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Arne Melchior
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(+47) 997 91 209
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P.O. Box 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway
Visiting address:
C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
News
[2012-02-23]
Presentation/ seminar (see link to project below): Norway’s trade with the poorest – between profits and development.
[2012-01]
Start-up for new project on international food trade, funded by Research Council of Norway and with UMB (University of Life Sciences, Ås) and Kyiv School of Economics as main partners.
[2011-12-02]
Seminar ISEC, Bangalore: External trade and internal geography: Lessons from research on Europe, China and India.
Current research
Melchior recently completed project Norway's imports from developing countries and the GSP, which investigated the Norwegian trade with low-income countries.
During 2008-2010, a main research focus has been the development of "geographical economics" in order to examine how domestic regional inequality is affected by globalisation. In various projects, large-scale numerical models have been used as a platform for empirical analysis of data at the subnational regional level. In the project ENEPO (EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development) such methods were used in the analysis of European integration and regional inequality.
In the project "Asia: Regionalisation and the seafood sector", a world trade model with 166 countries and regions is used to analyse regional disparities in China. In the project "GRANITE - Globalisation and the grassroots of India" a similar approach is used in the analysis of growth diffences and poverty in the states of India.
In addition, trade policy issues have been examined in various projects during 2008-2010; the latest example being the project "Trade preferences for the Least Developed Countries' exports of services".
Formal education
[1997]
Dr. polit., University of Oslo, Dept. of Economics. Dissertation: On the Economics of Market Access and International Economic Integration.
[1990]
Cand. polit, economics, University of Bergen, Norway, specialisation in economics, thesis: On the impact of quotas on low-cost imports of clothing
[1981]
Certificate of Advanced European Studies, Bruges, Belgium. Specialisation: International economics.
Professional experience
[1989-]
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow/Head of Department/Assistant Director at NUPI
[1981-1987 ]
Senior Executive Officer/Head of Division, Ministry of Trade and Shipping, Norway
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- Melchior, Arne
(2011). India, Kina og Øst-Asia: Hvor sterke er vindene fra øst? ,
i Internasjonal Politikk 3/2011
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 517-525.Kina og India blir ofte presentert som to alen av samme stykke når det gjelder økonomisk utvikling. Arne Melchior nyanserer dette bildet. Han viser at Kina vokser langt raskere enn India og minner om at de to kjempene er blant verdens største også når det gjelder absolutt fattigdom. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2011). East-West Integration: A Geographical Economics Approach,
in Dabrowski, M. and Maliszewska, M. (ed.) EU Eastern Neighborhood. Economic Potential and Future Development.
.Heidelberg,Springer.p. 23-44.In this chapter, Arne Melchior poses the question: Does European economic integration create more inequality between domestic regions, or is the opposite true? [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2010). Globalisation and the provinces of China: the role of domestic versus international trade integration,
Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies, vol. 8, no. 3
.Routledge.p. 227-252.Regional disparities are particularly high in some larger emerging economies, such as Russia and China, and inter-provincial inequality in China has increased rapidly after 1990. In the literature, a statistical link between globalisation and increased regional disparities in China has been established, but not the precise mechanisms and causal relationships. In this paper, we therefore simulate a world trade model with 166 countries and regions in order to shed light on these mechanisms and the future development of regional disparities in China. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2007). Det globale handelssystemet i krise? Om WTOs problemer og de handelspolitiske alternativene,
i Våre interesser i en bedre organisert verden
.Oslo,Utenriksdepartementet.p. 83-90. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2007). Trade policy democracy: The Norwegian experience,
in Mark Halle and Robert Wolfe (eds.), Process Matters. Sustainable Development and Domestic Trade Transparency
.Winnipeg,IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development).p. 99-142.The article examines institutions and participants in Norway’s decision-making process on trade policy in 2004, based on interviews and other sources. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2007). The Most and the Least Favoured Nations: Norway's Trade Policy in Perspective,
in The World Economy. Global Trade Policy 2006, David Greenway (ed.)
