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Title:Public lies and public goods : ten lessons from when patents and pandemics meet Author(s):DRAHOS, Peter
Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2021/05Abstract:The paper examines three decades of the history of patents and pandemics that begins with the HIV/AIDS pandemic and TRIPS. This history demonstrates that the patent system is itself a huge source of risk when it comes to ...
Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2021/05Abstract:The paper examines three decades of the history of patents and pandemics that begins with the HIV/AIDS pandemic and TRIPS. This history demonstrates that the patent system is itself a huge source of risk when it comes to ...
Title:COVID-19, public procurement regimes and trade policy Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SHINGAL, Anirudh ; EKNATH, Varun; ERESHCHENKO, ViktoriyaDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/72; Global Governance Programme-416; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Using weekly data on ...
; SHINGAL, Anirudh ; EKNATH, Varun; ERESHCHENKO, ViktoriyaDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/72; Global Governance Programme-416; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Using weekly data on ...
Title:The law of contracts in the age of the coronavirus pandemic : is the statutory risk allocation pursuant to the Swiss Code of Obligations still adequate? Author(s):JENTSCH, ValentinDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2020/09Abstract:Pacta sunt servanda – agreements must be kept. This general principle of civil law requires that both or all parties to commercial contracts are expected to meet their contractual obligations, at least as long as performance ...
Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2020/09Abstract:Pacta sunt servanda – agreements must be kept. This general principle of civil law requires that both or all parties to commercial contracts are expected to meet their contractual obligations, at least as long as performance ...
Title:How did trade in GVC-based products respond to previous health shocks? : lessons for COVID-19 Author(s):SHINGAL, Anirudh ; AGARWAL, PrachiDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/68; Global Governance Programme-415; [Global Economics]Abstract:Using difference-in-difference analysis, we examine how trade in GVC-based products may have responded to two previous health shocks - SARS and MERS. Our identification strategy exploits differences in the time period of ...
; AGARWAL, PrachiDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/68; Global Governance Programme-415; [Global Economics]Abstract:Using difference-in-difference analysis, we examine how trade in GVC-based products may have responded to two previous health shocks - SARS and MERS. Our identification strategy exploits differences in the time period of ...
Title:COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies Author(s):ANDERSON, Bridget; POESCHEL, Friedrich Gerd ; RUHS, Martin Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/57; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic ...
; RUHS, Martin Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/57; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic ...
Title:The Covid-19 vaccine production club : will value chains temper nationalism? Author(s):EVENETT, Simon; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; ROCHA, Nadia; RUTA, MicheleDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/36; Global Governance Programme-441; [Global Economics]Abstract:In the first two months of 2021, the production of COVID-19 vaccines has suffered setbacks delaying the implementation of national inoculation strategies. These delays have revealed the concentration of vaccine manufacture ...
; ROCHA, Nadia; RUTA, MicheleDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2021/36; Global Governance Programme-441; [Global Economics]Abstract:In the first two months of 2021, the production of COVID-19 vaccines has suffered setbacks delaying the implementation of national inoculation strategies. These delays have revealed the concentration of vaccine manufacture ...
Title:Value chain approaches to reducing policy spillovers on international business Author(s):FINDLAY, Christopher; HOEKMAN, Bernard M. Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/49; Global Governance Programme-407; [Global Economics]Abstract:Government policy can add to the costs of doing international business. It can distort the construction of and raise the costs of operation of global value chains (GVCs), to the detriment of the participating economies. ...
Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/49; Global Governance Programme-407; [Global Economics]Abstract:Government policy can add to the costs of doing international business. It can distort the construction of and raise the costs of operation of global value chains (GVCs), to the detriment of the participating economies. ...
Title:Quantifying barriers to movement of service suppliers and examining their effects Author(s):SHINGAL, Anirudh Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/64; Global Governance Programme-412; [Global Economics]Abstract:The importance of services trade and “servicification” of economic activity has grown in countries overtime. However, regulatory and administrative barriers to the movement of service suppliers have meant that “Mode 4” ...
Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/64; Global Governance Programme-412; [Global Economics]Abstract:The importance of services trade and “servicification” of economic activity has grown in countries overtime. However, regulatory and administrative barriers to the movement of service suppliers have meant that “Mode 4” ...
Title:On the need for unification in European contract law : excuses of contractual performance and remedies for breach of contract in times of pandemic Author(s):JENTSCH, ValentinDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2021/07Abstract:The sanctity of contracts, a guiding principle of contract law in civil law systems, requires that both or all contracting parties be expected to meet their contractual obligations, thereby ensuring efficacy and efficiency ...
Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2021/07Abstract:The sanctity of contracts, a guiding principle of contract law in civil law systems, requires that both or all contracting parties be expected to meet their contractual obligations, thereby ensuring efficacy and efficiency ...