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The Basel Capital Adequacy Framework should be Reconsidered
The Basel capital adequacy framework that has guided bank regulation and supervision for nearly 20 years deserves serious attention when the world...
Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports
This paper shows that export costs, tariffs, and international transport costs are all important determinants of geographical export diversification...
Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade: Evidence from the Extensive Margin
I use a new database of EU product standards in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sectors to present the first empirical evidence that...
Europe’s Energy Dependency and Russia’s Commercial Assertiveness
Europe is dependent on Russia for its energy supply and finds itself at odds with designing a policy that addresses its rising number of concerns...
From Twin Towers to Fawlty Towers – a Story of the Doha Round (mimeo)
The 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....
Reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Health Check, Budget Review, Doha Round
This Policy Brief provides recommendations for agricultural policy reform in the EU. It argues, first, that all measures that distort market...
Trade in Information Technology Goods: Adapting the ITA to 21st Century Technological Change
In 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...