CV and list of publications, Arne Melchior. Education: Professional experience:

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1 CV and list of publications, Arne Melchior Arne Melchior, born 1953, Norwegian citizen, married, three sons, current address: Hjortev. 2, N-0852 Oslo, Norway. Phone , mobile Office address: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, P.O.Box 8159 Dep., N-0033 Oslo, Norway. Phone (direct), (operator), fax , Current position: Senior Researcher, Department for International Economics, NUPI. Education: 1997: Dr. Polit., Dept. of Economics, University of Oslo. Thesis: On the Economics of Market Access and International Economic Integration. 1990: Cand. Polit., economics, University of Bergen. 1981: Certificate of Advanced European Studies, Brügge, Belgium, specialisation: International economics. 1979: Cand. Mag. Degree, University of Oslo (sociology) and University of Bergen (philosophy, economics, additional course in statistics). If needed, certificates and marks may be provided. Professional experience: 1989-currently NUPI, Senior Researcher; former positions: Research associate , Head of Department February 2005, Assistant Director Research Assistant, the Norwegian Fund for Market and Distribution Research Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Shipping. Positions as Executive Officer, Senior Executive Officer and Head of Division. Area of work: International trade policy, trade negotiations (also heading some negotiations). Main topics: Bilateral and multilateral negotiations under the MFA/GATT Agreement on textiles. Import policies in general. Trade with developing countries. Sanctions against South Africa Teaching at various institutions, including higher level courses in international economics, University of Oslo, Also teaching in statistics, international negotiations Part-time work as journalist, Studentforum and Dagbladet, equivalent to one year of full-time work. Selected publications and papers (sorted by topic and date) Note E=publications in English; N=in Norwegian, with English translation of titles. Note: The list does not include a number of shorter articles, book reviews etc. Work in progress E Born Global or Local? Technology, Market Structure and Export Performance in the Information Technology Industries (with Vibeke Øi), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, forthcoming, E Product Innovation, Marketing and the Pattern of International Trade, processed, E Trade Policy Democracy: The Norwegian Experience. Processed, E Norway s salmon exports to the EU: The impact of a new minimum price regime, processed, 2005 E Poverty Measurement and the Millennium Development Goals, paper to NORAD, draft July

2 International trade, economic geography, trade policy and industrial structure E The Norwegian import regime for agriculture, NUPI Paper No. 684, E North-South Trade and Wages with Complete Specialisation: Modifying the Stolper-Samuelson Relationship, NUPI Working Paper No. 666, N Internationalisation of the information technology industries: Myths and facts, pp in H. Godø (ed.), ICT after the dot-com-bubble, Gyldendal akademisk, N Economies of scale in the exporting activity, Økonomisk forum 3/2003, pp E Sunk Costs in the Exporting Activity: Implications for International Trade and Specialisation, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper No. 634, E Learning, Networks and Sunk Costs in International Trade: Evidence from Norwegian Seafood Exports (with Hege Medin), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI Report No. 272, E Industrial heterogeneity of the Norwegian ICT industry: An exploratory survey on Norwegian firms, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper No. 641, N Policy measures affecting Norway s seafood exports, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper No. 640, E Globalisation and industrial location: The impact of trade policy when geography matters. NUPI Working Paper No. 608/ Also presented at the EEA annual meeting in Spain, September E Patterns of agglomeration in European industry: Has integration led to more or less centralisation? Paper to the CEPR/Arne Ryde Foundation Symposium in Lund, E Centres and peripheries in European trade. Paper to the Nordic Workshop in International Economics, Stockholm, March N Trade policy and internationalisation, pp i Rødseth, A. and Christian Riis (eds.). Markets, resources and distribution: Essays in applied economics. Artikler i anvendt økonomi, Oslo: AdNotam Gyldendal 1998, ISBN E Market size effects as an explanation of the gravity relationship in international trade. Paper to the conference International Trade and Market Structures, Le Mans N Melchior, A. and Victor D. Norman (eds.), From GATT to WTO. Trade Policy Challenges at the 50 th Anniversary of GATT, Oslo: NUPI 1998, ISBN E Fagerberg, J., Lundberg, L., Hansson, P. og Melchior, A. (eds.) (1997): Technology and international trade. Cheltenham UK/Brookfield US: Edward Elgar. ISBN E New theory and evidence on the standard good hypothesis, pp in Fagerberg, J., Lundberg, L., Hansson, P. og Melchior, A. (ed.) (1997): Technology and international trade. Cheltenham UK/Brookfield US: Edward Elgar. E On the economics of market access and international economic integration, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Economics, University of Oslo. Submitted September 1996, published in the series Økonomiske Doktoravhandlinger (Ph.D. Dissertations in Economics) No. 36/97. xv+317 p. E Gravity reconsidered: The role of geography and country size in intra-european trade. Mimeo, 1997, 39p. E Export specialisation in small countries: A case for the standard goods hypothesis? Determinants of Norwegian trade specialisation NUPI Report No. 184/94. E Intra-industry trade: A matter of scale or skills? Evidence from Norwegian data NUPI Report No. 183/94. E Country size, industry characteristics and intra-industry trade under monopolistic competition. NUPI Working Paper No. 519/94. 20p. Global inequality and income distribution E (with Kjetil Telle) Politics versus Science: A response to Anders Lundkvist, Forum for Development Studies 1/2002 pp E Global Inequality: Perceptions, Facts and Unresolved Issues, World Economics 2(3): ,

