Publications

The World Trade Institute (WTI) is committed to advancing scholarly research in the fields of international trade law, economics, and political science. Our research staff regularly publish a broad array of academic works, including:

  • Monographs and edited volumes
  • Peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Book chapters
  • Working papers and policy briefs

These publications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our work and contribute to global debates on trade, investment, and sustainable development.

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31 Aug 2016 | Journal Articles

Trade Costs, Quality, and The Skill Premium

Journal article in Canadian Journal of Economics, Volume 49, Issue 3: 1153–1178 ABSTRACT: We develop a monopolistic competition model with nonhomothetic factor input bundles where increasing q…

Bekkers, Eddy | Francois, Joseph

9 Aug 2016 | Books/ Book Chapters

Developing Countries and Preferential Services Trade

WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is oft…

Sieber-Gasser, Charlotte

1 Aug 2016 | Working Papers

South African Labour Law: A Twenty-Year Assessment

r4d Working Paper 2016/06 by Paul Benjamin, assisted by Carole Cooper ABSTRACT: Labour law is the product of the balance of political and economic forces in a society. The election o…

29 Jul 2016 | Journal Articles

MRIO linkages and Switzerland’s CO2 profile

Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois and Patrick Tomberger in Aussenwirtschaft 67.3, pp 47-63, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Resear…

Fernández-Amador, Octavio | Francois, Joseph | Tomberger, Patrick