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Showing 1 to 20 of 310 for “"tariff"”.
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Three Essays on Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade and U.S. Market Access to China
… The first two papers examine the impact of tariff and non-tariff barriers to agricultural trade while the third paper investigates China's domestic agricultural and international trade policies in order to promote U.S. market access in China. The first paper investigates how trade …
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Allocation of transmission losses to determine tariff
… and in the calculation of the power system tariff. This report elucidates how to estimate the losses that can be avoided by the participants. This loss is equal to the numerical power difference in the conventional power loss and the new power loss calculation method which utilizes the …
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International Agricultural Trade Costs and Non-Tariff Measures
… how agricultural trade frictions, such as tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs), impact trade competitiveness and globalization in the agricultural sector. The dissertation consists of three chapters. The first chapter argues that agricultural trade cost evolution differs from other …
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EU import notifications as a protectionist move: an examination of the relation between tariff and non-tariff barriers in seafood trade
… countries honor WTO commitments and lower tariff rates, they may be replacing traditional tariff barriers with non-tariff barriers. Recent literature has found that the implementation of food safety standards, specifically the use of import notifications and rejections, has acted as a …
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British businessmen and the 'scientific' tariff : a study of Joseph Chamberlain's Tariff Commission, 1903-1921, with special reference to the period 1903-1913
… examines the history of Joseph Chamberlain's Tariff Commission, with special reference to the years 1903-13, when Tariff Reform bulked so large in British politics.Chapter 1 charts the difficulties that the complex debate posed for Tariff Reformers. In his 'first campaign' Chamberlain …
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Essays on financial institutions' response to climate and tariff risks
… institutions to environmental risks and tariff changes. The first essay investigates if banks pay attention to the investment preference of ESG-committed mutual funds and issue loans at preferable terms to firms with higher ESG ownership. I use firm-level share fraction of US PRI …
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The electricity poverty tariff in South Africa : possibilities and practicalities
… is paid to the proposals around poverty tariffs for low-income domestic users. This research examines the form, level and financial implications of poverty tariffs in South Africa. The following are the specific objective of the thesis: * To evaluate the current system of prices in South …
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The global governance of trade in agriculture: the role of tariff and non-tariff measures illustrated with an example of agricultural exports from South Africa to the EU
Due to its importance to food security and employment, the agricultural sector is a source of international conflict and inherently vulnerable to shocks and insecurities in the past and present. Accordingly, nation-states view respective domesticagricultural sectors as an exception, which …
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Quantifying the trade impact of non-tariff measures: Econometric and CGE Analysis
This thesis focuses on the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on merchandise trade. NTMs are broadly defined as policy measures, other than tariffs, which may have an impact on international trade in goods and services. This is an area of emerging importance, for both researchers and policy …
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Load models for technical, economic and tariff analysis of medium voltage feeders
… generator (DG) integration planning, and in tariff analysis and design models. The Herman-Beta transform used in the low voltage network modelling studies in South Africa is based on loads modelled as Beta probability density functions. Recently, the transform was extended to make it useful …
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Power generation and its impact on electricity tariff : a case study of Sierra Leone
Electricity tariffs are generally high in African countries, but a significant share of it is due to inefficiencies in power generation and supply. This work looked at a case study of the Sierra Leone national utility's power generation and its impact on the tariff system. Sierra Leone is a …
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The gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on local labour markets in post-apartheid South Africa
… a case study to examine the gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on labour market outcomes at the local level. Specifically, the thesis focuses on the effect of tariff liberalisation on regional employment growth, labour adjustment in the manufacturing sector and services sector, and …
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Towards a More Efficient Tariff Rate Quota Regime: Evidence from Chinese Firm-Level Grain Imports
… the efficiency of a specific Chinese non-tariff measure (NTM), the tariff rate quota (TRQ), using Chinese firm-level data. Two key findings emerge from this analysis. First, unlike results from country-level analyses, I find that SOEs import quantities are more sensitive to price changes. …
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Permitting and Interconnection of Solar PV Generators for the Marin Energy Authority Feed-In Tariff Program
… developed for participation in the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program hosted by the Marin Energy Authority (MEA). A guide on the permitting and interconnection of solar PV generators for participation in the program was produced for the host agency. This guide seeks to assist property owners and …
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Effective Rates of Protection in the United States: An Analysis of the Kennedy Round Tariff Reductions
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:12:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7115006.pdf: 5639345 bytes, checksum: a5f3bc9425423d2600f5a45d8e488c4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1970
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The market for endogenous trade protection : antidumping and tariff protection in South Africa's period of transition
This paper examines the relationship between tariffs and antidumping (AD) within the political economy of trade protection in South Africa. Using graphs, tables, panel data regressions and an application of the Grossman-Helpman model I build an understanding of the relationship between tariffs and …
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The Impact of Implementing Carbon Tax and Feed-in Tariff: A CGE Analysis of the Indonesian Case
… tax on carbon-based fuels as well as the feed-in tariffs (subsidies to clean energy production) on Indonesia’s economy, within the context of static computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis.<br/><br/>In the first study, we investigate the impacts of increasing the public consumptions on …
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