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How Does Religion Bias the Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment? The Role of Institutions
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityWe construct a gravity model of worldwide foreign direct investment stock (FDI) in order to study the effect of religion on FDI allocation. We...
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Surveillance by International Institutions: Lessons from the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper reviews key policy messages and warnings about developments in the run-up to the global financial and economic crisis that began in...
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Effects of inappropriate Financial Regulation
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityWith the recent financial crisis and discussions over the Basel III framework, regulation of banking systems is likely to be modified, if only to...
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A Guide to CAP Reform Politics: Issues, Positions and Dynamics
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyCAP reform is the major bone of contention in the negotiations of the next long-term EU budget beyond 2013. In a new working paper, Valentin...
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“Border Carbon Adjustments: A Real Threat or a Storm in a Teacup?”
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Peter KleenSo far, the only examples of existing nation-wide mandatory mitigation mechanisms are the emission trading schemes in the EEA countries and New...
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Trade in Services and TFP: The Role of Regulation
What determines services TFP: Is it services trade or services‐trade regulation? To respond to this question I use four indicators of...
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Is the Renminbi Undervalued? The Myths of China’s Trade Surplus and Global Imbalances
Alarmed by the persistent and large US trade deficit vis-à-vis China and the rapidly swelling Chinese foreign exchange reserves, influential US...
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Chinese Trade Policy After (Almost) Ten Years in the WTO: A Post-Crisis Stocktake
By: Razeen SallyChina’s trade policy has shifted in the near-decade since it joined the WTO, argues Razeen Sally in a new study. It behaves more like a very...
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Sub-Saharan African Cotton Policies in Retrospect
Calls for liberalizing cash crop sectors in sub-saharan Africa have been voiced for decades. Yet, the impact of reforms remains elusive in...
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Value For Money: Getting Europe’s Trade and IPR Policy Right
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonFew issues in trade and international commercial policy have in the past decade provoked as much contention as intellectual property rights...
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Securing Korea’s Prosperity in the Next Century: An analysis of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Trade, Globalisation and SecurityKorea is a country at cross-roads. As a small but innovative economy, it has always depended on free trade for growth. But as it faces competition...