3 E E E Global Income Distribution : Convergence and Marginalisation (with Kjetil Telle), Forum for Development Studies 1/2001. Globalisation and inequality world income distribution and living standards, Oslo: Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Report 6b/2000, authors: Melchior, A (main author), K. Telle and H. Wiig. Globalisering og ulikhet - verdens inntektsfordeling og levestandard Oslo: Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Report 6a/2000, authors: Melchior, A., K. Telle and H. Wiig. Author of Chapter 1: Globalisering og ulikhet: Et riss av noen mulige sammenhenger, and Chapter 4: Levekår og inntekt - to sider av samme sak? Regional integration E GSP in the spaghetti bowl of trade preferences, NUPI Paper No N EFTA Free Trade Agreements: Impact for Norway. NUPI Working Paper No. 658, E A Global Race for Free Trade Agreements: From the Most to the Least Favoured Nation Treatment? NUPI Working Paper No. 653, N The enlargement of the EU and market access for Norwegian seafood exports, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper No. 639, N Regional trade blocs a threat to the global trading system?, pp in Melchior, A. and Victor D. Norman (ed.), From GATT to WTO trade policy challenges at the 50 th anniversary of GATT, Oslo: NUPI E Regionalisation in Asia - theoretical and empirical aspects. Pp in Knudsen, O.F. (ed.) (1997), Regionalism and regional cooperation. Oslo: NUPI, ISBN N Bingen, J. and Melchior, A. (eds.) (1997): Multi-speed Europe Consequences for Norway. Oslo: NUPI/Europa-Programmet. ISBN N EEA as an alternative in the light of a changing EU. Chapter VIII, pp in Bingen, J. and Melchior, A. (eds.) (1997): Multi-speed Europe consequences for Norway. Oslo: NUPI/Europa- Programmet. E Regional trading blocs and the world trade system. Paper to the 19 th national meeting for economists, Bergen, 6-7 January N Two essays on EU s trade policies: Fortress Europe the threat that never came about. EU s antidumping policy and Norway. NUPI Working Paper No. 520/94. 27p. N The Nordics in the EU: Common goals or conflicting interests? Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Årbok 1992 (published 1993), E The microeconomics of 1992: What the Cecchini report failed to settle. Pp i Fagerberg, J. og Lundberg, L.: European Economic Integration: A Nordic Perspective. Avebury, N The Nordic at low gear or high speed in the new Europe? Economic aspects of Nordic relations to the EU. Oslo: Europaprogrammet, Working paper 8/92. E Country size and foreign trade: Will the EFTA countries be the winners of 1992?" 28s. Paper to the conference "European integration from a Nordic perspective", Stockholm, June N EEA a cuckoo in EFTA s nest? Norway and the negotiations on the European Economic Area. Oslo: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Årbok 1990, June 1991, pp N Foreign trade with imperfect competition: Models for the impact of Nordisk Tidsskrift for Politisk Økonomi (Nordic Journal of Political Economy) 25/26, 1990, N Welfare effects of EU s internal market. Internasjonal Politikk 1/1990, E Economic gains from 1992: Some notes on the Cecchini report. The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm, Working paper no. 276/ p. Trade/developing countries E The future of Norway s GSP system, NUPI Paper No. 680b, Aslo Norwegian version: Norges tollpreferanser for import fra utviklingsland, NUPI Paper No. 680a, E Trade policy differentiation between developing countries under GSP schemes, NUPI Paper No. 685, N Globalisation and labour standards: A look at East Asia. Internasjonal Politikk 57/3 (1999):

