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- Free Trade Areas and Rules of Origin: Economics and Politics
- Incorporating intermediate inputs into a small-union general-equilibrium model, this paper first develops the welfare economics of preferential trading under the rules of origin ROO and then demonstrates that the ROO could improve the political viability of Free Trade Agreements FTAs. Two interesting outcomes are derived in this article. First, a...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Bilateral "WTO-Plus" Free Trade Agreements: The WTO Trade Policy Review of Singapore 2004
- The World Trade Organization's 2004 Trade Policy Review depicts the small and outward-oriented economy as one of the most open country to international trade and investment. The review highlights the benefits of the outward-oriented strategy that has enabled the economy to weather recent external shocks such as the Asian financial...
- White papers 2005-04-05
- How Confident Can We Be in CGE-Based Assessments of Free Trade Agreements?
- Computable General Equilibrium models, widely used for the analysis of Free Trade Agreements FTAs are often criticized for having poor econometric foundations. This paper improves the linkage between econometric estimates of key parameters and their usage in CGE analysis in order to better evaluate the likely outcome of a Free...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- On the Economic Determinants of Free Trade Agreements
- The purpose of this study is to provide the first systematic empirical analysis of the economic determinants of the formation of free trade agreements FTAs and of the likelihood of FTAs between pairs of countries using a qualitative choice model. It develops this econometric model based upon a general equilibrium...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- An Analysis Of The Restrictions On Foreign Direct Investment In Free Trade Agreements
- This paper analyzes the quality of rules on Foreign Direct Investment FDI for seven Free Trade Agreements FTAs: US-Australia, US-Singapore, Japan-Singapore, Korea-Singapore, NAFTA, Korea-Chile and Japan-Mexico, involving eight countries. This paper examines the quality of FDI rules in terms of their liberalization or restrictiveness in the following six areas: Restrictions...
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Preferential Trade Agreements And Tax Competition For Foreign Direct Investment
- This paper examines how free-trade agreements and customs unions affect the location of Foreign Direct Investment FDI and social welfare, taking into account that governments may adjust taxes and external tariffs to compete for FDI. Conditions are identified under which a free-trade agreement leads to FDI and under which this...
- White papers 2004-05-20
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- CBS' Departing Digital Chief Will Be Free Agent of Change
- Outgoing CBS Interactive CEO Quincy Smith says one of his priorities as an independent consultant will be finding ways to make the $120 billion television market profitable online. "How do you turn television buyers into video buyers?" Smith said this week. "There is a...
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Rent A Center, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Dennis Telzrow [Stephens, Inc.]. Dennis Telzrow - Stephens, Inc. Good morning, Mark, Mitch, Robert. Mark E. Speese - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning, Dennis. Mitchell E. Fadel - President and Chief Operating...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Telefonica SA Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. The first question comes from the line of Damien Maltarp [Cazenove]. Please go ahead with your question. Damien Maltarp - Cazenove Thanks very much, Damien Malta from Cazenove. Two questions, firstly just on the restructuring provision that you guided for the...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-12
- CIT Group, Inc. F3Q07 (Qtr End 09/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And our very first question will come from the line of James Fotheringham with Goldman Sachs. Please proceed. James Fotheringham - Goldman Sachs Thank you. Jeff, could you give an update on your plans to IPO the aircraft...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Business Objects Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Mohammed Moawalla with Goldman Sachs. Mohammed Moawalla – Goldman Sachs Yes good morning. John, can you elaborate a little bit around some of the weakness in the quarter and just indicate whether some of...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Satcon Technology Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions And we'll go first to Adam Krop with Ardour Capital. Adam Krop - Ardour Capital Hi, Steve. Hi, John. Steve Rhoades Hey Adam, how are you doing? Adam Krop - Ardour Capital Just a little bit more color on the backlog if...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-06
- Warner Bros deal ends German TV rights saga. (Finance & Business).(Warner Bros International Television deal with RTL)(Brief Article)
- Warner Bros International Television has ended saga of uncertainty surrounding free TV rights to its content in Germany after agreeing a deal with RTL. Germany's largest commercial broadcaster last month June signed a package rights deal for Warner movies and series. Warner was one of the...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Palomar Enterprises, Inc. Signs One Year Corporate Communications Agreement with Pan American Relations
- CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Palomar Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:PLMA) announces a one year corporate communications agreement with Pan American Relations ("PAR"). PAR will assist Palomar Enterprises, Inc. in the fields of finance, PR and marketing. The contract is for a combination of cash and restricted stock over a one year period....
- Research articles 2005-07-18
- Slash Your Medical Bills: 7 Ways to Haggle
- Don?t be shy about bargaining over doctors? fees and hospital charges. Insurance companies pay a small fraction of the list price of medical procedures. You have nothing to lose, and lots to gain, by asking for a similar deal. Rising out-of-pocket costs have...
- Articles 2009-11-04
- Syscan & Desjardins Group Join Forces to Finance RFID Solutions for Canadian Agri-Business
- Syscan International Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SYA) and the Desjardins Group, the largest integrated financing co-operative in Canada, announced today that they have joined forces to offer their clients special financing towards the purchase of Syscan's RFID radio frequency identification based traceability solutions for the agricultural industry across Canada. Under...
- Research articles 2006-06-15
- ImClone Systems Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from May-Kin Ho of Goldman Sachs. May-Kin Ho - Goldman Sachs Hi. I guess, I wanted to ask question about really how your payment from Bristol would be recognized and how we should going forward project out...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Confirmed: Intuit Buys Mint.com For $170 Million
- Intuit is buying Mint.com for $170 million in cash, in a deal that gives it control of a startup that had disrupted its dominance of the personal money management market with a free online alternative. Release after the jump. More to come.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—BUSINESS WIRE—Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) has...
- External links 2009-09-14
- Lessons from Your '08 Return
- Your 2008 taxes are done. Congrats! But you're not done yet. This is the perfect time to look for ways to lower your 2009 taxes, while you have all your records and forms handy. The sooner you get started, the more you'll save. ...
- Articles 2009-04-03
- New Rules for Unloading Car Leases
- When times were good, you may have stretched your finances a bit and leased an expensive car. But with the economy in a recession, you may now be thinking about downsizing and finding a way to exit the lease. Be careful! Here's how to unload a lease without losing your...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
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