German-American "Most Favored Nation" Relations

Assessing the Effects of Most-favored Nation Clauses

Most-favored-nation (MFN) clauses and similar vertical restraints are frequently the object of legal and economic scrutiny. Typically, MFN clauses provide that one party to a contract will grant the other terms that are at least as favorable as those granted to any other party. MFNs are frequently found in industries with complex distribution chains. Some of the most prominent investigations in...

Potential anticompetitive effects of most favored nation contract clauses in managed care and health insurance contracts.

Non-Enforceability of Trade Treaties and the Most-Favored Nation Clause: a Game Theoretic Analysis of Investment Distortions.∗

We model agents’ incentives to invest in production of export goods when governments are commitment constrained with respect to their trade obligations. Once irreversible investments have been undertaken, the governments have incentives to renegotiate the tariff rates to higher values. The renegotiations are costly; the greater the tariff rate adjustment, the greater the expenses. We find that ...

most frequent phonological processes in german language

in this research a number of important and active phonological processes in standard german, spoken in berlin, have been studied. in this regard, four dictionaries: duden universal w?rterbuch (1998), langenscheidt (2002), brock haus (1996), and panbeh-chi (1379) have been used for gathering the data. furthermore, two german informants had a four-hour interview to complete the data. in addition,...

Government - Opposition Relations in Pakistan : Divergent Perceptions on Nation - building

Government-Opposition relations is an important area of study to understand the political development in any country but in Pakistan it has not yet caught the attention of historians and writers. Most of the scholars are focusing on the behavior of government or political parties, which gives only a partial picture of the real situation. Both government and opposition as contenders of power pla...