Alan Sykes

Stanford University - Law School

Professor of Law

559 Nathan Abbott Way

Stanford, CA 94305-8610

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1.

Trips, Pharmaceuticals, Developing Countries, and the Doha 'Solution'

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Feb 2002
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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WTO, licensing, patent, intellectural property, developing nations

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Optimal War and Jus Ad Bellum

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 211; U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 63
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 May 2004
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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laws of war, United Nations

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The Economics of WTO Rules on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Jun 2003
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international trade, GATT, SCM, GATS, world trade organization

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'Currency Manipulation' and World Trade

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'Currency Manipulation' and World Trade

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 363, Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 43
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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International Trade, WTO, China, currency manipulation, subsidies

"Currency Manipulation" and World Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w14600
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 25 May 2022
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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The Economics of Public International Law

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 13 Jul 2004
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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customary law, strategic alliances, laws of war, international trade, international investment, international antitrust, human rights law, conflicts of law, international commons

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International Trade and Human Rights: An Economic Perspective

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Jun 2003
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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economic development

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The Safeguards Mess: A Critique of WTO Jurisprudence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jun 2003
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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tariffs, steel industry, GATT

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The Questionable Case for Subsidies Regulation: A Comparative Perspective

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 380
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Aug 2009
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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An Economic Analysis of State and Individual Responsibility Under International Law

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An Economic Analysis of State and Individual Responsibility Under International Law

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 279, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 318
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 Feb 2006
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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The Internet and the Dormant Commerce Clause

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Nov 2000
Jack Landman Goldsmith and Alan Sykes
Harvard Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Public vs. Private Enforcement of International Economic Law: Of Standing and Remedy

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international trade, international investment, international law of trade and investment

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Efficient Breach of International Law: Optimal Remedies, ‘Legalized Noncompliance,’ and Related Issues

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 546, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 409
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2011
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Trade Remedy Laws

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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WTO, international trade, GATT, ADA, SCMA

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Economic Foundations of the Law of the Sea

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 504, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Dec 2009
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Terrorism and Insurance Markets: A Role for the Government as Insurer?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jul 2002
Alan Sykes and Anne Gron
Stanford University - Law School and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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9/11, risks, insurance

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Governmental Liability for Breach of Contract

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Governmental Liability for Breach of Contract

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 17 Apr 1999
Daniel R. Fischel and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Governmental Liability for Breach of Contract

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 313-385, 1999
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Daniel R. Fischel and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University - Law School

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Governmental Liability for Breach of Contract

Posted: 29 Jul 2000
Daniel R. Fischel and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University - Law School

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Collecting the Rent: The Global Battle to Capture MNE Profits

Tax Law Review, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 18-38, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 527
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2019
Joseph Bankman, Mitchell Kane and Alan Sykes
Stanford Law School, New York University (NYU) and Stanford University - Law School
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international tax, antirust, trade, multinational enterprises

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Voting Rules in International Organizations

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 673, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 458
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Jan 2014
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Economic 'Necessity' in International Law

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-04, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 474
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2015
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international investment law, optimal contracting, necessity, Argentina

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The Persistent Puzzles of Safeguards: Lessons from the Steel Dispute

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 13 May 2004
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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WTO, steel industry, safeguard measures

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The Assault on Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions and the Patient's Bill of Rights

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The Assault on Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions and the Patient's Bill of Rights

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Dec 2000
Richard A. Epstein and Alan Sykes
New York University School of Law and Stanford University - Law School
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The Assault on Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions and the Patient's Bill of Rights

Posted: 05 Mar 2002
Richard A. Epstein and Alan Sykes
New York University School of Law and Stanford University - Law School

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When is International Law Useful?

NYU Journal of International Law & Politics, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-23
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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International law, international trade, international investment

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Corporate Liability for Extraterritorial Torts Under the Alien Tort Statute and Beyond: An Economic Analysis

Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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International Trade and Domestic Regulation

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International Trade and Domestic Regulation

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 387, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1504913
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2009
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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international trade, regulation, national treatment, technical barriers to trade

International Trade and Domestic Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w15541
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2021
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Strict Liability Versus Negligence in Indiana Harbor

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 332
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jan 2007
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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Transnational Tort Litigation as a Trade and Investment Issue

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 331, Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 41, The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 339-378, 2008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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The Law and Economics of 'Forced' Technology Transfer and Its Implications for Trade and Investment Policy (and the U.S.-China Trade War)

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 544, Journal of Legal Analysis, 2021
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international trade, international investment, China, trade war, technology transfer

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Optimal Sanctions in the WTO: The Case for Decoupling (and the Uneasy Case for the Status Quo)

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 379
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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International Law and the Limits of Macroeconomic Cooperation

