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multilateral trade liberalization. “Less preferred” countries are increasingly concerned about the
discrimination they confront, while “more preferred” developing countries worry that WTObased
liberalization of trade will[r]

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the Philippines is one of the most geographically diverse nations in the world.
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national territory, geographic disparity and diversity as defining f[r]

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fl uential articles on international corporate fi nance published over the course of the
past six years. The book covers a range of topics covering the following six areas:
law and fi nance, corporate governance, banking,[r]

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Opium, Afghanistan’s leading economic activity, lies
at the heart of the challenges the country faces in state
building, governance, security, and development.
With their narrow law enforcement focus and limited
recognition of development, security, and political
implications, current global counter[r]

How do global supply chain linkages modify countries’
incentives to impose import protection? Are these linkages
empirically important determinants of trade policy?
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chain linkages into a workhorse termsoftrade model of
trade policy with politi[r]

In this research, we discuss the impacts of labour provisions in preferential trade agreements
(PTAs) to which Vietnam is a party in aspects of politics, institutions, law and economy. We find
that the impacts are a mixture of both positives and negatives. Positive effects include a more
and more de[r]

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welfare significance of the legal reforms and other institutional
changes that are required to transform a control economy into a
market economy. The stakes are particularly high when it is an economy
in which the bulk of the pop[r]

Any Link between Unofficial Economy and Official Economy? An Empirical Evidence from the ASEAN
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