International economics

As the centre of world economic development has shifted towards Asia over the last two decades, many Asian countries have witnessed rapid growth in economic and business operations.

China's rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we are in the early stages of a transition in power relations.

The Routledge Handbook of Africa-Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive way.

This collection reflects on contemporary and contentious issues in international rulemaking in regards to pharmaceutical patent law.

Export Credit Agencies provide insurance and guarantees to domestic firms in the event that payment is not received from an importer.

Most of the existing textbooks on international economics - a widely taught and ighly popular subject - are long and too detailed and advanced for many students.

This volume provides a detailed and comprehensive assessment of the performance of the Spanish economy in the 1990s and examines Spain's future prospects versus European Economic and Monetary Union.

In discussions on European pre-modern economic growth, the role of individual freedom and of the state has loomed large.

The rise of populism across Europe and the US - first in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and then in the shape of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Brexit vote in 2016 - are indicative of a seismic shift in the terrain of economic ideas in public discourse.

This book addresses the fundamental question why and under which conditions Korean firms increased their investment so heavily in the EU after 1986 and why they and not the Korean government took the initiative in the decision-making process.

Presenting new material and a fresh perspective, Technology, Trade and Growth in OECD Countries, provides a unifying framework for the exploration of the role played by specialisation in economic growth and international competitiveness.

This book examines the international growth and diversification of real estate advisory services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan since 1960.

Why did financial keiretsu develop in Japan, but not in Germany and the United States?

For most of the twentieth century, tin was the site of new forms of international regulation which became a model for other commodities.

Transition Economies and Foreign Trade makes the bold claim to have solved puzzles that have hindered the subject for years.

The cotton processing industry is a distinct sector of China's rural economy which recently underwent a momentous transition from plan to market.

By the end of the nineteenth century Belgium was enjoying considerable economic success.

The Thai Economy examines the origins and consequences of the Thai economy's accelerated growth since the mid-1980s.

This pioneering work examines Japan's economic activities in Singapore from 1870 to 1965.

In recent times the US economy has been characterised by burgeoning budget and current account deficits and increasing amounts of foreign capital inflows.

This volume, and its companion, Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia, examine and evaluate Malaysian industrialization in terms of its experience of and prospects for industrial technology development.

This excellent new book contains contributions from a number of leading experts and is the result of the UNU/WIDER project on globalization and low-income countries.

Based on extensive original research, this volume examines contemporary patterns of womens employment in Europe in the context of the profound economic, social and cultural changes that have taken place in recent years.

This important collection is a timely contribution to the debate on the Asian financial crisis.

The 1997 South Korean financial crisis not only shook the country itself but also sent shock waves through the financial world at large.

The launch of the Euro has already had profound effects on both European economies and societies - but it is also of huge importance for the international community as a whole.

The evolution of the Nigerian oil and gas industry spanned about a century during which several challenges were encountered and surmounted by major International Oil Companies (IOCs).

The 21st century has witnessed swift change in every sphere of the human endeavour.

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

The book analyzes different critical attitudes towards European integration from a multidisciplinary perspective.

This is the first book to apply multimedia tools to economic and business storytelling.

This book analyses elements of international finance, comparing the regulation of hedge funds in United States, Europe, the UK, and off-shore jurisdictions in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

This edited volume is an outcome of the first major collaborative project between Japanese economists and political scientists, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Volume 10 of the EYIEL focusses on the relationship between transnational labour law and international economic law on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

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This book pleads for a new orientation of government economic policy, as well as central bank policy, rejecting the traditional government stabilization policy that leads to a dead-end of economic instability and social inequality in the long run.

This book examines survey data to consider the extent to which public support for immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment exists in a cohort of 38 heterogeneous countries.

This book examines the Eurozone crisis in light of theoretical and empirical evidence.

This textbook takes a new approach to political economy: it combines the well-known non-quantitative theories with the findings of behavioral science and other disciplines such as psychology and sociology.

This book fills a gap in the literature on economic liberalism in France as it strives to resolve a paradox.

This book exemplifies the potential of FinTech to deliver important economic and societal gains, such as enhancing competition and financial inclusion to deliver tailored financial products and services at more affordable prices and at greater convenience.

Volume 11 of the EYIEL focuses on rights and obligations of business entities under international economic law.

Brazil is the most populous economy in Latin America with the second highest GDP among the emerging BRIC economies, after China, and the second per capita GDP among the BRIC economies after Russia.

This book assesses the 2008-2009 financial crisis and its ramifications for the global economy from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Amidst the constant stream of overly technical and excitable books heralding a blockchain revolution that's destined to be more disruptive than the Internet, this book stands apart for its more nuanced take, focusing on the potential for these new technologies to change developing countries for the better.

This book aims to identify what components are needed for economic diplomacy in today's rapidly changing world, looking at the nature, focus and tenets of economic diplomacy, and the differences between economic diplomacy and commercial diplomacy.

This book discusses supply chain issues and models with examples from actual case studies.

This book revisits the forgotten history of the 'European Dependency School' in the 1970s and 1980s, explores core-periphery relations in the European integration process and the crises of the contemporary European Union from a dependency perspective, and draws lessons for alternative development paths.

This book is one of the first historical revisions of the Latin American debt crisis of 1982, exploring recently disclosed archival sources for a number of creditor and debtor institutions.

This book analyses the ongoing reform of the European economic union in the light of the new objective of 'stability of the euro area as a whole' in Article 136(3) TFEU.