed very little, almost all of the decrease can be attributed to a...