Diapositiva 1 - UNIDO ITPO Italy
... each have a responsibility in moving our agenda forward” Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations ...
... each have a responsibility in moving our agenda forward” Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations ...
Cours 6 - Solvay Brussels School
... The argument is made that economic growth is being hampered by low nominal interest rates, where inflation makes that real rates are often negative. It results that savings are low, and hence investment are credit-rationed. By contrast, a policy rising interest rates will rise savings and thus the ...
... The argument is made that economic growth is being hampered by low nominal interest rates, where inflation makes that real rates are often negative. It results that savings are low, and hence investment are credit-rationed. By contrast, a policy rising interest rates will rise savings and thus the ...
a survey of trade theories - Wageningen UR E
... what determines international trade patterns and which role does government policy play in this? assessthe usability of general trade theories in explaining agricultural trade; design aconcept for explaining world trade patterns in agricultural commodities. This publication reports on the first obje ...
... what determines international trade patterns and which role does government policy play in this? assessthe usability of general trade theories in explaining agricultural trade; design aconcept for explaining world trade patterns in agricultural commodities. This publication reports on the first obje ...
Environmental Taxation and Trade Liberalization in Environmental Goods and Services Alain-Désiré Nimubona
... and services. A signi…cant step forward in the Doha Development Agenda is the WTO commitment to negotiating, without prejudging the outcome, "the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tari¤ and non-tari¤ barriers to environmental goods and services2 " (WTO, 2001).3 The WTO has been claiming t ...
... and services. A signi…cant step forward in the Doha Development Agenda is the WTO commitment to negotiating, without prejudging the outcome, "the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tari¤ and non-tari¤ barriers to environmental goods and services2 " (WTO, 2001).3 The WTO has been claiming t ...
Complete Foundation Tier Q Booklet File
... Describe two ways in which people are trying to conserve the biosphere (4) Give one reason why deforestation is occurring in countries such as Brazil (1) Name one product (goods) and one service provided by the biosphere (2) Describe two management measures that can be used to conserve the biosphere ...
... Describe two ways in which people are trying to conserve the biosphere (4) Give one reason why deforestation is occurring in countries such as Brazil (1) Name one product (goods) and one service provided by the biosphere (2) Describe two management measures that can be used to conserve the biosphere ...
atpdea - Caribbean Trade Reference Centre
... by a United States citizen or by a corporation, partnership, or association which is 50 percent or more beneficially owned by United States citizens, (B) has taken steps to repudiate or nullify (i) any existing contract or agreement with, or (ii) any patent, trademark, or other intellectual property ...
... by a United States citizen or by a corporation, partnership, or association which is 50 percent or more beneficially owned by United States citizens, (B) has taken steps to repudiate or nullify (i) any existing contract or agreement with, or (ii) any patent, trademark, or other intellectual property ...
Comparative Advantage and International Risk Sharing: Together at
... This paper analyses the interaction between comparative advantage and international risk sharing in the presence of total factor productivity (TFP) shocks. I consider a world economy with multiple countries and multiple industries with country-industry-specific aggregate productivity shocks. Interna ...
... This paper analyses the interaction between comparative advantage and international risk sharing in the presence of total factor productivity (TFP) shocks. I consider a world economy with multiple countries and multiple industries with country-industry-specific aggregate productivity shocks. Interna ...
Trade Costs and Business Cycle Transmission in a
... relations are the mean values of the correlations of 21 (= 7 × 6/2) pairs. The table also shows standard deviations across G7 countries. The data suggest the following: Output is positively correlated across countries; consumption’s cross-country correlation is as high as output’s; investment is po ...
... relations are the mean values of the correlations of 21 (= 7 × 6/2) pairs. The table also shows standard deviations across G7 countries. The data suggest the following: Output is positively correlated across countries; consumption’s cross-country correlation is as high as output’s; investment is po ...
Preferential Trading Arrangements Between the European Union
... The objective of this study is the construction of two lists of products, one expansive (opportunities) and one defensive (perils). Thus, it would be possible to design a guide for trade negotiations between the EU and the countries of SA. This guide would establish offensive and defensive prioritie ...
