â â â  â â â â  abstract â  as the chances of a successful conclusion to the doha round of trade liberalization under the wto become increasingly problematic, so the pace of negotiating local free trade agreements (ftas) is increasing. according to the wto report, countries in the asia-pacific region are “consolidating their drive towards regionalism at an accelerated pace”. after the trade...

Trade flows, either measured as gross trade or flows of value-added, tend to be less sensitive barriers in industries that feature a greater share value-added its product. Gross trad...

construction plans are regarded as the basis of the economy in the society. any delays in the utilization of projects can cause to waste the investments and the loss of technical and economic justifications. in this paper, the barriers of on-time delivery in water projects will be scrutinized in mazandaran regional water company. so, the independent variables such as management obstacles, cultu...

Rising international trade flows are a primary component of globalization. The liberalization of trade policy in many developing countries has helped foster the growth of these flows. Preceding and concurrent with this move to free trade, there has been a global movement toward democracy. We argue that these two trends are related: democratization of the political system reduces the ability of ...