infonet-economy

In the mid-1980s many nations imposed sanctions on South African exports, most of which were subsequently removed during 1991-3. I estimate the effect of eight industrialized economies' sanctions on their imports from South Africa. Outliers are found to strongly influence the parameter estimates. Failure to take account of them leads to the conclusion that sanctions by the (then…

Präsentation vor der Generalversammlung 2002 der Lateinamerikanischen Handelskammer in der Schweiz; Zürich: Haus "Zum Rüden", 19. Juni 2002.#### Download der Präsentation (PDF-Datei, 245 KB)

Am 1. Juli 2001 trat das Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den EFTA-Staaten und Mexiko für die Schweiz in Kraft. Dieses erste transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen der Schweiz bietet hiesigen Unternehmen grosse Chancen: Mit zwischenzeitlich über 100 Millionen Einwohnern und guten langfristigen Wachstumsaussichten gehört Mexiko zu den interessanten Märkten der Welt. Dank eines dichten…

The Uruguay Round agreements involved a substantial expansion in the commitments made by World Trade Organisation (WTO) members. To strengthen the incentives for nations to adhere to these new WTO rules, the multilateral dispute settlement procedures were reformed. A WTO member can now withdraw the concessions it has made to another WTO member that has been found to have broken its…

We introduce non-homothetic preferences into a general equilibrium model of monopolistic competition and explore the impact of income inequality on the medium-run macroeconomic
equilibrium. We find that (i) a sufficiently high extent of inequality divides the economy into mass consumption sectors (where firms charge low prices and hire many
workers) and exclusive sectors…