CiteULike: Janos's library [127 articles]

The internationalisation of competition law and multinational enterprises (MNEs) as non-state actors in the process

Maher Dabbah — 2006-10-30T08:40:44-00:00

Non-State Actors and International Law, Vol. V3, No. 2. (2003), pp. 201-213.

Are non-voters cynics anyway?

Catherine Bromley — 2005-02-15T10:51:28-00:00

Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 4. (November 2004), pp. 328-337.

The Scope of Open Source Licensing

Lerner Josh — 2005-03-25T14:34:11-00:00

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 21, No. 1. (April 2005), pp. 20-56.

Merger, Partial Collusion and Relocation

Posada — 2006-06-05T22:17:48-00:00

Journal of Economics, Vol. 83, No. 3. (December 2004), pp. 243-265.

Bargaining Efficiency in Intergovernmental Negotiations in the EU: Treaty of Nice vs. Constitutional Treaty

Dur — 2006-08-03T05:56:35-00:00

Journal of European Integration, Vol. 28, No. 4. (September 2006), pp. 381-398.

East Meets West

Roger Levy — 2006-05-18T17:11:33-00:00

Journal of European Integration, Vol. 28, No. 2. (May 2006), pp. 193-198.

Political Culture in Post-Communist Europe: Attitudes in New Democracies

Donovan — 2006-08-19T21:15:16-00:00

Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 9, No. 3. (September 2006), pp. 338-341.

New divisions in Europe? East-East divergence and the influence of European Union enlargement

Verena Fritz — 2005-05-26T21:33:52-00:00

Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 8, No. 2. (June 2005), pp. 192-217.

Boyd, R. and Richerson, P.: The Origin and Evolution of Cultures

Kolm — 2006-10-06T02:31:02-00:00

Journal of Economics, Vol. 88, No. 2. (August 2006), pp. 205-207.

Tacit collusion in repeated auctions

A Skrzypacz — 2004-12-28T17:00:35-00:00

Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 114, No. 1. (January 2004), pp. 153-169.

The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe.

Haughton — 2006-10-22T11:39:58-00:00

The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 84, No. 4. (1 October 2006), pp. 784-786.

Europeanization and Regionalization in the EUs Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe: The Myth of Conditionality.

Haughton — 2006-10-22T11:39:58-00:00

The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 84, No. 4. (1 October 2006), pp. 784-786.

On academic writing

Jansson — 2006-10-24T17:13:33-00:00

European Business Review, Vol. 18, No. 6. (2006), pp. 479-490.

Commentaire sur la loi de la Protection de la Concurrence et l'interdiction des Pratiques de Monopole en Egypte du Point de vue de la Soumission des Services Publics à la Loi

M Sabry — 2006-10-25T10:53:37-00:00

Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3. (20 August 2006), pp. 306-320.

The GATT 1994 and other Annex 1A agreements: four different relationships?

E Montaguti — 2006-10-20T13:51:30-00:00

J Int Economic Law, Vol. 3, No. 3. (1 September 2000), pp. 473-484.

Interpretative criteria and other legal tools employed in treaty interpretation are not always sufficient to resolve questions regarding the relationship between the different WTO Agreements that form a 'single package' and which entered into force on the same day. This is particularly true with respect to the various agreements relating to trade in goods. The authors analyze four possible relationships between provisions of the GATT 1994 and provisions of the other Annex 1A Agreements that have so far been identified and developed by panels and the Appellate Body: conflict, express derogation, overlap and complementarity. 10.1093/jiel/3.3.473

COMPETITION POLICY WITH OPTIMALLY DIFFERENTIATED RULES INSTEAD OF "PER SE RULES VS RULE OF REASON"

Arndt Christiansen — 2006-10-20T07:48:09-00:00

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2. (2006), pp. 215-244.

Both in U.S. antitrust and EU competition policy, a development to a broader application of rule of reason instead of per se rules can be observed. In the European discussion the attempt to base competition policy on a "more economic approach" is mainly viewed as improving the economic analysis in the assessment of specific cases. In this paper it is shown from a general law and economics perspective that the application of rules instead of focussing on case-by-case analyses can have many advantages (lower regulation costs, rent-seeking, and knowledge problems), although an additional differentiation of rules through a deeper assessment can also have advantages in regard to the reduction of decision errors of type I and II. After introducing the notion of a continuum of more or less differentiated rules, we show--based upon law and economics literature upon the optimal complexity of rules--in a simple model that a competition rule is optimally differentiated if the marginal reduction of the sum of error costs (as the marginal benefit of differentiation) equals the marginal costs of differentiation. This model also allows for a more detailed analysis of the most important determinants of the optimal degree of rule-differentiation. From this law and economics perspective, competition policy should consist mainly of (more or less differentiated) rules and should only rarely rely on case-by-case analysis. Therefore the main task of a "more economic approach" is to use economics for the formulation of appropriate competition rules.

