In this dissertation, possible reforms to the U.S. immigration policy are examined, particularly targeting undocumented migration. The global trade and migration model (GMig2) is modified to include a third labor category -- undocumented unskilled -- to reflect estimates of undocumented workers...

The global outsourcing of services has become increasingly important in the debate over globalization. In India, the most high profile services exporter, GDP per capita increased rapidly between 2001 and 2006 in a climate of increasing services trade, with the export-oriented services sector...

International trade relations have long surpassed the traditional concept of exchange in goods. Trade related aspects of intellectual property rights and investment measures are among the emerging trade policy issues of the 21st century. The goal of this dissertation is to shed light on certain...

In static applied general equilibrium models, the exogenous/endogenous split between variables (or closure) is used to infer the time frame over which the effects of a shock are simulated. This paper introduces a long-run closure for the GTAP model (Hertel and Tsigas, 1997) and uses this closure...

Due to the lack of political consensus at the previous General Agreement on Trade on Services (GATS), negotiations on the temporary movement of natural persons (Mode 4) have stagnated. The growth in the economic literature surrounding this issue has also been lackluster; despite the large...

Since China’s application in 1987 to resume its status in the Generalized Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)/World Trade Organization (WTO) there has been a great deal of debate over the timing of China’s accession. Although most of the issues relating to the timing of China’s trade...

In static applied general equilibrium models, the exogenous/endogenous split between variables (or closure) is used to infer the time frame over which the effects of a shock are simulated. This paper introduces a long-run closure for the GTAP model (Hertel and Tsigas, 1997) and uses this closure...

This thesis analyzes some of the fundamental, direct consequences of the East Asian meltdown for the global economy--and specifically for the North American food and agricultural producers. To study the impact of this economic crisis, the study develops a novel dynamic global general equilibrium...

New estimates of pass-through coefficients for the Middle East and North Africa indicate that a rise of global food prices is transmitted to a significant degree into domestic food prices. Over the past decade, transmission from international to domestic prices has been particularly high for...