Global trade of finished goods as well as global sourcing of components and raw material is gaining importance. The paper aims to investigate the impact of trade agreements and tariffs on global Supply Chains and to describe the implications for strategic supply chain management decisions in terms of supplier selection and plant locations. The present system of trade agreements and tariffs amon...

The policy problem posed by climate change is daunting. Absent evidence that climate change is not a risk to human and natural systems, the world faces an unending series of difficult international negotiations about measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. To be successful, the resulting climate regime must be able to survive over many decades, adapting to changing economic conditions, to e...

Since the framework convention of Rio, actual environmental negotiations on climate change aim at inducing all world countries to sign a global environmental agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Kyoto, a subset of countries agreed on emission reduction targets, but they are still negotiating on the way to induce the non-signatories to sign the protocol. This paper shows from a game...

For more than ten years the European Union has been negotiating economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with regional groupings in Africa. These free trade agreements are dedicated first and foremost to the goal of sustainable development. While African governments are wary of the consequences of market opening and sceptical of restrictions of their policy space, they are also interested in gain...

Investment is a major determinant of economic growth, both in reference to the level of the capital stock and its productivity, but has been deficient in poor developing countries. A particular concern for poor countries has been relatively low levels of foreign direct investment (FDI), and a low impact of such investment on growth. The paper focuses on sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and o...

This paper concentrates on three areas connected to regional development in the Slovak Republic: l new trends in regional development; l automatic stabilizers, public expenditures, and their impact on the financial power of regions; and l the competitive strength of Slovak regions in the context of European integration. As international corporations cross borders around the world and build qual...

ITH the future of the Doha Round uncertain, there has been a sharp increase in the number of bilateral and regional trade agreements. This has revived long-running arguments in international economics between those promoting global trade agreements and those favoring regional approaches. But in many ways this has been the wrong debate, especially for the world’s smallest, poorest, and most geog...

Trans-national externalities are increasingly important in the globalized economy, being related to knowledge, information, migrations, pollution, crime and similar flows. Their importance and close link to economic development may affect growth and welfare at a macroeconomic level: hence the need for global policies to correct their undesired effects. In the present institutional setting with ...

Based on unique data from a world-wide survey of agents involved in international climate policy, this paper empirically analyzes the importance of equity in this field. We find that equity issues are considered highly important in international climate negotiations and that the polluter-pays rule and the accompanying poor losers rule are the most widely accepted equity principles. Our economet...

BACKGROUND Settlements between doctors and patients provide a solution to complicated disputes. However, some disputes may be renewed as a result of negligence by both parties. The purpose of this study was to review the legal issues that may potentially arise during the preparation of settlement agreements and to propose a list of requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of these settlement...