The Political Economy of Discrimination: Modelling the Spread of
... panding GATT/WTO membership, ongoing multilateral negotiations and, most importantly, involvement in trade disputes especially with negative outcomes motivate states to seek PTAs, a form of insurance policy against the loss of important markets. By explicitly integrating the relative importance of ...
... panding GATT/WTO membership, ongoing multilateral negotiations and, most importantly, involvement in trade disputes especially with negative outcomes motivate states to seek PTAs, a form of insurance policy against the loss of important markets. By explicitly integrating the relative importance of ...
Schneider F Degrowth Paris april 2008 paper
... social, physical, energetic, spatial, and organisational. Consensus develops on the existence of primary and secondary rebound effects. An example of the direct rebound effect is increasing distances in time-efficient modes of transport. An example of secondary rebound is households energy saving re ...
... social, physical, energetic, spatial, and organisational. Consensus develops on the existence of primary and secondary rebound effects. An example of the direct rebound effect is increasing distances in time-efficient modes of transport. An example of secondary rebound is households energy saving re ...
DO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS MATTER FOR THE
... (TRIPS) is an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that sets down minimum standards of intellectual property (IP) regulation. TRIPS covers several categories of IP rights such as patents, trademarks, copyright (which include the rights of performers, producers o ...
... (TRIPS) is an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that sets down minimum standards of intellectual property (IP) regulation. TRIPS covers several categories of IP rights such as patents, trademarks, copyright (which include the rights of performers, producers o ...
Chapter 2 Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The
... The Gains from Trade • If countries specialize according to their comparative advantage, they all gain from this specialization and trade. • We will demonstrate these gains from trade in two ways. • First, we can think of trade as a new way of producing goods and services (that is, a new technolog ...
... The Gains from Trade • If countries specialize according to their comparative advantage, they all gain from this specialization and trade. • We will demonstrate these gains from trade in two ways. • First, we can think of trade as a new way of producing goods and services (that is, a new technolog ...
Chapter 2
... The Gains from Trade • If countries specialize according to their comparative advantage, they all gain from this specialization and trade. • We will demonstrate these gains from trade in two ways. • First, we can think of trade as a new way of producing goods and services (that is, a new technolog ...
... The Gains from Trade • If countries specialize according to their comparative advantage, they all gain from this specialization and trade. • We will demonstrate these gains from trade in two ways. • First, we can think of trade as a new way of producing goods and services (that is, a new technolog ...
social capital and the equilibrium number of
... The key proposition formulated and tested in this paper is that in social contexts of higher social capital and higher generalized levels of trust, the number of entrepreneurs directing the work of others will be lower, and their average span of control higher, than in contexts (economies) of lower ...
... The key proposition formulated and tested in this paper is that in social contexts of higher social capital and higher generalized levels of trust, the number of entrepreneurs directing the work of others will be lower, and their average span of control higher, than in contexts (economies) of lower ...
Reinterpreting the Historicity of the Nordic Model
... Here, as in general, “regulation” should be conceived as an integral factor in the conceptual and practical construction of its own targets (Jessop 1995). It is worth noting that interests are not, any more than rights, completely pre-given phenomena simply waiting for regulation. In the Nordic coun ...
... Here, as in general, “regulation” should be conceived as an integral factor in the conceptual and practical construction of its own targets (Jessop 1995). It is worth noting that interests are not, any more than rights, completely pre-given phenomena simply waiting for regulation. In the Nordic coun ...
The Neo-Marxist Synthesis
... behavior of knowledgeable human actors. More specifically, classes are identified with a particular form of social action—namely, action that, from the standpoint of its subjective meaning, seeks to restrict access to valued resources with an orientation to maximizing their return on the market. The ...
... behavior of knowledgeable human actors. More specifically, classes are identified with a particular form of social action—namely, action that, from the standpoint of its subjective meaning, seeks to restrict access to valued resources with an orientation to maximizing their return on the market. The ...
capitalism, contextualisation and the political theory of possessive
... argument does not rely solely on logic – and that the standards of ‘logic’ must also be subject to historicisation – but rather on the ability to tap into unstated social assumptions that are necessarily historically specific, was a significant challenge to those who believed that the meaning of pol ...
... argument does not rely solely on logic – and that the standards of ‘logic’ must also be subject to historicisation – but rather on the ability to tap into unstated social assumptions that are necessarily historically specific, was a significant challenge to those who believed that the meaning of pol ...
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... in relative factor endowments. We include these recent empirical advances in the overview of the theoretical developments. 2.1 Traditional theories As do many other theories, trade theories ¢nd some of their roots in Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776). Smith showed that trade is possible when ...
... in relative factor endowments. We include these recent empirical advances in the overview of the theoretical developments. 2.1 Traditional theories As do many other theories, trade theories ¢nd some of their roots in Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776). Smith showed that trade is possible when ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Pierpaolo Benigno Working Paper 12219
... ence of the US economy valuation effects have accounted for a large fraction of the changes in the international investment position of the country and have concluded that a depreciation of the US dollar can ease the real adjustment needed to reduce the external imbalances.3 As pointed out by Obstfe ...
... ence of the US economy valuation effects have accounted for a large fraction of the changes in the international investment position of the country and have concluded that a depreciation of the US dollar can ease the real adjustment needed to reduce the external imbalances.3 As pointed out by Obstfe ...
Jeff Bray ... Consumer Behaviour Theory: Approaches and Models...............................................2
... below. Firstly, analytical models which provide a framework of the key elements that are purported to explain the behaviour of consumers. These models identify a plethora of influencing factors, and intimate the broad relationships between factors in consumer decision making. Due to their wide rangi ...
... below. Firstly, analytical models which provide a framework of the key elements that are purported to explain the behaviour of consumers. These models identify a plethora of influencing factors, and intimate the broad relationships between factors in consumer decision making. Due to their wide rangi ...
A non-Meltzer-Richard Model of Individual Preferences for Redistribution
... inequality influences the demand for redistribution. What the two bodies of literature differ on is how they conceptualize this link. The literature inspired by Meltzer and Richard (1981) assumes a direct link and makes predictions that can easily be translated into a testable hypothesis . . . : Tha ...
... inequality influences the demand for redistribution. What the two bodies of literature differ on is how they conceptualize this link. The literature inspired by Meltzer and Richard (1981) assumes a direct link and makes predictions that can easily be translated into a testable hypothesis . . . : Tha ...
Comparative Sociology, 1950-1963
... stated as though the relationships and generalizations hold for all societies, for all social systems, even for all social action. But such propositions have rarely been tested outside of modern United States, or Western industrial society. The fundamental rationale of comparative sociology is, then ...
... stated as though the relationships and generalizations hold for all societies, for all social systems, even for all social action. But such propositions have rarely been tested outside of modern United States, or Western industrial society. The fundamental rationale of comparative sociology is, then ...