... The objective of this study is the construction of two lists of products, one expansive (opportunities) and one defensive (perils). Thus, it would be possible to design a guide for trade negotiations between the EU and the countries of SA. This guide would establish offensive and defensive prioritie ...
details of derogation clauses in collective - Eurofound
... This report discusses the issue of decentralisation of wage bargaining from the (inter)sectoral level to the company level through the use of derogation clauses. Sectoral and intersectoral-level collective bargaining play an important role in many European countries, particularly in most western Eur ...
... This report discusses the issue of decentralisation of wage bargaining from the (inter)sectoral level to the company level through the use of derogation clauses. Sectoral and intersectoral-level collective bargaining play an important role in many European countries, particularly in most western Eur ...
Do Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements Increase Trade? A
... being an FTA hub rather than an FTA spoke can be beneficial in terms of welfare levels and export performance. If so, a country would have the incentive to sign multiple FTAs and become the hub of an FTA network. The following simple real world example of an FTA network, which is based on a more gen ...
... being an FTA hub rather than an FTA spoke can be beneficial in terms of welfare levels and export performance. If so, a country would have the incentive to sign multiple FTAs and become the hub of an FTA network. The following simple real world example of an FTA network, which is based on a more gen ...
Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which
... they form long-run relationships with firms and do not reveal information immediately in public markets [Boot, Greenbaum, and Thakor 1993]. Proponents of the bank-based view also stress that liquid markets create a myopic investor climate [Bhide 1993]. In liquid markets, investors can inexpensively ...
... they form long-run relationships with firms and do not reveal information immediately in public markets [Boot, Greenbaum, and Thakor 1993]. Proponents of the bank-based view also stress that liquid markets create a myopic investor climate [Bhide 1993]. In liquid markets, investors can inexpensively ...
Coexistence of national companies and MNEs
... exogenous change in distance costs on the internationalization decision is particularly important in this framework, because falling distance costs drive the endogenous emergence of MNEs in this model. With such a setting the model resembles the globalization process. Exogenously falling distance co ...
... exogenous change in distance costs on the internationalization decision is particularly important in this framework, because falling distance costs drive the endogenous emergence of MNEs in this model. With such a setting the model resembles the globalization process. Exogenously falling distance co ...
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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 ...
Capital Imports Composition, Complementarities, and the Skill
... First, we provide empirical evidence for a new mechanism that links trade liberalization and relative factor demand in developing countries— through the composition of capital imports. Caselli and Wilson (2004) document broad cross-country variation in the composition of capital imports by R&D inte ...
... First, we provide empirical evidence for a new mechanism that links trade liberalization and relative factor demand in developing countries— through the composition of capital imports. Caselli and Wilson (2004) document broad cross-country variation in the composition of capital imports by R&D inte ...
Global trade rules
... Patterns of insertion matter → what you produce matter: participation in dynamic markets How you produce matter linkages with he domestic economy Strategic trade liberalization: means to promote structural transformation (carrots and sticks) Strategic association with foreign investor Shrink ...
... Patterns of insertion matter → what you produce matter: participation in dynamic markets How you produce matter linkages with he domestic economy Strategic trade liberalization: means to promote structural transformation (carrots and sticks) Strategic association with foreign investor Shrink ...
Global Caring: Rethinking the relationship between Self and Other
... privileged position to be or to be able to act as a global citizen. The discourse on global civil society, similarly, struggles to keep the different parts of the term, ‘global’ and ‘civil society’, together. Anheier identifies the problematic history of the word ‘civil’ as it is associated with ‘ci ...
... privileged position to be or to be able to act as a global citizen. The discourse on global civil society, similarly, struggles to keep the different parts of the term, ‘global’ and ‘civil society’, together. Anheier identifies the problematic history of the word ‘civil’ as it is associated with ‘ci ...
