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Water Supply: Public or Private?
Most theories on private sector participation in water infrastructure are based on the sole supposed difference of efficiency between the public and...
Ten Years of Anti-dumping in the EU: Economic and Political Targeting
The use of anti-dumping in the EU is justified on the grounds of eliminating injurious dumping by foreign firms and establishing conditions of...
The European Dairy Sector at a Crossroad: Production Quota and Export Refund Opting Out
The European Union (EU) reactivated export refunds for dairy products on January 2009. These world market distortive instruments had been previously...
A Blueprint for Reform of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
As the Doha negotiations are at a dead end, Valentin Zahrnt addresses some fundamental questions about the future direction of WTO disciplines in...
Containing Creeping Protectionism: A Realist Agenda for the G20
The G20 summit in London offers an opportunity for world leaders to prevent a continued slide towards protectionism. Yet the summit is already at...
When to Privatize? When to Nationalize? A Competition for Ownership Approach
Theories of privatization or nationalization typically compare the economic or political efficiency of private and state ownership, either in...
Liberalising Air Passenger Services in APEC
This working paper aims at assessing the prospects for a more liberal air passenger transport regime in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of...
The Baltic Tiger – The Political Economy of Estonia’s Transition from Plan to Market
Few countries have reformed their economies as swiftly and decisively as Estonia in 1992-94. The economic reform program started during the...