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How Much Does Money Matter In A Direct Democracy?, John M. De Figueiredo
How Much Does Money Matter In A Direct Democracy?, John M. De Figueiredo
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Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare, And Wto Rules, Petros C. Mavroidis
Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare, And Wto Rules, Petros C. Mavroidis
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This chapter explains why the dynamic of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations tends to lead to the progressive liberalization of market-access barriers promoting consumer welfare. As all agreements tend to be ‘incomplete’, it is a legitimate task of WTO judges to clarify progressively the WTO requirements of nondiscriminatory treatment of like goods and of like services. The additional requirements, in the WTO Agreements on Technical Barriers to Trade and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards, to base restrictive measures on the ‘necessity principle’ and on ‘scientific evidence’, offer useful ‘double checks’ for judicial identification of protectionist measures. While the WTO rules …
Reform Of Imf Conditionality - A Proposal For Self-Imposed Conditionality, Ofer Eldar
Reform Of Imf Conditionality - A Proposal For Self-Imposed Conditionality, Ofer Eldar
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The IMF has faced criticism of its expansive use of conditionality. The paper proposes a new procedure for IMF lending designed to meet these criticisms by arguing for the legalization and formalization of the procedure for IMF lending in the light of legal concepts derived mainly from national administrative laws. The gist of the procedure is that, rather than have the IMF determine loan conditions following informal negotiations with member countries, countries seeking Fund assistance will design the conditions themselves. The IMF will have specified powers under which to review these conditions. Apart from other procedural requirements, conditions will have …