Economics & Trade

This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and cartoons, the book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881323535Author Nancy BirdsallFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Peterson Institute for International EconomicsPublisher The Peterson Institute...

Utility regulation has become not only a major area for academic research but an important economic policy issue. Every year the Institute, in conjunction with the London Business School, publishes a volume of Readings which provides an intellectual...

Two years after the worst economic crisis since the great depression, economic growth has resurfaced across the world, but with significant variation. This timely book illustrates that although mature economies (the EU in particular) are still...

As economists and policymakers strive to understand the causes of the global financial crisis, pinpointing the relationship between government size and economic growth is crucial. In this incisive economic study, Andreas Bergh and Magnus Henrekson find...

Globalization, privatization, and liberalization of energy markets are dramatically changing the nature of services to the energy sector. But the providers of the services underpinning the production, transport, and distribution of energy are likewise...

In this work, the authors examine the problems that are likely to delay China's accession to the World Trade Organization. They propose guidelines for how the WTO should address the accession of not only China, but of other non-market economies as well...

In this action-filled journey through tomorrow's headlines, award-winning journalist John Fialka reveals a secret war that jeopardizes the economic security of the United States and the livelihood of millions of Americans. The battlefield is now economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393091380Author Bela A. BalassaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 351g

This study into regulatory reform shows that technological impacts on the economic benefits and costs of regulation and a deeper understanding of the social effects of the regulatory institution are driving policymakers to question the familiar and to...

The author argues that a tax on imports commensurately creates a tax on exports, and that trade imbalances reflect capital flows between countries.Book InformationISBN 9780844770796Author Douglas A. IrwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint AEI...

This volume explores the claims of proponents of free-trade areas and analyzes two principal initiatives associated with recent US trade policy: NAFTA and APEC. The authors conclude that the US should reject preferential trading in favour of the more...

By the year 2010, experts say, China may be the world's largest economy, with a prosperous middle class conducting business throughout East Asia and the world. Beyond MFN explores America's increasingly important relationship with the world's most...

Despite the passage of NAFTA and other recent free trade victories in the United States, former U.S. trade official Alfred Eckes warns that these developments have a dark side. Opening America's Market offers a bold critique of U.S. trade policies over...

Between 1941 and 1946, in response to the devastation caused by World War II, memories of the Great Depression, and the prospect of Soviet expansion, a group of politicians, diplomats, and economists in the United States and Great Britain sought to...

In the aftermath of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Mexican and U.S. political leaders, business executives, and ordinary citizens shaped modern Mexico by making industrial capitalism the key to upward mobility into the middle class, material prosperity,...

In this study, Claude Barfield explores the negative consequences of attempts to protect key U.S. manufacturing industries through the use of antidumping laws. These laws are one of the most contentious areas of international trade policy. Barfield...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684825281Author Kenichi OhmaeFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525562979Author Finbarr LiveseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977842674Author Morrison BonpasseFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Single Global Currency AssociationPublisher Single Global Currency...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987984715Author Jason InchFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Inchina PublishingPublisher Inchina PublishingWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986291715Author Eric MajorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint XT Blue IncorporatedPublisher XT Blue IncorporatedWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692841129Author Ted WeiheFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Model Boats from Around the WorldPublisher Model Boats from Around the WorldWeight(grams)...

At the end of the 20th century, Japan is once again at a crossroads, undergoing fundamental transformation, as it did when it opened its doors to trade in the 19th century and renounced its feudal past, or when it rose from the ashes of World War II as a...

Combining trenchant commentary with first-person reporting, Marshall I. Goldman provides the clearest picture yet of how Boris Yeltsin took on the task of reforming the Russian economy and what happened along the way. Goldman has added a new chapter for...

The Washington Post called The Long Boom "a future-history and a challenge"-and that is exactly what it is: the story of the world's future, powered by emerging technologies, and a political vision that can help realize an era of unprecedented...

Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance (APBBEF) is a series designed to focus on interdisciplinary research in finance, economics, and management among Pacific Rim countries. All articles published are peer-reviewed and recommended by...

An outline of all the contracted obligations of former recognized Chinese governments and China's potential financial capacity.Book InformationISBN 9781512811070Author Arthur Gardiner CoonsFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Pennsylvania...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788190583534Author Amitendu PalitFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Anthem Press IndiaPublisher Anthem Press

Comprising contributions by internationally well-known scholars, the volume addresses important themes. Section on ""Human Development"" covers issues such as education, health and governance. Adding to the widely discussed theme...

The selected papers in this volume were prepared under the research project on "EU Eastern Neighborhood: Economic Potential and Future Development (ENEPO)" funded by the EU Sixth Framework Program. They discuss the broad spectrum of development...

Origin Management describes a holistic approach that allows internationally operating companies to benefit from reduced import duty rates within Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Through the creation of a single, auditable, and global platform, companies are...

Economic globalisation is a long-term international process in which the roles of the EU, ASEAN, Korea, Japan and China are of increasing importance. Trade dynamics and foreign investment, as well as regional policy cooperation in Europe and Asia, are...

This book offers a framework for analyzing the increased economic integration of countries which is mainly driven by multinational enterprises. They compete with other companies from different countries on many markets and through various channels. The...

Against the background of the introduction of the Euro in 1999, France, Germany and Italy have recently experienced higher divergence in terms of GDP growth. Based on a set of original papers produced by a team of economists from the three main...

The author presents an empirical study on Vietnam's national competitiveness by using mixed methods research (qualitative and quantitative) with a combination of hard and soft data. The result shows that production resources (human, infrastructure,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857285683Author Juan E. CorradiFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 590g

Outstanding social scientists (economists, sociologists, political scientists, and policy researchers) discuss in this book the issue of the social aspects of European integration. For each field, they sketch out the main problems, provide a survey on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906387808Author Samir AminFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Pambazuka PressPublisher Pambazuka PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 129mm * 198mm *...

'India and the Global Financial Crisis' offers a collection of essays based on the speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2003 and September 2008, a period of rapid growth for the Indian...