COMPETITION IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MARKETS: ARE LATIN NOTARIES DIFFERENT?

Roger Van den Bergh — 2006-10-20T07:47:40-00:00

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2. (2006), pp. 189-214.

Competition in markets for services offered by Latin notaries may not work properly because of information asymmetries and the need to guarantee an optimal supply of public goods. In Europe, there have been two test cases allowing for an assessment of the effects of liberalization: the abolishment of the solicitors' monopoly for conveyancing services in England and Wales and the deregulation of the Dutch notary profession. Both cases show that deregulation does not guarantee lower prices. Moreover, the Dutch experience shows that there is a justified concern that competition may decrease quality and jeopardize the notary's integrity. For these reasons, regulation may be justified as long as effective instruments to control and monitor quality are not (yet) in place. Since legal certainty has characteristics of a public good, competition also tends to increase the number of disputes on the legal validity of documents certifying legal transactions. A comparison of the tasks of a Latin notary and those of an American notary public provides reasons to fear that, after deregulation, protection against legally invalid transactions may be available only at higher prices. Finally, the Dutch experience shows that fee regulations remain necessary to guarantee the accessibility of notarial services.

MERGERS, STANDARD OF PROOF AND EXPERT ECONOMIC EVIDENCE

Yves Botteman — 2006-10-20T07:42:07-00:00

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 2, No. 1. (2006), pp. 71-100.

There is an increasing use of complex econometric modelling in EC merger control proceedings. The question is whether econometrics are subject to a standard of evidence similar to that applicable to facts and theories that the Commission traditionally uses and articulates in its merger decisions or whether there should be some margin of discretion left to the Commission in the treatment and handling of econometric evidence. In the former case, EC courts would exert an intensive review of the Commission's use and articulation of econometric evidence. In the latter case, EC courts would adopt a rather deferential approach. While the issue has not yet been dealt with before EC courts, this article submits that the Commission should use econometrics with caution and, hence, should meet a relatively high evidentiary threshold before admitting the results of econometric models into evidence. Several guiding principles of evidence are suggested, which are not intended to negate the Commission's margin of discretion, but would, nevertheless, ensure that econometrics be subject to a fairly high standard of proof.

Britain's New White Paper: Making Governance Work for the Poor

Moore — 2006-10-18T17:18:12-00:00

Development Policy Review, Vol. 24, No. 6. (November 2006), pp. 707-715.

Differences in the Performance of Public Organisations in Ghana: Implications for Public-Sector Reform Policy

Owusu — 2006-10-18T17:18:13-00:00

Development Policy Review, Vol. 24, No. 6. (November 2006), pp. 693-705.

The WTO Treaty as a Mixed Agreement: Problems with the ECs and the EC Member States Membership of the WTO

Steinberger — 2006-10-17T05:52:41-00:00

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, No. 4. (September 2006), pp. 837-862.

The Legal Nature of WTO Obligations and the Consequences of their Violation

Gazzini — 2006-10-17T05:52:42-00:00

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, No. 4. (September 2006), pp. 723-742.

Public procurement and EU tendering directives ? explaining non-compliance

Gelderman — 2006-10-18T05:57:08-00:00

International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 19, No. 7. (2006), pp. 702-714.

Free movement of law students and lawyers in the EU: a comparison of English, German and Greek legislation

Katsirea — 2006-05-18T17:05:06-00:00

International Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 12, No. 3. (November 2005), pp. 367-406.

Review: Constitutional Law of the European Union

Geert De Baere — 2006-10-16T11:00:40-00:00

Int Comp Law Q, Vol. 55, No. 2. (1 April 2006), pp. 490-493.

10.1093/iclq/lei097

Review: Key Issues in WTO Dispute Settlement--The Ten First Years

Isabelle Van Damme — 2006-10-16T11:00:35-00:00

Int Comp Law Q, Vol. 55, No. 3. (1 July 2006), pp. 776-778.

10.1093/iclq/lei125

Review: Handbook of International Law

Douglas Guilfoyle — 2006-10-16T11:00:30-00:00

Int Comp Law Q, Vol. 55, No. 3. (1 July 2006), pp. 769-770.

10.1093/iclq/lei120

UNESCO and the WTO: A Clash of Cultures?

Tania Voon — 2006-10-16T11:00:11-00:00

Int Comp Law Q, Vol. 55, No. 3. (1 July 2006), pp. 635-652.

10.1093/iclq/lei108

The Role of International Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe

Julia Leopold — 2006-10-16T07:50:14-00:00

Transition Studies Review, Vol. V13, No. 2. (7 July 2006), pp. 311-316.

