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The future of dispute resolution in international trade
Abstract Given ongoing dysfunction of the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, the focus of this article is on the future of trade dispute resolution, with evaluation of two questions: (i) What is the current status of WTO dispute resolution as compared to that conducted through existing preferential trade agreements (PTAs)? and (ii) What are the
Ian Sheldon, Daniel C. K. Chow
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Can the Oil Price Stabilisation Fund Reduce the Volatility of Domestic Prices?
ABSTRACT This paper has two primary objectives. First, it contributes to the literature on oil stabilisation funds and price controls by examining how such a fund is used to regulate market prices in the developing country of Vietnam. Second, it employs descriptive statistics and a standard GARCH methodology to investigate whether the fund, which ...
The Anh Pham
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Potash Taxation: How Canada’s Regime is Neither Efficient nor Competitive from an International Perspective [PDF]
Saskatchewan — and by extension, Canada — is the largest producer of potash in the world, accounting for over 30 per cent of global production. Perhaps the good fortune of having an abundance of such a valuable natural resource has engendered an approach
Duanjie Chen, Jack M. Mintz
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Lock‐In Effects in Online Labor Markets
ABSTRACT Online platforms that implement reputation mechanisms typically prevent the transfer of ratings to other platforms, leading to lock‐in effects and high switching costs for users. Platforms are able to capitalize on this arrangement, for example, by charging their users higher fees. In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally investigate
Fabrizio Ciotti+2 more
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IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE LAW ON DIMINISHING RETURNS ON THE MASS APPRAISAL OF REAL ESTATE IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA [PDF]
The present study investigates the short- comings of the linear models of massive evaluation of real estate in the Republic of Moldova, currently used to determine the taxable value, the author noting, in particular, the influence of the distortion ...
Alexandru PALADI
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Neighborhoods by Assessment: An Analysis of Non-Ad Valorem Financing In California [PDF]
Non-ad valorem assessments on property are a fiscal innovation born from financial stress. Unable to raise property taxes due to limitations, many localities have turned to these charges as an alternative method to fund local services.
McCubbins, Mathew D., Seljan, Ellen C.
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The “Kill Zone”: When a Platform Copies to Eliminate a Potential Threat
ABSTRACT A monopoly platform may prevent a startup which sells a complementary product from developing a competing platform by copying it. Imitation reduces the potential rival's profits from the new platform and thus its incentives to invest. The anticipation of the incumbent's aggressive behavior may also create an “ex ante” effect, by inducing the ...
Massimo Motta, Sandro Shelegia
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IntroductionWhile evidence that alcohol pricing policies reduce alcohol-related health harm is robust, and alcohol taxation increases are a WHO "best buy" intervention, there is a lack of research comparing the scale and distribution across society of ...
Petra S Meier+5 more
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Background The study examines potential for tobacco tax to contribute to mobilizing domestic resources, and improving public health in Nigeria. Methods Primary and secondary data were obtained from domestic sources.
Chukwuka Onyekwena+2 more
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The comparison of ad valorem and specific taxation under uncertainty [PDF]
This is the author accepted manuscript. the final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this recordThere is another record in ORE for this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17888The comparison between specific (per unit) and ad valorem ...
Kotsogiannis, Christos+1 more
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