Trade, Globalisation and Security
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Water Supply: Public or Private?
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: USMost theories on private sector participation in water infrastructure are based on the sole supposed difference of efficiency between the public and...
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The Armington-Heckscher-Ohlin Model – An Intuitive Exposition
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityGlobal models of world trade are often used as input into assessing the possible effects of liberalising trade. As simplifications of the economic...
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Containing Creeping Protectionism: A Realist Agenda for the G20
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: protectionismBy: Fredrik ErixonThe G20 summit in London offers an opportunity for world leaders to prevent a continued slide towards protectionism. Yet the summit is already at...
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A Blueprint for Reform of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAs the Doha negotiations are at a dead end, Valentin Zahrnt addresses some fundamental questions about the future direction of WTO disciplines in...
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When to Privatize? When to Nationalize? A Competition for Ownership Approach
Tags: economyTheories of privatization or nationalization typically compare the economic or political efficiency of private and state ownership, either in...
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Liberalising Air Passenger Services in APEC
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis working paper aims at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of...
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Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper shows that export costs, tariffs, and international transport costs are all important determinants of geographical export diversification...
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The Basel Capital Adequacy Framework should be Reconsidered
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe Basel capital adequacy framework that has guided bank regulation and supervision for nearly 20 years deserves serious attention when the world...
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Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade: Evidence from the Extensive Margin
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityI use a new database of EU product standards in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sectors to present the first empirical evidence that...