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Mega-Regional Trade, Joshua Meltzer
Mega-Regional Trade, Joshua Meltzer
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
This lecture will discuss the impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on U.S. economic competitiveness and leadership in Asia and Europe. This will lead into a discussion of large Free Trade Areas (FTA), or groups of countries that have few or no price controls in the form of tariffs or quotas between each other. FTAs allow the agreeing nations to focus on their comparative advantages and to produce the goods they are comparatively more efficient at making, thus increasing the efficiency and profitability of each country. We will explore the impact …
The Hospitality Industry's Lmpact On The State Of Nevada: A Summary & Review, Shannon Bybee, Jeremy A. Aguero
The Hospitality Industry's Lmpact On The State Of Nevada: A Summary & Review, Shannon Bybee, Jeremy A. Aguero
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal
This article summarizes the economic, fiscal, and social impact findings of The Hospitality Industry's Impact on the State of Nevada, a report issued in November1998 by the International Gaming Institute. This summary includes data on jobs, wages, output, taxes, crime, and other social issues. A brief discussion is included regarding the authors' opinions of the state's dependence on the hospitality industry and gaming taxes, as well as the potential ramifications of this dependence in a changing economic environment.