Competitive Supra-Governmental Regulation: How Could it Be Democratic?

Competitive Supragovernmental Regulation: How Could It Be Democratic?

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

Radiation exposure to cardiologists: how it could be reduced.

It is well known that occupational doses of radiation in interventional procedures guided by fluoroscopy are the highest doses registered among medical staff using x rays. 2 Interventional cardiologists represent the most important group of medical specialists involved in such practices. Scatter radiation levels in the vicinity of the patient may be quite high under normal working conditions. I...

Electricity liberalisation in Europe - how competitive will it be

All of the countries of Western Europe have taken steps to liberalise their electricity industries. Large consumers in every country can choose their electricity supplier, and in some countries, this choice has been extended to every consumer. The European Union has decided that from 2007 at the latest, all customers will be able to choose their electricity supplier. A number of large European ...

Could it be Lyme neuroborreliosis?