Government pandemic response strategies for AEC enterprises: Lessons from COVID-19

SH Zamani, RA Rahman, MA Fauzi… - Journal of engineering …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Policymakers are developing government-level pandemic response strategies
(GPRS) to assist architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) enterprises. However, the …

The global minimum tax raises more revenues than you think, or much less

E Janeba, G Schjelderup - Journal of International Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The OECD's global minimum tax (GMT) of 15% on what is deemed excess profit of
multinationals aims to reduce profit shifting to low-tax jurisdictions.. We study the revenue …

WTO Reform: Back to the Past to Build for the Future

B Hoekman, PC Mavroidis - Global Policy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since its formation, with a few notable exceptions, WTO members have not been able to
negotiate new rules on policies that generate negative international spillovers. The Doha …

Plurilateral cooperation as an alternative to trade agreements: Innovating one domain at a time

B Hoekman, C Sabel - Global Policy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At the end of 2017 different groups of WTO members decided to launch talks on four
subjects, setting aside the WTO consensus working practice. This paper argues that these …

Modeling COVID-19 impacts and response strategies in the construction industry: PLS–SEM approach

AR Radzi, RA Rahman, S Almutairi - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Policymakers are developing response strategies to reduce the impacts of COVID-19.
However, developing response strategies without considering their relationships with the …

Deglobalisation and protectionism

U Dadush - 2022 - econstor.eu
Trade in goods has slowed markedly since the global financial crisis (GFC), but there is no
deglobalisation: most countries have seen increased international integration across nearly …

Geopolitical competition, globalisation and WTO reform

BM Hoekman, PC Mavroidis, DR Nelson - The World Economy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses options to manage spillovers of unilateral trade policies motivated by
national security and other non‐economic objectives on global trade and investment. Within …

Informal learning and WTO renewal: Using thematic sessions to create more opportunities for dialogue

R Wolfe - Global Policy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 'Thematic sessions' bring dynamism to WTO by allowing committees to consider
what works well under an agreement, including sharing experiences with implementation …

Impacts and response strategies of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry using structural equation modeling

MA Kassem, AR Radzi, A Pradeep, M Algahtany… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most serious global health crises. It has had a
massive impact on the global workforce and workplaces, causing enormous changes in the …

Stakeholder preferences and priorities for the next WTO Director General

M Fiorini, B Hoekman, PC Mavroidis, D Nelson… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on the results of an expert survey to solicit views on what WTO members
and the international trade community consider the most important attributes of the Director …