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Price undertakings, VERs, and foreign direct investment: The case of foreign rivalry

Ishikawa, Jota; Miyagiwa, Kaz - 2007

Antidumping (AD) petitions are often withdrawn in favor of VERs and price undertakings. We compare foreign firms' incentive to engage in foreign direct investment (FDI) under a VER and a price undertaking, with special emphasis on foreign rivalry. We show that a VER is less likely to induce FDI...

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International trade, food security and the response to the WTO in South Asian countries

Chand, Ramesh - 2006

, livelihood and food security. Implementation of various provisions of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture causes serious concern … to consequences of future WTO agreements. The cautious approach towards the WTO is mainly caused by the increased … dependence on food imports and deterioration in self-reliance in agriculture in the post-WTO period because of a much higher …

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The current round of agricultural trade negotiations: Should we bother about domestic support?

Rae, Allan N.; Strutt, Anna - 2002

The current WTO agricultural trade negotiations began in March 2000, and became part of the Doha Round in late 2001 …

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The WTO's TPR coverage of SPS systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kolié, Michael - 2020

by TPR reports on WTO Members. Therefore, we found it interesting to explore the extent to which the WTO Trade Policy … comparative study on the work done by the WTO Secretariat and other organisations whose mandate is exclusively SPS related, nor a …

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The Pollution Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions: Asymmetry, Disaggregation, and Multilateralism

Swart, Julia; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2011

the degradation of the environment. We test three hypotheses and find: (i) Asymmetry: the development level of the target …

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Preservation of Agricultural Soils with Endogenous Stochastic Degradation

Bretschger, Lucas; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2016

Soils are often subject to environmental shocks which are caused by negative extern- alities linked to overexploitation. We present a stochastic model of a dynamic agricultural economy where natural disasters are sizeable, multiple, and random. Expansion of agricultural activities raises...

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Climate Change and Diet

Bose, Neha; Hills, Thomas; Sgroi, Daniel - 2020

Though many in the general public are concerned about climate change, most are unaware that agriculture and food production accounts for about one quarter of aggregate green house emissions and therefore, diet change is one of the most effective ways that individuals can reduce their climate...

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Influence of institutional factors on the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique

Carrilho, João Z.; Ribeiro, Rui N. - 2020

productivity, which could reflect a wider socioeconomic and institutional environment, i.e. beyond the agricultural sector. The … productivity and preserving the environment. …

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Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises

De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina - 2020

Zimbabwe has a wealth of natural resources and is rich in biodiversity. The national Government is trying to achieve private sector led economic growth and the challenge to pursue both economic development and sound environmental management at the same time appears clear. The objective of this...

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The relative neglect of agriculture in Mozambique

Carrilho, João Z.; Ferreira, Ines A.; Ribeiro, Rui N.; … - 2021

institutional framework aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and preserving the environment. …

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