Die EU wendet für den Import marokkanischer Tomaten ein komplexes System von Präferenzregelungen an. Die Einfuhrmenge ist zugleich durch Einfuhrpreis- und Zollkontingente begrenzt. Dieser Beitrag zeigt empirisch die Existenz einer Rente im Rahmen der Präferenzregelung in einer Höhe von...

This paper focuses on EU agricultural trade policies which are especially relevant to North African and Near Eastern countries in the context of the Doha round in the WTO. First, the comprehensive agricultural trade preferences granted to them by the EU, which may be eroded in an environment of...

A spatial price equilibrium model with a large coverage of countries, policies and regional trade arrangements is applied to simulate preferential sugar imports of the European Union (EU) in 2015/16 under different assumptions with respect to the expansion of the sugar sectors of various least...

The need for external capital (FDI) inflow to finance the current account deficit of developing countries cannot be over-emphasized. Foreign direct investment takes predominance over other types of capital inflow into developing countries. How would an increase in FDI and a reduction in import...

The petroleum sector contributes substantially to the Nigerian economy; however, the potential benefits are diminished because of the existence of significant subsidies on imports of petroleum products. Subsidies on imported petroleum products are considered to be an important instrument for...