Index
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absorptive capacity
accountability
accounting
Advocate-General (EU)
Africa
mergers and acquisitions (19902006)
remittances versus FDI
SPS measures (compliance costs)
age
agents
Aghion, P.
agricultural production
net exporters (Central America)
agriculture
skilled employment
trade agreements (EU-Central America)
water use
Aguilar, C.
see also
Akhtar, S.
Albania
Albaum, G.
Albaum, G., et al. (2005)
Duerr, E.
Strandskov, J.
Algeria
Alicante system (trademarks)
lvarez, I.
Alvarez-Pelaez, M.
analogous country/surrogate country
selection
selection (USA)
Angola
animal health/welfare
Annheuser Busch Brewing Association v. United States (1907)
anti-competitive practices
anti-dumping
countervailing duties and non-market economies
defensive approach (commitment of Vietnam in Protocol of Accession to WTO)
US law
see also
Anti-Dumping Act (USA) (1916)
see also
anti-dumping investigations
analogue country
anti-dumping legislation
anti-dumping measures
anti-dumping procedure
Antoni, C.
ECJ definition
Lisbon Agreement (1958)
see also
Applied Tariffs Database
appropriate level of protection (ALOP)
minimization of negative trade effects
SPS Agreement
Argentina
Armenia
Arrhenius, S.
Arrow effect
Asakura, H.
Asia
Basel II (implementation)
CDM
GHG emissions
leverage ratios and pricing of banks transactions
mergers and acquisitions (19902006)
assembly operations
assets
depreciation
financial (world distribution)
initial
intangible
net per capita
on-balance-sheet
real rate of return
risk-adjusted
assists
association agreements
Association des Constructeurs dAutomobiles Europens (ACEA)
list of members
Association des Constructeurs dAutomobiles Europens: Voluntary Agreement (VA, 1998)
full title
monitoring
outcome
assumptions
agents equally skilled
cap-and-trade mechanism
cessation of innovation
education policies
elasticity of labour (innovative versus imitative)
European Commission
FDI
financial side of economy
human capital differentials
innovations (immediate availability)
labour market clearing
marketing
marketing orientation
prices (identical unitary)
productivity of production technology
profits
rate of time preference for a given firm
relational marketing
risk-sharing between bank and borrowers
tax competition
technical consultants (to European Commission)
technological frontier
technology transmission (perfect)
trade barriers
water intensity
atmosphere
Australia
Austria
Auto Emissions 2000 (conference, 1992)
Auto-Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Programme (AQIRP, USA)
Auto-Oil experiment
Auto-Oil I Programme
Auto-Oil II Programme
outcome
automobile industry
environmental policy directed at (classical context)
automobiles
emissions
motor technologies
motor vehicles
size
vehicle technology
Avlonitis, G.
Azerbaijan
backwardness advantage
Bahamas
balance of payments difficulties
Balance of Payments Manual (IMF)
balance sheets
balanced growth path
Balassa Index (BI)
Baltic States
bananas
Bangladesh
bank guarantee
Bank for International Settlements
banking
Basel II
competitive equality
deregulation
emerging economies
Islamic
macro-prudential indicators
markets versus regulation (balance)
national supervisory capacity
bankruptcy law
banks
Asian
assets (risk-weighted)
assets and liabilities
capital (historical statistics)
capital adequacy
charges and commissions
corporate governance
European
guarantee of remittance to seller
interbank lending
issuing and/or confirming
lending standards
leverage levels
leverage ratios and pricing of transactions
market risks
miscellaneous
off-balance-sheet exposure
on-balance-sheet exposure
relationships with counterparties
risk management
technical capacity
USA
Barcelona Declaration (2002)
Barro, R.
Basel: Financial Stability Institute
Basel I (1988)
capital-to-assets ratios
low-risk exposures
objectives
Basel II (2006)
Advanced Measurement Approach (operational risk)
banking in emerging economies
capital adequacy
capital requirements for operational risk
developing countries (difficulties confronting)
development dimension
development financing
financial turmoil (USA)
Internal Ratings-Based Approach: Advanced version
Internal Ratings-Based Approach: Foundation version
future regulatory agenda
implementation (current status)
implementation (USA, 2007)
implementation in developing countries (issues related to cyclical effects)
minimum capital requirements
objectives
Pillar 1 (minimum regulatory capital)
Pillar 2 (supervisory review)
Pillar 3 (transparency)
securitization exposures
Standardized Approach (credit risk)
Standardized Approach (operational risk)
Basel III (prospective)
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
credibility
extension of membership (advocated)
Basel Indicator Approach
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW)
Becker, G.
behavioural perspective
Belarus
Belgium
Bellman equation
Bnassy, J.-P.
Berck, P.
Beretta, L. C.
Bernardo, T., et al. (2003)
Aguilar, C.
Flores, L.
Lamb, J.
Karpati, J.
Velez, J.
Bernd Giloy ruling (ECJ 1997)
Berne Convention (1886)
Berry, L.
Bertrand paradox
best-available technology (BAT)
bicycles
Binding Tariff Information
biofuels
biomass
biotechnology
Bologna Accord (1999)
border agencies
bovine hides
Brack, D.
Bradford, D. F.
brain drain
brand cohesiveness
brand identity
brand management
organizational design
coherence
definition
leverages
brands
Braulke, M.
Brazil
breach of contract
Bredahl, M.
Bremmer, B.
Bretton Woods system
Britain see
British Retail Consortium (BRC)
Brussels
Bullinger, H.-J.
Burns, T.
business
consultations with WTO
European governance
internationalization
miscellaneous
non-judicial remedies
right to review (customs decisions)
right to review (Revised Kyoto Convention)
strategic partnership with WCO
trade facilitation
water and
see also
business cycle
business graduates
business operators
detailed instructions to forwarders
business risk
business services
business strategies
business transactions
aims of parties