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Zimmermann, Thomas A.: WTO Dispute Settlement - An Important Trade Policy Instrument; Presentation at the 64th Session of the OECD Steel Committee; Paris (La Défense): Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 22 May 2008 / Präsentation an der 64. Sitzung des OECD Stahlausschusses; Paris (La Défense): Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung…

In this paper, the regression discontinuity design (RDD) is generalized to account for differences in observed covariates X in a fully nonparametric way. It is shown that the treatment effect can be estimated at the rate for one-dimensional nonparametric regression irrespective of the dimension of X. It thus extends the analysis of Hahn, Todd and van der Klaauw (2001) and Porter (…

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On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) entered into force. Until August 2006, the DSU has since been applied to 348 complaints - more cases than dispute settlement under the GATT 1947 had dealt with in nearly five decades. The system is perceived, both by practitioners and in academic literature, to work…

Labor market policy evaluation studies often rely on a merged database from different administrative entities, where part of the information might be archived with varying quality in different sources. Suppose that one observes inter alia a variable of dubious quality for the entire population and the same variable for a subgroup, say the treated, with good quality from an extra…

This paper examines the conventional wisdom concerning competition advocacy, paying particular attention to the applicability of such wisdom to developing countries. The definition of competition advocacy, its evaluation, and the likelihood of its successful implementation are discussed in some detail. The paper concludes with a call for considerably more thought about what, hitherto…

Any assessment of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference depends critically on the benchmark employed. Surely, compared to its predecessor, the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference was a success. Having said that, no major participant in that meeting and no commentator afterwards has suggested that enough progress was made that the end of the Doha Round is in sight. Although World Trade…

Although WTO agreements contain a variety of provisions to encourage compliance by signatories, little attention is given to the incentives created by the mechanisms other than dispute settlement. The WTO's Agreement on Government procurement contains a
number of such mechanisms, including detailed reporting requirements. This chapter examines the performance of the…

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On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) entered into force. Since 1998, negotiations to review and reform the DSU have taken place ('DSU review'), without however yielding any result so far. This study proposes to analyse the DSU review negotiations and the proposals submitted so far.…