Matthias Lücke, Dean Spinanger
This paper discusses possible strategies for developing countries in negotiations on trade in services in the ongoing WTO Doha Development Round (DR). The liberalization of service imports (including...
Sectoral Value Added Prices, TFP Growth, and the Low-Skilled Wage in High-Income Countries
This econometric analysis investigates the impact of changes in sectoral value-added prices and total factor productivity (TFP) on the equilibrium relative wage of low-skilled workers in eleven...
Rolf J. Langhammer, Matthias Lücke
For many applicant countries, accession to the W70 has been, and still is, a frustratingly slow process. In this paper, we discuss the substantial, contentious issues that are slowing down progress...
WTO Negotiation and Accession Issues for Vulnerable Economies
Rolf J. Langhammer, Matthias Lücke
The paper discusses the costs and benefits to be expected by least-developed and low-income (‘vulnerable’) economies if they accede to the WTO, the impact of current debates about WTO reform...
Matthias Lücke, Rainer Schweickert, Heiko Körner, Thomas Ziesemer, Stefanie Bessin, Jan Winiecki, ...
What determines the choice of transfer channel for remittances? Evidence from Moldova
Melissa Siegel, Matthias Lücke
We estimate a multinomial logit model to explain the choice of transfer channel (formal services vs. informal operators or personal transfers) by 1139 pairs of migrants and recipients of remittances...
A Note on Empirical Evidence on Factor In¬tensity Reversals in Manufacturing
This note demonstrates that the inter-branch dispersion of human and physical capital intensities is highly correlated across countries, fairly independently of the level of economic development and...