International economics

Der langjährige Chefredaktor der NZZ am Sonntag greift das wohl aktuellste politische Thema der Schweiz auf: das Ringen um einen institutionellen Rahmen für die Beziehungen zu Brüssel.

The chapters in this book are based on papers prepared for a conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, held at the bank September 23-25, 1987, to review and compare monetary policy experiences of Pacific Basin countries during the past 15 years.

This book reviews the background and evolving features of Sino-African relations, exploring various stages over the past 50 years.

This book builds upon a wide variety of academic and professional resources to offer an in-depth analysis of the nature, causes, and consequences of major business and technology trends of our time.

The author narrates the end of the European crisis from the June 2012 European Council summit through the bailout of Cyprus.

As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation.

Chinese foreign economic policy before 1978 has been considered isolationist and centered on Maoist self-reliance.

Ukraine suffered unprecedented political, economic, and military turmoil following Russia's annexation of Crimea in early 2014.

As part of its EU strategy, the Swiss government commissioned several research projects covering the most important aspects of economic integration.

Since the late 1970s, the spread of Neo-liberalism and the failure of socialist economies and systems in Eastern Europe have resulted in a practically unchallenged hegemony of international capital across the globe.

Veteran options trader Dan Passarelli explains a new methodology for option trading and valuation.

HANSGENBERG An international monetary system should provide a stable and predictable environment for international trade and investment.

New Institutional Arrangements for the World Economy Hans-Jiirgen Vosgerau, Konstanz I.

Cloud Systems in Supply Chains explores the risks that could face supply chain firms if their implementation of cloud systems is not carefully managed or if not appropriately selected and supported.

This unique book investigates the implications of the rising importance of supra-national regional organizations for global governance in general, and for the United Nations, in particular.

Following the financial crisis at the end of the twentieth century, regionalisms in the global political economy have evolved in a number of ways.

The author of this book is the original proponent of China's exchange rate system reform announced in 2005.

A new look at the leadership of Greek ship owners in world shipping in the second half of the twentieth century.

This book examines the impact of globalization on the Indian economy, exploring the trade, investment and financial aspects of globalization, and also considering its implications for the balance of payments and currency exchange rate.

Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Silk Road Economic Belt component of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative at Kazakhstan in 2013.

Questions of power are central to understanding global trade politics and no account of the World Trade Organization (WTO) can afford to avoid at least an acknowledgment of the concept.

This book offers an assessment of the benefits and contemporary relevance of free trade.

Restructuring Japanese Business for Growth consists of eighteen previously unpublished invited chapters by experts on Japanese business.

Das Buch behandelt Fragen internationaler Währungs- und Finanzbeziehungen, wobei auch die Rolle der Entwicklungsländer im internationalen Kapitalverkehr in verschiedenen Kapiteln eingehend thematisiert wird.

Portfolio theory and much of asset pricing, as well as many empirical applications, depend on the use of multivariate probability distributions to describe asset returns.

Thisbook provides the first comprehensive analyses of the challenges all Europeanwelfare systems have been facing since 2007, combining in-depth country-basedstudies and comparative chapters.

This book looks at early modern China in some of its most complicated and intriguing relations with a world of increasing global interconnection.

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.

Logistics are a critical element for country competitiveness and economic performance, including poverty reduction.

Originally published in 1985, this volume examines the determinants of transport energy consumption and discusses policies which could modify rising transport energy consumption while still providing the transport services necessary for economic development.

This book studies China's Belt and Road Initiatives and the country's neighboring diplomacy.

The response from the jewelry industry to a campaign for ethically sourced gold as a case study in the power of business in global environmental politics.

This book examines the economic impact of changes in the global demand and supply for fossil fuels both on the major producers in Middle Eastern countries around the Persian Gulf, other producers, as well as the world at large.

Handbook of Commercial Policy explores three main topics that permeate the study of commercial policy.

First published in 1964, Was Stalin Really Necessary?

This book is a pivotal publication that seeks to improve food security in the conditions of escalating protectionism in global agricultural trade.

Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy analyzes critical topics of contemporaneous capitalism.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the law surrounding PPPs in the Middle East and North African region.

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.

The Pacific region is in the final stage of the demographic transition with declining fertility and expanding life expectancy, where significant changes in population size and age distribution, i.

This volume is both a tribute to and study of the French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi.

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Structural exchange rate modeling has proven extremely difficult during the recent post-1973 float.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on sustainably fostering Africa's regional trade agenda.

A 2005 investigation of the economics and politics of preferential trade agreements in the multilateral trade system.