Contract farming and standards for a better market integration: two case studies in Costa Rica [PDF]
1) Introduction (who and where) Integration to both domestic and international dynamic markets is still crucial for medium and small-sized producers in emerging economies.
Le Coq, Jean-François +2 more
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Financial Integration and International Risk Sharing [PDF]
Conventional wisdom suggests that financial liberalization can help countries insure against idiosyncratic risk. There is little evidence, however, that countries have increased risk sharing despite recent widespread financial liberalization.
Jing Zhang, Yan Bai
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The law applied by international administrative tribunals: from autonomy to hierarchy [PDF]
This Article examines the law applied by the administrative tribunals of international organizations when resolving disputes between international organizations and international civil servants.
Kryvoi, Yaraslau
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Business Dynamics and Informal Contracts: Experimental Evidence from the Cowpea Street Food Sector in West Africa [PDF]
We use field experiments in Niger to investigate the nature and efficiency of contractual structures in market transactions between kossai vendors and cowpea grinders (key input suppliers).
Fulton, Joan R. +3 more
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Obstacles and Solutions to Internet Jurisdiction: A Comparative Analysis of the EU and US Laws [PDF]
In an era of information technology, businesses through the use of the boundless Internet can enter into international electronic contracts from anywhere in the world.
Wang, F
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International contraction for the sake of international expansion [PDF]
Abstract Research Summary We present novel theoretical arguments suggesting that the contraction of international market presence does not only allow firms to expand their presence into new business domains, but also to resume their international market presence in the long term.
Hashai, Niron +2 more
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Dispute Resolution in International Project Finance Transactions [PDF]
This essay discusses how the legal practice in international financial problems has slowly evolved towards a better recognition of international arbitration in the field of project financing.
Dugué, Christopher
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International Environmental Agreements: Incentive Contracts with Multilateral Externalities [PDF]
We consider how one party can induce another party to join an inter- national emission compact given private information. Due to multilateral externalities the principal uses her own emissions besides subsidies to in- centivize the agent. This leads to a
Carsten Helm, Franz Wirl
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Weak enforcement of international contracts can substantially reduce international trade. We develop a model where agents build reputations to overcome the difficulties that this institutional failure causes in a context of incomplete information.
Araujo, Luis, Ornelas, Emanuel
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Debt Hold Up and International Lending [PDF]
Are lending contracts between international financial institutions (IFIs) and sovereign borrowers optimal? To address this question this paper builds on two ideas.
Rodney Ramcharan
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