Economic and legal analyses of trade policy and institutions / / edited by E. Kwan Choi and James Harrigan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910677937203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-19843-5; 9786610198436; 1-4051-6639-8; 0-470-75769-8; 1-4051-4251-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (594 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell handbooks in economics; Handbook of international trade ; ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): ChoiEun Kwan <1946->; HarriganJames
• Disciplina: 346.41015; 382
• Soggetti: International trade; Commercial policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of International Trade Volume II; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 What is Free Trade?: The Rorschach Test at the Heart of the Trade and Environment Debate; 2 Rules of Power in an Age of Law: Process Opportunism and TRIPS Dispute Settlement; 3 Teaching Old Laws New Tricks: The Legal Obligation of Non-Attribution and the Need for Economic Rigor in Injury Analyses Under US Trade Law; 4 Trade-Related Labor and Environment Rights Agreements?; 5 A Comparative Analysis of Compliance Institutions in International Trade Law and International Environmental Law6 The National Treatment Principle in International Trade Law; 7 Do not Ask Too Many Questions: The Institutional Arrangements for Accommodating Regional Integration within the WTO; 8 Trade and Informal Institutions; 9 The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements; 10 Conditionality, Separation, and Open Rules in Multilateral Institutions; 11 Antitrust ; Policy in Open Economies: Price Fixing and International Cartels; 12 Modern Commercial Policy: Managed Trade or Retaliation?; 13 Antidumping versus Antitrust: Trade and Competition Policy14 Trade and the Globalization of Patent Rights; 15 Mixed Markets with Counterfeit Producers; 16 Endogenous Injury; 17 International Trade in Services: More Than Meets the Eye; 18 The Dynamic Effects of Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy Harmonization; 19 Do Bilateral Tax Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This second volume of the Handbook of International Trade focuses on the economic and legal analysis of international laws and institutions as they impact trade. Containing chapters written by both economic and legal scholars, this volume encourages cross-discipline discussion with writing that is accessible to those approaching the material from any background. Central issues to those studying international trade are addressed, including:labor, environmental rights, and preferential trade agreements antitrust policy patent rights <br