The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization and Agricultural Markets Liberalization: Impacts on Developing Economies

Jay Fabiosa — 2005-07-30T22:05:49-00:00

Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 27, No. 3. (September 2005), pp. 317-335.

Measuring the Restrictiveness of Trade Policy

James Anderson — 2006-10-13T15:11:18-00:00

World Bank Econ Rev, Vol. 8, No. 2. (1 May 1994), pp. 151-169.

This article provides an introduction to the trade restrictiveness index (TRI), which equals the uniform tariff that is welfare equivalent to a given pattern of trade protection. Unlike standard measures of trade restrictiveness, the TRI has a solid theoretical basis, can incorporate both tariffs and quantitative restrictions, and can be adapted to construct the trade policy equivalent of domestic distortions. The article compares a number of applications and describes procedures for operationalizing the TRI on a personal computer. The authors conclude that the TRI has considerable potential in empirical work. 10.1093/wber/8.2.151

Tariff-Rate Quota Liberalization: The Case of World Price Uncertainty and Supply Management

James Rude — 2006-10-13T15:02:00-00:00

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Vol. 54, No. 1. (2006), pp. 33-54.

This paper examines the options for liberalizing tariff-rate quotas when a marketing board controls domestic production and international prices are stochastic. Lowering over-quota tariff and increasing import quota volumes are not equivalent. The trade-offs between the two types of trade reforms are examined through numerical simulations for the Canadian chicken industry. Introducing world price variability results in a distribution of welfare impacts for the different groups in the industry. Consumers and processors gain more with tariff liberalization than with increased import quotas. The difference in producer surplus between liberalization regimes is truncated so that producers only see down-side risk under the tariff liberalization regime. Le present article a examine les options concernant la liberalisation des contingents tarifaires lorsqu'un office de commercialisation encadre la production nationale et que les prix internationaux sont stochastiques. Diminuer le taux de droit hors contingent et augmenter les volumes de contingent d'importation ne sont pas des options equivalentes. Nous avons examine les deux types de reforme commerciale en effectuant des simulations numeriques pour le secteur du poulet au Canada. Incorporer la variabilite du prix mondial provoque une distribution de repercussions sur le bien-etre des divers groupes du secteur. Les consommateurs et les transformateurs gagnent davantage en appliquant une liberalisation des droits hors contingent qu'en appliquant une augmentation des contingents d'importation. La difference quant au surplus des producteurs entre les regimes de liberalisation est tronquee de sorte que les producteurs ne voient que le risque de perte sous un regime de liberalisation tarifaire.

Tariff rate quotas and the economic impact of agricultural trade liberalization in the world trade organization

Roland Herrmann — 2006-10-13T14:59:32-00:00

International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. V7, No. 1. (18 February 2001), pp. 1-19.

The Impact of the Uruguay Round on Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in the 'Quad'

Michael Daly — 2006-10-13T14:57:51-00:00

The World Economy, Vol. 21, No. 2. (1998), pp. 207-234.

Agriculture and the WTO: Next Steps

Kym Anderson — 2006-10-13T14:57:16-00:00

Review of International Economics, Vol. 9, No. 2. (2001), pp. 192-214.

The potential welfare gains from further liberalizing agricultural markets are shown in this paper to be huge, both absolutely and relative to gains from liberalizing textiles or other manufacturing, according to new simulation results of the Global Trade Analysis Project. The probability of the WTO delivering sizeable farm protection cuts in the next round of multilateral trade negotiations would be greater if industrial and service sector negotiations were undertaken simultaneously as part of a comprehensive new round. The immediate challenge for analysts and negotiators is to identify and assess feasible policy packages that facilitate genuine agricultural reform rather than encourage inefficient re-instrumentation of farm support measures. Such assessment will require significant improvements in both analytical tools and databases.

Tariff rate quotas: structural and stability impacts in growing markets

PC Abbott — 2006-10-13T14:54:30-00:00

pp. 257-267.

This paper examines several aspects of tariff rate quotas (TRQ) as adopted during tariffication of agricultural policies under the Uruguay Round of GATT. Quota rents and non-tariff barrier effects may remain under TRQs, contrary to the objectives of the tariffication process. Further, price stability impacts of a TRQ are more complex than those for either tariffs or quotas, and under certain circumstances TRQs may be more stabilizing than either case, since TRQs truncate domestic production distributions much like price bands policies. This complexity results from the possibility of regime switching, and may reflect behavior under either a tariff, a quota, or a combination of cases. A TRQ policy may affect the timing of import decisions based on incentives created under quota allocation procedures envisioned for this institution. It may also allow increased imports as demand growth occurs because the quota is not necessarily a binding constraint. This means the above quota tariff is the critical policy instrument. An empirical study of Philippines pork imports illustrates these issues.

