💰 THE ROLE OF GRAVITY MODELS IN ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BREXIT

- Graham Gudgin
CBR, University of Cambridge
gg14@cam.ac.uk

- Ken Coutts
CBR, University of Cambridge
kjc1@cam.ac.uk

- Neil Gibson
Ulster University Economic Policy Centre
n.gibson@ulster.ac.uk

- Jordan Buchanan
Ulster University Economic Policy Centre

Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge
Working Paper No. 490 (2017)

LINK: https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/centre-for-business-research/downloads/working-papers/wp490.pdf

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● Jie Yu, “After Brexit: Risks and Opportunities to EU–China Relations”. Global Policy, Vol. 8, nº S4 (2017) 109–114.

Abstract

As a result of Brexit, China faces both enormous economic challenges and political uncertainties in future relations with its largest trading partner, the EU. But while the UK's vote to leave creates an unexpected dilemma for the Chinese leadership, whose EU policy focuses largely on gaining vast market access, it also presents a rare opportunity for China to harness its policy instruments and diversify its initiatives to pursue its economic goals with European partners. As a pre-condition to achieving the desired outcome, however, Beijing will need to untangle its foreign policy decision-making processes. Against this backdrop, the author will illuminate post-Brexit Sino–British relations and reflect on the possible impacts of Brexit upon future relations between Beijing and Brussels. A second section will analyse the very complex foreign policy making mechanism in Beijing in terms of its economic policy goals with the EU.

Consultar: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.12440/full  

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Where Home Meets Hotel: Regulating tourist accommodationsin the age of Airbnb

by Sarah Griffiths
LINK: https://app.box.com/s/4qv9aktyd65b00azh58bazgkh80gpnua

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European Parliament: MEP’s Questions & Answers (Food Law) No. 2/2017

Non-exhaustive list of MEP’s Questions & Answers compiled taking into account their relationship with food law, without any political or party preference:

- E-000488-17- Potential harmful effects of the additive E171
- E-000132-17- Free trade negotiations and endocrine disrupters
- E-000134-17- Risk posed by Salmonella infantis in chicken
- E-000097-17 - Reducing calories in food
- E-009771-16 - Presence of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sweets
- E-009744-16 - Establishment of nutrient profiles
- E-009744-16 - Food packaging containing BPA
- E-009658-16 - Promoting good practice in the production of foie gras
- E-009639-16 - Reassessment of additives
- E-009617-16 - Risk of furan in food
- E-009615-16 - Labelling of bakery products
- E-009589-16 - Italian Government's communication plan to encourage young people to eat                          meat
- P-009556 - 16 Rejection of European rooted vines by Argentinian plant health authorities
- P-009492-16 - Impact of CETA on the EU's agri-food sector
- E-009393-16 - Cooked cured pork products: interpretation of Point 7 of Part A of Annex VI                           to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
- E-009365-16 - Adverse impact of the regulation on the provision of food information to                                 consumers
- E-009333-16 - Food Contact Materials (FCMs)
- E-009312-16 - Increase in food waste as a result of plastic containers
- P-009317-16 - Bird flu: high risk on French farms
- P-009190-16 - Measures to control Salmonella infantis

Consultar: https://app.box.com/s/rns4ftua8d42iwgvik1wg3icmcbfz2s8 

© Luis Gonzalez Vaque 2017 - DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35973.35047

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Collaborative Consumption: A Proposed Scale for Measuring the Construct Applied to a Carsharing Setting

Helena Dall Pizzol, Stefânia Ordovás de Almeida and Mauren do Couto Soares

Abstract:

In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards greater collaboration in various spheres of society, in which the creation of value from shared resources while balancing self-interestand community well-being is emphasized. Consumption has ceased to be characterized exclusively bythe purchase and possession of goods; instead new collaborative initiatives represented by exchanges, loans, renting, and other forms of sharing that allow consumers access to a good or service only in the time they are necessary have appeared. However, few studies have attempted to measure the reasons that lead consumers to practice collaborative consumption. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to propose a scale that measures the motivators, facilitators, and constraints for this mode of consumption. For this, a study was conducted among carsharing users in Brazil, which aimed to purify and validate the proposed scale. The results indicate that collaborative consumption applied to a carsharing setting is composed of six dimensions and confirm the validity and reliability of the studied construct. The discussion highlights the study findings and offers suggestions for further research into this topic.

Keywords: consumer behavior; collaborative consumption; carsharing

See more at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8575198/8575198-6266578935463583744

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● András Sebők y otros, “Industry Guidelines for developing products with health claims”. Pathway27 (2017) 107 págs.

Consultar: https://app.box.com/s/syt43v2rm3cnl1jx1v5x5x4roj1hvpqu

● Martín Molinuevo, “Brexit: Trade Governance and Legal Implications for Third Countries”. World Bank Group (2017) 19 pp.

Abstract

While precise impact of Brexit on the EU/UK trade and investment agreements with third countries will depend primarily on the terms of the withdrawal agreement to be concluded between them, most scenarios suggest an extensive process of amendment of the text and/or commitments in multilateral and bilateral agreements. At the multilateral level, the UK will remain a WTO Member, but will no longer be represented by the EU. The separation of the UK obligations from the current EU lists of concessions and schedules of commitments will require amendments that, particularly regarding subsidies and quotas, may lead to a broader renegotiation process requiring consensus of all interested WTO members. At the bilateral level, the status of current EU PTAs with regard to the UK and its trading partners remains uncertain: Some elements suggest that these PTAs may no longer be valid for the UK, or that, even if legally valid, they will no longer cover the relationship between the UK and the third country. Further, EU agreements focusing on goods only will no longer apply to the UK. For these agreements to continue to apply, the UK and the third country will need to amend some aspects of the text of the agreement as well as of the lists of commitments. Investment treaties concluded by the UK with third countries will remain valid, and no amendment is in principle necessary. Parties could require amendments to the text of the treaty, due to a fundamental change in circumstances. LDCs and developing countries who benefit from the EU GSP will continue under this regime for the remaining EU member, but that GSP framework will no longer be applicable to the UK. 

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See more at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/26351/WPS8010.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y