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Competitive integration models in the Western hemisphere: competitive leadership or mutual denial?
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2013 The North Atlantic space is undergoing active reconfiguration. In the Western Hemisphere this trend is marked by the presence of three distinct models of integration: intra-regional blocks such as Mercosur and the Andean Community; the FTAA and mega ...
Cintia Quiliconi
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A fuzzy decision‐making approach for portfolio management with direct real estate investment
International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2009 This study incorporated expert knowledge into the classical quadratic programming approach, i.e., Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), through fuzzy set theory; in obtaining portfolio return optimization involving direct real estate investment.
Eddie Chi Man Hui +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2005 Os interesses dos EUA na América Latina e a criação da Alca são fatores determinantes para explicar o propósito da União Européia de estabelecer um Acordo de Associação com o Mercosul.
Messias de Sá Pinto +1 more
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International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2014 The wear of machines and mechanisms after rubbing is a major concern. The costs of manufacturing and restoration parts for agricultural machinery are enormous such as the trunnions pinions of hydraulic pumps.
I.V. Shepelenk
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Os impactos ambientais industriais da alca no Brasil
Economia Aplicada, 2005 This study is an attempt to estimate the industrial environmental impacts due to FTAA in Brazil. Based on these CGE model results from Tourinho and Kume (2002), we estimate the resulting changes of pollution emission and water and energy use levels in ...
Ronaldo Seroa da Motta
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Juggling multiple agendas: the struggle of trade unions against neoliberalism in Argentina
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2014 In the context of neoliberal globalization, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was the most ambitious international agreement introduced for the purpose of reducing or eliminating international trade barriers in the Americas.
Federico M. Rossi
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Investimentos externos diretos em serviços no Brasil e efeitos potenciais da negociação da ALCA
Economia Aplicada, 2003 The paper deals with implications of hypothetical results of the negotiations on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) on foreign direct investment in a group of service sectors - health insurance, export credit insurance and land transport.
Otaviano Canuto +2 more
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Revista de Economia Contemporânea, 2006 Este trabalho analisa os efeitos da criação da Alca sobre o fluxo de comércio de um grupo de países que farão parte desse bloco, a partir da utilização de um modelo gravitacional. Inicialmente são estimados os efeitos sobre o comércio de três importantes
André Filipe Zago de Azevedo +2 more
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FTAA and Service Liberalization in Colombia
Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2004 In a previous study we found that accession to the FTAA could be welfare-worsening for Colombia because exports to the USA will be diverted away from Colombia in favor of other Latin countries. In this paper we show that there remain potentially large gains from an FTAA-style agreement.
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International Journal of Management Studies, 2004 A major multi-country free trade agreement currently under negotiation is the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The agreement is proposed to be operational by January 2005 and will encompass 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Abdul Hamid Jaafar
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