University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 609, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 396, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 431
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Eric A. Posner and Alan Sykes
University of Chicago - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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Antitrust Issues in Two-Sided Network Markets: Lessons from in Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-45
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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antitrust, two-sided markets, credit card industry

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Brief of Amici Curiae Economists in Support of Petitioners, Bell Atlantic V. Twombly

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Jan 2009
William J. Baumol, Michael J. Boskin, Robert W. Crandall, Kenneth G. Elzinga, David S. Evans, David S. Evans, Gerald R. Faulhaber, Franklin M. Fisher, Luke M. Froeb, Richard Gilbert, Paul L. Joskow, Michael L. Katz, Paul R. Milgrom, Thomas G. Moore, Janusz A. Ordover, Robert H. Porter, Frederic M. Scherer, Richard Schmalensee, Marius Schwartz, David S. Sibley, Vernon L. Smith, Edward A. Snyder, A. Michael Spence, Pablo T. Spiller, Alan Sykes, David Teece and Michael D. Whinston
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University College LondonGlobal Economics Group, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Deceased, Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Stanford University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Georgetown University - Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Economics, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group, Stanford University - Law School, Institute for Business Innovation and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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Twombly, Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic v Twombly, Amici Curiae, Sherman Section 1

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The Economic Structure of International Investment Agreements with Implications for Treaty Interpretation and Design

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2020
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international investment, investor-state dispute resolution, national treatment, most-favored nation, expropriation, regulatory chill

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United States Courts and the Optimal Deterrence of International Cartels: A Welfarist Perspective on Empagran

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United States Courts and the Optimal Deterrence of International Cartels: A Welfarist Perspective on Empagran

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1617, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 340, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 338, Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009
Alvin K. Klevorick and Alan Sykes
Yale University - Law School and Stanford University - Law School
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The Limited Economic Case for Subsidies Regulation

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 472
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2015
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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WTO, subsidies

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International Cooperation on Migration: Theory and Practice

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-32
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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The Political Economy of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An Exploratory Analysis

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 519
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2018
Rebecca Perlman and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Foreign Corrupt Practices, Corruption, Bribery, International Political Economy

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Regulatory Consistency Requirements in International Trade

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 502
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Jan 2017
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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Short Supply Conditions and the Law of International Trade: Economic Lessons from the Pandemic

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 556
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2020
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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WTO, international trade, escape clauses, COVID-19

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An Economic Perspective on As Such/Facial versus As Applied Challenges in the WTO and U.S. Constitutional Systems

The Journal of Legal Analysis, 2014
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Jan 2014
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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As such challenge, facial challenge, as applied challenge, WTO, US constitution

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The International Law and Economics of Buy American (Domestic Content) Requirements

Sharing the Gains of the U.S./Global Economy: Proceedings of the New York University 70th Conference on Labor, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2018
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School
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international trade policy, domestic content requirements, government procurement, Buy American

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The Economic Structure of International Trade-In-Services Agreements

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The Economic Structure of International Trade-In-Services Agreements

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 503
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jan 2017
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 552
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2020
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements

NBER Working Paper No. w22960
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2021
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Non-Violations

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2013
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Disputes in International Investment and Trade

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Disputes in International Investment and Trade

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 553
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2020
Ralph Ossa, Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Disputes in International Investment and Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w27012
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2022
Ralph Ossa, Robert Staiger and Alan Sykes
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Dartmouth College and Stanford University - Law School
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How Important Can the Non-Violation Clause Be for the GATT/WTO?

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How Important Can the Non-Violation Clause Be for the GATT/WTO?

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Jul 2013
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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GATT, WTO, dispute resolution, non-violation doctrine

How Important Can the Non-Violation Clause Be for the Gatt/Wto?

NBER Working Paper No. w19256
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2022
Robert W. Staiger and Alan Sykes
Stanford University and Stanford University - Law School
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Comparative Advantage and the Normative Economics of International Trade Policy

Law, Probability and Risk, Vol. 1, pp. 49-51, July 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School

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The Economics Structure of Renegotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Wto/Gatt System

Posted: 04 Apr 2002
Warren F. Schwartz and Alan Sykes
Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford University - Law School

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Subrogation and Insolvency

Posted: 05 Oct 2001
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School

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Regulatory Competition or Regulatory Harmonization? A Silly Question?

Posted: 17 Sep 2000
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School

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Regulatory Protectionism and the Law of International Trade

University of Chicago Law Review, Winter 1999
Posted: 24 Nov 1999
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School

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The (Limited) Role of Regulatory Harmonization in International Goods and Services Markets

Posted: 01 Apr 1999
Alan Sykes
Stanford University - Law School

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