Reforming the Laws on Public Procurement in the Developing World: The Example of Kenya

Victor Mosoti — 2005-08-04T18:46:16-00:00

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 3. (July 2005), pp. 621-650.

OPTIMAL CARTEL PRICING IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ANTITRUST AUTHORITY

Joseph Harrington — 2005-02-07T21:33:05-00:00

International Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 1. (February 2005), 145.

CORRUPTION AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY

Jay Choi — 2005-07-04T12:52:18-00:00

International Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 3. (August 2005), pp. 817-836.

Aid Harmonisation and Alignment: Bridging the Gaps between Reality and the Paris Reform Agenda

Andrew Rogerson — 2005-08-19T10:28:17-00:00

Development Policy Review, Vol. 23, No. 5. (September 2005), pp. 531-552.

Bidding behaviour in the multi-unit Vickrey and uniform price auctions

John Bernard — 2005-08-12T10:58:59-00:00

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 12, No. 10. (15 August 2005), pp. 589-595.

COMPETITION-ACCELERATING PUBLIC INVESTMENTS

Toshihiro Matsumura — 2005-08-19T11:50:28-00:00

Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 44, No. 3. (September 2005), pp. 269-274.

Public Procurement Law, Public Bodies, and the General Interest: Perspectives from Higher Education

Jennifer Lane — 2005-06-14T06:19:38-00:00

European Law Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4. (July 2005), pp. 487-506.

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2005-09-02T12:44:27-00:00

Comparative advantage and the normative economics of international trade policy

A Sykes — 2005-08-31T14:25:01-00:00

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 1, No. 1. (1998), pp. 49-82.

Discriminatory Public Procurement and International Trade

F Trionfetti — 2005-08-31T13:50:45-00:00

The World Economy, Vol. 23, No. 1. (January 2000), pp. 57-76.

An International Competition Policy: Do We Need It? Is It Feasible?

R Meicklejohn — 2005-08-30T13:45:23-00:00

The World Economy, Vol. 22, No. 9. (December 1999), pp. 1233-1249.

Endogenous vertical restraints in international trade

Horst Raff — 2005-08-30T09:49:54-00:00

European Economic Review, Vol. 49, No. 7. (October 2005), pp. 1877-1889.

This paper examines interbrand competition between a domestic and a foreign manufacturer who market their products through intermediaries. The contracts manufacturers offer these intermediaries are endogenous. In equilibrium contracts may specify exclusive territories (ET), depending on the degree of substitutability between products and the level and degree of transparency of trade barriers. Trade liberalization, through lower or more transparent barriers, may lead manufacturers to use ET, thereby substituting private anti-competitive arrangements for government-imposed barriers. This substitution may decrease competition and welfare, and thus create a role for competition policy in a freer trade environment.

Bidding behavior in asymmetric auctions: An experimental study

Werner Guth — 2005-08-30T09:48:02-00:00

European Economic Review, Vol. 49, No. 7. (October 2005), pp. 1891-1913.

We review an asymmetric auction experiment. Based on Plum (Int. J. Game Theory 20 (1992) 393) private valuations of the two bidders are independently drawn from distinct but commonly known distributions, one of which first-order stochastically dominates the other. We test the qualitative properties of that model of asymmetric auctions, in particular whether the weak bidder behaves more aggressively than the strong, and then test bidders' preference for first- vs. second-price auctions.

Gynecologic cancer patients psychosocial needs and their views on the physicians role in meeting those needs

BE Miller — 2005-08-27T07:14:04-00:00

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, Vol. 13, No. 2. (March 2003), pp. 111-119.

. Miller BE, Pittman B, Strong C. Gynecological cancer patients' psychosocial needs and their views on the physician's role in meeting those needs. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2003;13:–. The aim of this study was to identify the psychosocial needs of patients after treatment for gynecological malignancies and their views concerning the role physicians should take in meeting those needs. Self-administered questionnaires were answered by 95 patients at least 6 months after completion of therapy. Topic areas included emotional needs, spiritual concerns, patient-family communication, patient participation in decision making, and advance directives. In addition, all participants completed the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-G, version 4) quality of life questionnaire. Fifty-seven percent of respondents stated that they had needed help dealing with emotional problems, and 73% wanted the physician to ask whether help is needed. The most common emotional concerns were feeling nervous (40% of subjects), being worried (34%), fear (25%), needing someone to talk to (24%), sadness (21%), and loss of control (17%). Fifty-nine percent stated that physicians should ask whether help is needed in discussing spiritual matters. Sixty-one percent stated that physicians should ask patients whether they want help starting conversations with their families about difficult-to-raise topics such as the possibility of dying. Forty-six of 86 respondents (53%) stated that discussions about advance directives such as living wills should take place soon after the cancer diagnosis has been established. Most patients surveyed want physicians to take an active role in dealing with psychosocial needs.