View/Open
... it is the resulting incipient imbalance in the current account that drives the terms-of-trade effect of the transfer (Mundell 1968, pp. 17-21). A salient problem in the existing literature is a failure to define clearly the question being asked. Generally researchers have sought to discover, through ...
... it is the resulting incipient imbalance in the current account that drives the terms-of-trade effect of the transfer (Mundell 1968, pp. 17-21). A salient problem in the existing literature is a failure to define clearly the question being asked. Generally researchers have sought to discover, through ...
Measuring the Unequal Gains from Trade
... Understanding the distributional impact of international trade is one of the central tasks pursued by international economists. A vast body of research has examined this question through the effect of trade on the distribution of earnings across workers (e.g., Stolper and Samuelson (1941)). A second ...
... Understanding the distributional impact of international trade is one of the central tasks pursued by international economists. A vast body of research has examined this question through the effect of trade on the distribution of earnings across workers (e.g., Stolper and Samuelson (1941)). A second ...
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... poverty rate of over 50% to 70%. If Africa is to achieve its millennium development goal of reducing poverty, then the best strategy is high and sustained economic growth. To make this happen, Africa has to increase significantly its present level of investments. Given the fact that the current inco ...
... poverty rate of over 50% to 70%. If Africa is to achieve its millennium development goal of reducing poverty, then the best strategy is high and sustained economic growth. To make this happen, Africa has to increase significantly its present level of investments. Given the fact that the current inco ...
Global Competency Thesis - DU Portfolio
... the primary research question was whether scholars within the field of global affairs have formed a consensus or not to that effect. Much of the data sought came from scholarly journals and papers as well as recognized institutions and organizations in the field. Findings largely consisted of opinio ...
... the primary research question was whether scholars within the field of global affairs have formed a consensus or not to that effect. Much of the data sought came from scholarly journals and papers as well as recognized institutions and organizations in the field. Findings largely consisted of opinio ...
Tariff Escalation and the Developing Countries: How Can Market
... For developing countries attempting to diversify and up-grade their exports from raw agricultural commodities to processed food products, one of the most often-mentioned difficulties is that of tariff-escalation. Tariff escalation occurs when tariffs on imports of processed goods are higher than the ...
... For developing countries attempting to diversify and up-grade their exports from raw agricultural commodities to processed food products, one of the most often-mentioned difficulties is that of tariff-escalation. Tariff escalation occurs when tariffs on imports of processed goods are higher than the ...
Understing Innovation book - Economic Growth and Distribution
... may replace old products or may be designed in order to reduce costs, with little or no net effect on employment, skills and wages. On the other hand, new products meeting a demand with high elasticity may expand output, leading to job creation; may increase variety and quality, leading to skill upg ...
... may replace old products or may be designed in order to reduce costs, with little or no net effect on employment, skills and wages. On the other hand, new products meeting a demand with high elasticity may expand output, leading to job creation; may increase variety and quality, leading to skill upg ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES BANK-BASED OR MARKET-BASED FINANCIAL SYSTEMS: WHICH IS BETTER?
... frequently focus on whether a company has a “main bank.” Studies of the United States sometimes concentrate on the role of market takeovers as corporate control devices. These country-specific measures are very useful; however, they are difficult to use in a broad cross-country analysis. This paper ...
... frequently focus on whether a company has a “main bank.” Studies of the United States sometimes concentrate on the role of market takeovers as corporate control devices. These country-specific measures are very useful; however, they are difficult to use in a broad cross-country analysis. This paper ...
The Long-Term Impact of Trade with Firm Heterogeneity
... by doing (Young, 1991) among other factors that have an impact on growth and welfare. The present paper contributes to this literature introducing very simple dynamics to a HFT model with two asymmetric countries (North-South). Growth is the result of expanding varieties as in Grossman and Helpman ( ...
... by doing (Young, 1991) among other factors that have an impact on growth and welfare. The present paper contributes to this literature introducing very simple dynamics to a HFT model with two asymmetric countries (North-South). Growth is the result of expanding varieties as in Grossman and Helpman ( ...