The GATT/WTO has promoted trade, but only in capital-intensive commodities!

Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities

Note The purpose of this series of studies is to analyse policy issues and to stimulate discussions in the area of international trade and development. The series includes studies by UNCTAD staff and by distinguished researchers from other organizations and academia. This paper represents the personal views of the author only, and not the views of the UNCTAD secretariat or its member States. Th...

Quality Inspection, Adverse Selection and Trade in Perishable Commodities

The quality of many goods and services may change randomly between the time of shipment and delivery, creating disputes over quality that can result in lemons-market equilibria. We investigate the potential of third-party inspections for such inefficiencies. We consider two types of inspection, ex post verification of quality in consignment contracts and ex ante certification in FOB contracts, ...

International Trade And Employment In Labour- Intensive Sectors In Iran: The Case Of Carpet- Weavers

P 84: Daily Nutrition has a Grand but Inapparent Effect on the Procedure of Inflammatory Dementia

Alzheimer is age-related, progressive brain degeneration disease. It destroys memory slowly. The number of people living with AD is increasing as fast as the count of aged population and extension of bad nutrition habits. The main cause of AD is not clearly known, but prior studies noted the importance of inflammation in Tau hyperphosphorylation and failure of microglia to clear AB peptide accu...

Has Integration Promoted Business Cycle Synchronization in the Enlarged EU?

This paper examines whether European integration, manifesting itself in increased trade and FDI linkages, new specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We estimate the effects on bilateral growth rate correlations in 1995-2008 in a simultaneous equations model which permits to model endogenous relationships and un...