]The WTO system and democratic rights are unexpected bedfellows. The GATT/WTO requires governments to adopt policies … may gradually transfer the skills learned from influencing trade policies to other public issues. Thus, the WTO not only … shows that these issues are discussed during accessions and trade policy reviews. Quantitative analysis examines how members …

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody …

economic policy. In our empirical analysis, based on an extensive dataset covering most of world trade, we find that GSP tends …

Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …

Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are … networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior … to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are they the optimal response to geography and …

and democracy. In his comment on my study, Hanusch indicates that he believes I was using the POLITY IV index. He has not …

and democracy. In his comment on my study, Hanusch indicates that he believes I was using the POLITY IV index. He has not …

There are many stories of democracy but little consensus over which variables robustly determine its emergence and … million regressions. The most robust determinants of the transition to democracy are GDP growth (a negative effect), past … countries are less likely to see democracy emerge, although the latter finding is driven entirely by oil producing Muslim …

There are many stories of democracy but little consensus over which variables robustly determine its emergence and … million regressions. The most robust determinants of the transition to democracy are GDP growth (a negative effect), past … countries are less likely to see democracy emerge, although the latter finding is driven entirely by oil producing Muslim …

. Regarding the second, Portugal’s fate lends credence to the thesis advanced by Mises that democracy is susceptible to …