@techreport{Wilckens2007Should,
abstract = {This paper develops a model of the WTO dispute settlement process (DSP) to study the recent proposal by legal scholars to subsidize litigation costs. The high cost of litigation, so the argument, is a major obstacle for developing countries to using the DSP to enforce developed countries? compliance with WTO rules. The paper shows that this proposal may be misguided. In particular, a reduction of litigation costs may lead large countries to impose larger trade impediments where before they may have raised barriers only a little. Thus, a cost reduction may even weaken the smaller countries? position in the DSP. Moreover, the model sheds light on the structure of the dark figure of un-accused offenses, suggesting that the observed record of disputes notified to the WTO is systematically biased.},
author = {Sebastian Wilckens},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F13; 330; Developing Countries; Dispute Settlement; GATT/WTO; Tariff Retaliation; Trade Disputes; Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit; WTO-Regeln; Gerichtliche Prozesskosten; Subvention; Retorsionsma\ss{}nahme; Nord-S\"{u}d-Beziehungen; Extensives Spiel; Theorie; Entwicklungsl\"{a}nder; Industriestaaten},
language = {eng},
number = {2007,02},
title = {Should WTO dispute settlement be subsidized?},
type = {Economics working paper / Christian-Albrechts-Universit\"{a}t Kiel, Department of Economics},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22020},
year = {2007}
}