4 N International trade and labour standards: Free trade or boicott? pp in Andvig, J.C., B. Grimsrud and A. Melchior, Trade policy and labour rights, Oslo, Fafo/NUPI 1998, Fafo report 244/ NUPI Report 231 (ISBN ). N The Norwegian miracle: Norway s trade with East and South East Asia Pp in Internasjonal Politikk No. 3/97. N The Norwegian miracle: Norway s trade with East and South East Asia NUPI Working Paper No. 577/97. 54p. E Grimsrud, B. and Melchior, A. (eds.) (1997), Child labour and international trade policy. Oslo: Fafo/NUPI, ISBN E Child labour and trade policy, pp in Grimsrud, B. and Melchior, A. (ed.) (1997), Child labour and international trade policy. Oslo: Fafo/NUPI. N Grimsrud, B. and Melchior, A. (eds.) (1996), Child Labour in International Trade and Norwegian Imports. Fafo Report 187 (ISBN )/ NUPI Report 197 (ISSN ). N Child labour and trade policy, pp in Grimsrud, B. and Melchior, A. (ed.) (1996), Child Labour in International Trade and Norwegian Imports. Fafo report 187 / NUPI Report 197. N The Uruguay Round: The impact on textile trade. Pp in GATT, the developing countries and the environment. Report from a conference on Oslo, October Arranged by Verdens Naturfond (WWF), Idégruppen Nord/Sør, Alternativ Handel, Mellomkirkelig Råd, ForUM for Utvikling og Miljø. N Developing country trade, regionalisation and discrimination. Perspectives after the Uruguay Round, Internasjonal Politikk 4/94, E Helping your industry at the greatest cost: The story of Norwegian textile quotas. Oslo: NUPI report No. 171/1993, 100p. N The trade policy for textiles: A costly form of industrial support. NUPI Working Paper No. 486/1992, 36p. N The impact of quotas on low-cost imports of clothing. A study of the cost of discriminatory trade policies, with estimates on price elasticities for Norwegian imports p. Master thesis in economics, University of Bergen, E Promoting imports from developing countries. 46p. Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Development Cooperation, Evaluation Report no. 6/87. E Co-author of Gjølberg, O., E. Lindstrøm, A. Melchior and Ø. Strøm, Vekst gjennom handel: Hvordan øke Norges handel med utviklingslandene? Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Development Cooperation, Evaluation Report no. 6B/87, 189p. Globalisation, general E Global finance: Beyond the Washington consensus, Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Governance Studies, Report No. 8, E Nation states, global markets and inequality: Policy issues and institutional challenges, Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Governance Studies, Report No. 1, Consultancy, various commissioned papers, miscellaneous (only ) E The Fishy Story about Tariffs in World Seafood Trade, paper to FAO, draft October E WTO NAMA negotiations: Linking formulas and sectorial tariff elimination, paper written for the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, January E Tariffs facing imports from developing countries into Norway, paper written for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August E Sectorial Tariff Elimination at the WTO: A Statistical Note, paper written for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, June N Trade policy and Norways s development friendliness, pp in Borchgrevink, A, and K.F. Hansen, Common fight against poverty? Critical assessments of the Government White Paper on development, NUPI Report No. 281, E The WTO tariff negotiations: A formula approach to special and differential treatment, paper for the Ministry of Fisheries,

5 N Tariff negotiations at the WTO: Methods for special and differential treatment of developing countries, paper written for the Ministry of Fisheries, E The Development Friendliness Index: A Comment, note written for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, N EU and Norway s seafood industry: Free market access not in sight, Horisont, Næringspolitisk tidsskrift, 3/2003 Årgang 4, N The impact for Norwegian seafood exports of tariff reductions in the WTO, paper written for the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (EFF),