International economics

The book argues that international investment law is a structured body of law based on uniform principles of investment protection.

In recent years the countries of southern Europe have undergone, with varying intensity, a serious and prolonged economic crisis.

Given China's rapid development, many observers assert that world economic growth and key economic indicators are now depending on the country alone, including the prospects of the dollar, the Euro, oil prices, industrial commodities, global equity markets and bond prices.

This 2006 book explores the nature of the cybersecurity problem for nations and addresses possible solutions.

Transforming Capitalism addresses the challenges to shareholder capitalism.

Originally published in 1993, this book provides an excellent analysis of commodity policies internationally during the late 20th Century.

Can China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promote sustainable development, alongside its primary aims of increasing commercial connectivity with China's partners?

Writing Global Trade Governance operationalises a key post-structuralist methodology in order to expand understanding on the institution at the heart of the global political economy.

The decade of the 1970s was one of turbulence in international monetary arrangements - the exchange rates fluctuated through a wide range, national price levels more than doubled fueled partly by several oil price shocks, and the external debts of the developing countries increased from $120 billion to

This volume is devoted to those areas that can advance our understanding of international business.

Have you ever wondered what a term in international economics means?

Since late 2008, relations between the United States and South Korea have been arguably at their best state in decades.

In development literature Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is traditionally considered to be instrumental for the economic growth of all countries, particularly the developing ones.

Financial markets across the Arabian Peninsula have gone from being small, quasi-medieval structures in the 1960s to large world-class groupings of financial institutions.

It would be difficult to examine interest- free alternative fi nancial systems without reviewing the evolution of debt; thus, this book offers a chronological account of the development of interest- bearing debt and contributors offer their take on how the issue of interest has been addressed throughout medieval and modern civilizations.

This book, first published in 1905, examines the encroachment of monopoly upon the principle of competition in the industrialised world.

Gathering contributions from leading academics and international trade experts from South Asia, this book is dedicated to the late Dr.

This book explores the economic challenges involved in managing hydrocarbon wealth in the Caspian region, and looks at how to design an optimal energy policy.

This book brings together selected papers from the The Vietnam-EU Economic and Trade Forum 2023 jointly organized by the VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB, Vietnam) and Krakow University of Economics (Poland).

Contains the complete and official texts of the WTO Agreements, collated in one volume.

Gathering contributions from leading academics and international trade experts from South Asia, this book is dedicated to the late Dr.

Maritime transport is one of the most ancient supports to human interactions across history and it still supports more than 90% of world trade volumes today.

Many years on after the 2007-8 financial crisis, most developed nations still find themselves in a state of weak recovery, high debt pile-up and distributive disparity.

This volume is a history of economics - as it was interpreted, discussed and established as a discipline - in the 20th century.

While free trade agreements and other intermediary trade agreements allow emerging nations increased access to markets, many low- and middle-income countries lack the capacity required to meet global standards.

This book analyses the discharge of debts procedure in relation to insolvent entrepreneurs, covering the protection of human rights under insolvency law.

This book investigates the relationship that Multinational Corporations form with Local Authorities and governments in West Africa.

Originally published in 1973 this book discusses whether the ordinary manager can exploit the power of computers without being overwhelmed by them, a question which still has enduring relevance today.

The collapse of communism in Central, East and South-East Europe (CESEE) led to great hopes for the region and for Europe.

This engaging and accessible book is a must-read for every economics student.

Taliban's return to power in August of 2021 caused everyone to ask why the two decades of institution building in Afghanistan failed.

Informed by world-systems analysis, this book examines the shifting patterns of accommodation and resistance to the offshore world, with a particular focus on Mauritius as a critical but underappreciated offshore node mediating foreign investment into India and Africa.

Whereas there is plenty of work looking at macroeconomic effect of public spending on growth and poverty in Africa as well as studies of the impact of spending or investment in one economic sector on outcomes in that sector or on broader welfare measures, this book fills a much needed gap in the research looking how the composition of public spending affects key development outcomes in the region.

Asian Inward and Outward FDI brings together both works from researchers in international business and economic geography.

Procedural issues are an area of increasing complexity and concern in modern investment arbitration, and one in which very little guidance currently exists.

This book looks at the banking and finance industries in Italy and how these industries contribute to the Italian economy.

A remedy for the gap between micro and macro data, making measures of inequality and national income consistent with each otherIncreasing inequality, the impact of globalization, and the disparate effects of financial regulation and innovation are extraordinarily important topics that fuel spirited policy debates.

This book provides a definitive account of the recent history of the International Monetary Fund, and the successes it has enjoyed since it was founded.

A sweeping history of the drama, intrigue, and rivalry behind the creation of the postwar economic orderWhen turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict.

With the negotiation of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the policies affecting access to, and conditions of competition in, service markets are today firmly rooted in the multilateral trading system.

The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping.

This title was first published in 2002.

The recent economic development of the Yemen Arab Republic is in stark contrast to the centuries of isolation that had marked the country prior to the 1962 Revolution.

Development Corruption in South Africa examines governance matters with a focus on corruption.

This book provides an up-to-date assessment of the main processes and dilemmas of regional development and regional policy in the newer European Union Member States in Central and Eastern Europe and neighbouring countries.

How can private equity investors exploit investment opportunities in foreign markets?

This volume considers how different jurisdictions are integrated economically whilst at the same time maintaining regulatory pluralism and diversity.