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Liberalising Air Passenger Services in APEC
Research Areas: Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis working paper aims at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of...
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The Baltic Tiger – The Political Economy of Estonia’s Transition from Plan to Market
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonFew countries have reformed their economies as swiftly and decisively as Estonia in 1992-94. The economic reform program started during the...
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The Basel Capital Adequacy Framework should be Reconsidered
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThe Basel capital adequacy framework that has guided bank regulation and supervision for nearly 20 years deserves serious attention when the world...
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Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis paper shows that export costs, tariffs, and international transport costs are all important determinants of geographical export diversification...
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Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade: Evidence from the Extensive Margin
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityI use a new database of EU product standards in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sectors to present the first empirical evidence that...
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Europe’s Energy Dependency and Russia’s Commercial Assertiveness
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonEurope is dependent on Russia for its energy supply and finds itself at odds with designing a policy that addresses its rising number of concerns...
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From Twin Towers to Fawlty Towers – a Story of the Doha Round (mimeo)
Research Areas: Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonThe Doha Round has yet again collapsed. The July 2008 attempt to negotiate a broad headline deal between the main member countries of the WTO failed....
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Reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Health Check, Budget Review, Doha Round
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThis Policy Brief provides recommendations for agricultural policy reform in the EU. It argues, first, that all measures that distort market...
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Trade in Information Technology Goods: Adapting the ITA to 21st Century Technological Change
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn this new ECIPE Working Paper, Iana Dreyer and Brian Hindley analyse the ITA’s structure and development. The ITA has been a great success, but...
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