Economics & Trade

This book is for people who want to understand modern trade theory, particularly the Melitz model. It lays out Melitz theory from first principles and relates it to earlier theories of Armington and Krugman. For trade theory specialists, the book...

Latin America was one of the regions least affected by the global financial crisis of 2008. During this time of widespread economic downfall, Latin America continued to achieve an annual growth rate of around 5%. Latin America after the Financial Crisis...

This volume uses cutting-edge theory and empirical analysis of channels of international interaction to build new knowledge about strategies of entrepreneurs, domestic and multinational firms, governments, and international organizations facing...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), officially unveiled in 2013, is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign and economic policy initiative to achieve improved connectivity, regional cooperation, and economic development on a trans-continental...

The International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series explores the latest developments in political economy. This twelfth volume presents a collection of eight papers, analysing the emergence and economic problems of the emerging economies during...

The Report on the State of the European Union examines the progress of European integration and focuses on economic aspects of the process. This third volume in the series explores the EU in light of the current crisis.Book InformationISBN...

This volume is the fourth instalment of the 'Report on the state of the European Union' series. Its shows that if the EU does not want to be ruled by crisis any longer, it must invest in sustainability, political, economic, social and environmental...

The Arab region has become a hotbed of economic growth in recent decades. While this growth has indisputably brought in wealth, there are still countless questions about the characteristics, constraints, and implications of the region's systems of...

This book explores the new macroeconomics of the European Monetary Union. It carefully discusses the effects of shocks and policy measures on em ployment, prices, and the current account. Take for instance a shock or a policy measure in a specific union...

An Empirical Investigation of Stock Markets: The CCF Approach attempts to make an empirical contribution to the literature on the movements of stock prices in major economies, i.e. Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA. Specifically, the cross-correlation...

This book focuses on the systematic change in the global economy accompanying the rise of China. Once China has the same huge and advanced economy as the U.S., the global economy's current one-center system will have a chance to change: China will...

The Fifth Enlargement that took place in 2004 and 2007 was a milestone in the history of the European Union. Not only because of the large number of acceding countries but also because of their recent political and economic experience. Ten of them had...

This book examines foreign direct investment in a changing world economy. It offers case-studies of this investment in different national and industrial contexts. Firms and countries have encountered mixed results in using this investment to further...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349050505Author Giuseppe TullioFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 197g

This work contains papers presented at a conference held in March 1988. It chronicles the efforts of four countries - Austria, Finland, Hungary and Yugoslavia - to develop economic ties with both the East and the West. Topics covered include the...

This book tries to build a broad view on industrial processes of large economies and their integration in the world. It provides insight into the industrialization progresses of the quartet of USA, China, Germany and Japan, all attaining individual...

In this much-needed book, Graham Dunkley challenges the oft-repeated notion that free trade and global integration are the best means of development for all nations at all times - an idea that has proved even more misguided in the wake of the global...

This book establishes a new, holistic framework for disaster recovery and mitigation, providing a multidisciplinary perspective on the field of risk management strategies and societal and communal resilience. Going beyond narrow approaches that are all...

In this book Australian economist, Graham Dunkley, explains and critiques the crucial concept of free trade. A policy of free trade is central to today's world-dominating globalization project. The more euphoric globalists uncritically assume that it has...

Russia's post-reform crisis can be alleviated. The country has the market, the abundant natural resources and the human skills that foreign investors seek. What it needs is policies that enhance FDI inflows. Policy-makers can learn from the other large...

A great deal of public policy is harnessed to raising productivity growth. Although it is believed that the process is intimately linked to globalization, the precise links are less well known. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of links between...

How competitive is the UK economy? Is it capable of responding successfully to shocks emanating from abroad? The five case studies prepared for this volume identify the main problem areas which currently affect the ability of the UK to sustain a...

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Country risk has been a key notion for economists, financiers, and investors. Norbert Gaillard defines this notion as "any macroeconomic, microeconomic, financial, social, political, institutional, judiciary, climatic, technological, or sanitary...

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy...

The creation of the European Economic Community and the gradual achievement of a Common Market in connection with this Community raises not only economic but numerous legal problems as weIl. In fact, the Treaty of Rome and the various regulations,...

The Economics of European Agriculture explains the demand and supply characteristics of agricultural markets, as well as government intervention in agriculture, with an emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan...

This book addresses three big economic challenges from a dynamic perspective: European integration, economic growth, and global climate change. In the light of the recent crises of the European Union (EU), the first part of the book deals with challenges...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349164905Author E. LundbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 599Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 768g

Since their explosion in the mid-1990s, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have turned into a global phenomenon with growing prevalence. A large number of theoretical and empirical studies focus on cross-border deals from several perspectives, such as...

The Economics of Producing Defense: Illustrated by the Israeli Case begins with an overview of the development of defense economics as a sub-discipline of the general theory of economics, and points at the new challenges it is facing in the post-Cold War...

Main Economic Policy Areas of the EC: After 1992 is a completely rewritten version of past editions. It examines successes and problems associated with the EC's main economic policy areas and makes proposals for the future. For the first time, a chapter...

This book features the main papers of Gunter Schmoelders (1903-1991), a pioneer in economic psychology, for the first time in English. Schmoelders' research on 'fiscal psychology' is of particular and lasting interest, impacting greatly on continental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349089949Author Leonard GomesFormat PaperbackPage Count 323Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 424g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949443066Author Huong HaFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Business Expert PressPublisher Business Expert PressWeight(grams) 152g

This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349091959Author Bishara A. BahbahFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 292g

This text contains theoretical contributions and analysis by a group of leading economists who examine the changes that have taken place in the field of international trade in recent years and attempt to relate recent developments in intra-industry trade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349091652Author A. M. El-AgraaFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 488g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009397704Author Menzie D ChinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 517Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press