Tariff Policy for a Monopolist Under Incomplete Information [PDF]
We examine the incentives for a government to levy an optimal tariff on a foreign monopolist. With complete information, the home government uses tariffs to extract rents and therefore implements a policy of discriminatory tariffs entailing higher ...
Dobrin R. Kolev, Thomas J. Prusa
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The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications [PDF]
, 2008 On June 30, 2007, United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab and South Korean Foreign Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong signed the proposed U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) for their respective countries.
Cooney, Stephen +5 more
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Empirical evidence on the impact of privatization of fixed-line operators on telecommunications performance - Comparing OECD, Latin American, and African countries [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to highlight empirically some important worldwide differences in the impact of privatization of the fixed-line telecommunications operator on network expansion, tariffs, and efficiency during the 1985-2007 period for a large ...
Gasmi, Farid +3 more
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Household consumption of electricity : an estimation of the price and income elasticity for pre-paid users in South Africa [PDF]
, 2004 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-33)
Anderson, Paul
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Understanding the World Wool Market: Trade, Productivity and Grower Incomes. Part 1: Introduction [PDF]
This is the front matter and Chapter 1 of my PhD thesis Understanding the World Wool Market: Trade, Productivity and Grower Incomes, UWA, 2006. The full thesis is available as Discussion Papers 06.19 to 06.24.
George Verikios
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Arming in the global economy: The importance of trade with enemies and friends [PDF]
, 2019 We analyze how trade openness matters for interstate conflict over productive resources. Our analysis features a terms-of-trade channel that makes security policies trade-regime dependent.
Garfinkel, Michelle R +2 more
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"Nested and Overlapping Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute" [PDF]
, 2005 The decade long trans-Atlantic banana dispute was not a traditional trade conflict stemming from antagonistic producers’ interests. Instead, this article argues that the banana dispute is one of the most complex illustrations of the legal and political ...
Alter, Karen J., Meunier, Sophie.
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Beyond Brigden: Australia’s Pre-War Manufacturing Tariffs, Real Wages and Economic Size [PDF]
Like many industrialised economies in the pre-depression era, Australia elected to maintain a highly protectionist trade policy regime and hence to retard its integration with the global economy.
Rod Tyers, William Coleman
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Opportunities and Challenges: The Caribbean Involvement in the Free Trade Area of the Americas [PDF]
, 2003 This Article will examine the region\u27s participation in the process leading to the establishment of the FTAA, and the benefits and challenges associated with its involvement in this hemispheric undertaking.
Bishop, Myrtle D., Chandler, Samuel J.
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Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting [PDF]
This paper focuses on the ability of the labor market to correctly match heterogeneous workers to jobs within a given industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong evidence that
Carl Davidson +4 more
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