-Ohlin setting entails differentiated trade policies, with a party proposing a high tariff, and the other one a low one. The basic … heterogeneous behavior of parties, protectionism and pro-trade, is endogenously decided, rather than a prior assumed in previous …

In 1999, the Commonwealth Government referred the scope for a post-2000 reduction in the general tariff to the … Productivity Commission for inquiry and report within nine months. The general tariff covers only rates of 5 per cent or less, and …

The Eastern enlargement represents an opportunity for trade expansion for all the countries involved. In fact, trade … of the EU- CEEC trade in the last decade and study the potential bilateral trade flows between the EU and the CEEC. In … particular, besides analysing trade relations between CEEC and the EU, we will study trade developments among the CEEC. Moreover …

, open trade regime to put the economy back on an path of sustainable growth. Whereas the country’s growth record has been … really poor, the evidence suggests that the underlying causes had nothing to do with trade. Quite the contrary. This paper … shows that trade liberalization has given an important contribution to two of the main drivers of growth: productivity and …

electrical (SITC 77) products in the major markets. Secondly, due to the growing competition in international trade, the study …

This paper is an empirical investigation on the relationship between trade globalization and political liberalization … prediction that political liberalization could discourage trade and trade could foster democracy. …

Economic theory suggests that liberalization of trade between countries with differing levels of environmental … research to date. Methodologies used for research on trade and environment differ widely; many are difficult to apply to … change in trade policy. Our model analyzes the relative concentrations of “clean” and “dirty” industries in two nations or …

of the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA). Various price-based and quantity- based indicators of economic …

If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non … function (e.g. a tariff on cars and an environmental tax on oil) and if these policies are strategic complements then linkage …