The Effect of Uncertainty in Regulatory Delay on the Rate of Innovation [PDF]
, 1979 Earlier studies examining house pricing have mainly focused on the secondary market and have often overlooked the primary market and newly produced housing units.
Gustavsson, Filip, Vahtola, Simon
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Tariff Reform: Some Pre-strategic Considerations [PDF]
We consider the implications of improving on GATT/WTO tariff negotiations both the most-favoured-nation (MFN) clause and the twin Paretian rules (that negotiations leave the trading world on its efficiency locus and each participating country in a ...
Kemp, Murray, Wan, Henry, Jr.
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Trade agreements with limited punishments [PDF]
, 2002 This paper shows that free trade can never be achieved when punishment for deviation from a trade agreement is limited to ‘a withdrawal of equivalent concessions’.
Lockwood, Ben, Zissimos, Ben
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Sub-national Differentiation and the Role of the Firm in Optimal International Pricing [PDF]
We illuminate the relationship between optimal firm pricing and optimal trade policy by exploring a generalized model that accommodates product differentiation at both the national and sub-national (firm) levels. We assume monopolistic competition in the
Edward J. Balistreri, James R. Markusen
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Trade policies, time consistency, quality reversals and exit in vertically integrated industries. [PDF]
The impact of strategic trade policies, such as import tariffs and domestic output subsidies, is studied in a vertically differentiated duopoly. Firms first choose quality and then compete in quantities or prices in the home market.
Herguera, Iñigo +2 more
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Tariff Liberalization, Wood Trade Flows, and Global Forests [PDF]
This paper examines the question of the likely effects on global forests of a further reduction in wood products tariffs including both solid wood products and pulp and paper, as has been proposed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the Asia Pacific
Sedjo, Roger, Simpson, R. David
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A retail benchmarking approach to efficient two-way access pricing [PDF]
We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices for interconnected networks. Instead of considering fixed access charges as in the existing literature, we study access pricing rules that determine the access price that network i pays ...
Doh-Shin Jeon, Sjaak Hurkens
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Individual Tariffs for Mobile Communication Services [PDF]
This paper introduces a conceptual framework and a computational model for individual tariffs for mobile communication services. The purpose is to provide guidance for implementation by communication service suppliers or user groups alike.
Chen, H., Pau, L-F.
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Stabilization and association process in the Banlkans : integration options and their assessment [PDF]
The stabilization and association process launched by the European Union in the aftermath of the Kosovo war in 1999 has created a new policy environment for five South East European countries (SEE-5).
de la Rocha, Manuel +1 more
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Implicit Tariffs on Imported Dairy Product Components in the United States [PDF]
The majority of the dairy products imported by the United States are intermediate products used in food processing. As such, they are demanded for their components such as milk fat and protein. The implications of the U.S.
Bailey, Kenneth W. +2 more
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