.Oxford,Blackwell Publishing.p. 29-46. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2007). Micro-dynamics of international trade: Evidence from seafood exports,
in F. Asche, ed., Primary Industries Facing Global Markets
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 168-189. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2006). The Most and the Least Favoured Nations,
The World Economy, vol. 29, no. 10
.p. 1329–46. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2004). Handelspolitikken og Norges "utviklingsvennlighet",
i A. Borchgrevink og K.F. Hansen, red., Felles kamp mot fattigdom? Kritisk blikk på regjeringens utviklingsmelding. NUPI-rapport nr. 281
.Oslo ,NUPI.p. 67-77. [url] - Melchior, Arne , Kjetil Telle
(2001). Global Income Distribution 1965-98: Convergence and Marginalisation,
Forum for Development Studies, vol. 28, no. 1
.Oslo,NUPI.p. 75-98. [Full-text version] [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2001). Global Income Inequality: Perceptions, facts and unresolved issues,
World Economics, vol. 2, no. 3
.Oxford,The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy.p. 87-108. [Full-text version] [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2000). Globalisering og ulikhet: Et riss av noen mulige sammenhenger,
i Arne Melchior, Kjetil Telle og Henrik Wiig, Globalisering og ulikhet - verdens inntektsfordeling og levestandard, 1960-1998, Rapport 6a:2000
.Oslo,Utenriksdepartementet.p. 15-33. [url] - Melchior, Arne
(2000). Levekår og inntekt - to sider av samme sak? ,
i Arne Melchior, Kjetil Telle og Henrik Wiig, Globalisering og ulikhet - verdens inntektsfordeling og levestandard, 1960-1998, Rapport 6a:2000
.Oslo,Utenriksdepartementet.p. 76-99. [url]
Books and reports
- Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl, Sverre Lodgaard, Arne Melchior, Karl Rich, Elana Wilson Rowe, Ole Jacob Sending (2012). BRICS, Energy and the New World Order . Oslo, NUPI. 39 pages. In this report, NUPI researches examines various aspects of the issue BRICS and global energy.
- Melchior, Arne , Karl Rich, Brian Perry (2012). Norway's trade with the least developed - between profit and development politics. Oslo, NUPI. 142 pages. The report analyzes barriers to trade faced by the least developed countries. In spite of large trade preferences on certain agricultural products, trade to Norway remain modest. Why is this so, and what can be done to increase trade?
- Melchior, Arne , Åshild Johnsen (2011). The Doha negotiations in the WTO. Oslo, NUPI. 35 pages. Rapporten ser på muligheter for reduksjoner i bundet toll på sjømat i Doha-runden i WTO og hva dette kan bety for norsk sjømateksport.
- Melchior, Arne , Christopher Stevens, Åshild Johnsen (2010). Services and Development. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI]. 135 pages. The report examines the role of international trade in services for development, and possible measures in GATS (the General Agreement on Trade in Services) to promote development through services trade.
- Melchior, Arne [ed.] (2007). WTO eller EU-medlemskap? Norsk fiskerinæring og EUs handelsregime. Oslo, NUPI. 66 pages. Rapporten presenterer nye analyser av EUs tollregime for fisk, inkludert virkningen av tollkvoter, WTO-liberalisering og EUmedlemskap.
- Leira, Halvard , Axel Borchgrevink, Nina Græger, Arne Melchior, Eli Stamnes, Indra Overland (2007). Norske selvbilder og norsk utenrikspolitikk. Oslo , NUPI. 44 pages. NUPI-rapport. Rapporten presenterer et bredt bilde av norsk utenrikspolitikk med utgangspunkt i et sett utenrikspolitiske selvbilder og praksiser.
- Melchior, Arne (2006). Tariffs in World Seafood Trade. Roma, FAO . 43 pages. FAO Fisheries Circular nr. 1016. Report on tariffs in world seafood trade
- Medin, Hege , Arne Melchior [ed.] (2002). Learning, Networks and Sunk Cost in International Trade. Oslo, NUPI. 107 pages. NUPI-report. An analysis of learning, networks and costs in Norwegian fish exports.
- Melchior, Arne , Kjetil Telle, Henrik Wiig (2000). Globalisering og ulikhet - verdens inntektsfordeling og levestandard, 1960-1998. Oslo, Utenriksdepartementet. 126 pages. Rapport 6a:2000 . Denne studien undersøker om det har blitt mer eller mindre global ulikhet i perioden fra 1960-tallet til 1998.
