Rachel Thrasher
Biographic Data
| ID | 6748021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Thrasher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Thrasher |
| SIGNATURE | THRASHER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6649-075X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Policy responses to Covid-19
BACKGROUND: During the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost millions of lives around the globe, caused major morbidity and provoked widespread economic and social disruption. In response, governments have enacted policies to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This research focuses in on policies aimed at increasing access to essential health products and services by comparing them to the global rules governing trade, investment and i…
Trade Liberalization and Fiscal Stability in Developing Countries
This paper evaluates the evidence as regards the extent to which trade liberalization has led to a decline in tariff revenue, total tax revenue, government expenditure, and government debt. Conventional theory generally predicts that when tariff losses do occur, they may be recouped through better forms of taxation – though a more sophisticated body of theory suggests otherwise. The empirical evidence is also mixed. Theory driven ex‐ante models o…
Impacts of intellectual property provisions in trade treaties on access to medicine in low and middle income countries
Measuring the Negotiation Burden of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The Global Environmental Governance (GEG) system has grown significantly since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In this paper we analyze ten leading Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), reviewing various quantitative indicators (related to time, resources and commitment) to chart their evolution and to measure the “negotiation burden” that the burgeoning GEG system is imposing on states…
Measuring the Negotiation Burden of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The Global Environmental Governance (GEG) system has grown significantly since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In this paper we analyze ten leading Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), reviewing various quantitative indicators (related to time, resources and commitment) to chart their evolution and to measure the “negotiation burden” that the burgeoning GEG system is imposing on states…
Measuring the Negotiation Burden of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The Global Environmental Governance (GEG) system has grown significantly since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In this paper we analyze ten leading Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), reviewing various quantitative indicators (related to time, resources and commitment) to chart their evolution and to measure the “negotiation burden” that the burgeoning GEG system is imposing on states…
Impacts of intellectual property provisions in trade treaties on access to medicine in low and middle income countries
Trade Liberalization and Fiscal Stability in Developing Countries
This paper evaluates the evidence as regards the extent to which trade liberalization has led to a decline in tariff revenue, total tax revenue, government expenditure, and government debt. Conventional theory generally predicts that when tariff losses do occur, they may be recouped through better forms of taxation – though a more sophisticated body of theory suggests otherwise. The empirical evidence is also mixed. Theory driven ex‐ante models o…
Policy responses to Covid-19
BACKGROUND: During the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost millions of lives around the globe, caused major morbidity and provoked widespread economic and social disruption. In response, governments have enacted policies to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This research focuses in on policies aimed at increasing access to essential health products and services by comparing them to the global rules governing trade, investment and i…
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Free trade (2 works) · International economics (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Chart (1 work) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (1 work) · Commercial policy (1 work)