Term Paper Links for PA 856: Trade, Competition, and Governance in a Global Economy
This site provides term paper resources for students in PA 856
at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison for Fall 2006 Semester
Note: Inclusion of a document in this list does not mean I agree or disagree with the views contained therein.
Agriculture
Outsourcing
- Amiti and Wei, "Fear of Service Outsourcing: Is It Justified?" IMF Working Paper No. 04/186 (September 2004).
- Amiti and Wei, "Service Offshoring, Productivity, and Employment: Evidence from the United States," IMF Working Paper No. 05/238 (December 1, 2005).
- Mankiw and Swagel, "The Politics and Economics of Offshore Outsourcing," NBER Working Paper No. 12398 (July 2006).
- "The Economics of Offshoring," Economist, Sept. 16, 2004.
- SURVEY: OUTSOURCING - A world of work," Economist (11/11/2004) [Note: Subscription required]
- Sources for SURVEY: OUTSOURCING," Economist.
The Rise of Bilateralism
- CBO, 2003, “The pros and cons of pursuing free-trade agreements,” Economic and budget issue brief, July 31, 2003.
- WTO page on Regional Trading Arrangements
- A.O. Krueger, "Free Trade Agreements versus Customs Unions," NBER Working Paper No. 5084 (April 1995).
- McMahon, "The Rise in Bilateral Free Trade Agreements," Backgrounder (June 13, 2006)
- "Exclusive: Not all trade agreements are good," Economist (11/18/2004)
- "Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States," CRS Report RL32322 (October 24, 2005).
- "Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Chile: Labor Issues," CRS Report RS21560 (September 12, 2003).
- "U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement," CRS Report RS22391 (September 22, 2006).
- "U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement," CRS Report RL33328 (October 10, 2006).
- "The Proposed U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement," CRS Report RL33445 (September 21, 2006).
- "Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy," CRS Report RL31356 (August 1, 2006) .
Trade and the Environment
PA856 Trade, Competition and Governance in the Global Economy/ UW Madison / mchinn@lafollette.wisc.edu / 25 November 2006