- Melchior, Arne , Kjetil Telle, Henrik Wiig (2000). Globalisation and Inequality: World Income Distribution and Living Standards, 1960-1998. Oslo, Utenriksdepartementet. 42 pages. Studies on Foreign Policy Issues, Report 6B: 2000. This study examines whether global inequality has increased or decreased during the period from the 1960s until 1998.
Working Papers
- Melchior, Arne (2012). World Trade 1970-2010: Globalisation, Regionalisation and Reallocation. NUPI Working Paper: 805. 30 pages. Using data for more than 200 countries, split into nine regions, NUPI researchers study world trade in goods during 1970-2010. The largest changes are the declining relative importance of Western Europe, and the increasing role for Asia.
- Melchior, Arne , Karl Rich, Brian Perry (2012). A case study of Norway’s beef trade from developing countries. NUPI Working Paper: 796. 31 pages. This working paper provides information on Norway’s beef trade in the context of GSP.
- Melchior, Arne (2010). Globalisation, Domestic Market Integration, and the Regional Disparities of India. NUPI Working Paper: 780. 59 pages. India's growth has been accompanied by growing regional disparities. The paper shows that increased international trade is hardly the reason; the explanation is more likely related to regional differences in skills, investment and infrastructure. If growth is to reduce poverty, India should strengthen integration between its states and not only the international trade.
- Melchior, Arne (2008). European Integration and Domestic Regions: A Numerical Simulation Analysis. NUPI Working Paper: 749. 60 pages. This paper uses large-scale model simulation in order to derive theoretical predictions about how international integration affects regional inequality both across and within nations.
- Melchior, Arne (2008). East-West Integration and the Economic Geography of Europe. NUPI Working Paper: 750. 52 pages. Growth in European regions has a distinct pattern during 1995-2006, with higher growth to the west and east of a longitude passing through Germany and Italy. The paper shows how European integration may explain this pattern.
- Melchior, Arne (2008). Regional Inequality and Convergence in Europe, 1995–2005. NUPI Working Paper: 748. 39 pages. The paper presents new results on within-country regional inequality in per capita income for 36 countries during 1995-2005; focusing on Europe but with some non-European countries included for comparison.
- Melchior, Arne (2007). Aid for Trade and the Post-Washington Confusion. NUPI Working Paper: 715. 58 pages. Analyses the relationship between openness and economic growth and the need for ”aid for trade”.
- Melchior, Arne (2006). WTO-forhandlingene om markedsadgang for industrivarer og fisk (NAMA). NUPI Working Paper: 698. 33 pages. An overview of the WTO negotiations on market access for manufacturing and some studies of the impact of liberalisation.
- Melchior, Arne (2005). The Norwegian import regime for agriculture. NUPI Working Paper: 684. 25 pages. Examines Norway’s level of import protection in agriculture and its significance for developing countries.
- Melchior, Arne (2005). GSP in the "spaghetti bowl" of trade preferences. NUPI Working Paper: 683. 19 pages. Compares market access for developing countries in Norway, EU and the USA, and maps the network of trade preferences.
Popular publishing
- Melchior, Arne (2012). Fra t-skjorter til teknologi. Dagens Næringsliv, 18. June
- Melchior, Arne (2010). The role of trade integration for regional disparities in India. Policy Brief October 2010, 30. October
- Melchior, Arne (2009). "How Corruption May Corrupt". Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 67 nr. 4, s. 797-799, bokanmeldelse, 17. November
- Melchior, Arne (2009). Europe's recent transition: growth, convergence and regional disparities. CASE Network E-briefs, 30. June
- Melchior, Arne (2009). Hvem har hørt om Heilongjiang? Kina og India: land eller kontinenter i utenrikspolitikken?. i Wilson Rowe, Elana, Benjamin de Carvalho [red.] Norge og BRIK-landene, Oslo, NUPI, s. 31-38, 22. April
- Melchior, Arne (2007). Reservations about free trade and development. Globale Norge - hva nå?, 6. December
- Melchior, Arne (2007). Det globale handelssystemet i krise?. Globale Norge - hva nå?, 6. December