International economics

This book examines the linkage between central bank structure, central bank autonomy-with respect to setting its monetary policy goals, choosing its policy mechanisms, legal independence, and financial independence-and monetary policy, both in select benchmark countries and at a broader theoretical level.

This book offers important new insights into recent advances and perspectives in the field of political economy of development in Southeastern European countries.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade.

The terrain of the world trading system is shifting as countries in Asia, Europe, and North America negotiate new trade agreements.

Offering a retrospective view of how the system operated in Communist Czechoslovakia, this book is an important voice in the discussion about the systems of central planning.

One of the apparent contradictions which has puzzled observers of East Asian politics is why, despite the region's considerable economic integration, economic governance institutions remain largely underdeveloped.

This book covers the contemporary politics and economic development of the four countries of North Africa - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

Starting in the early 1990s many emerging and developing economies (EDEs) liberalized their capital accounts, allowing greater freedom for international lenders and investors to enter their markets as well as for their residents to borrow and invest in international financial markets.

Japan's tax system, which has changed notably through periods of war, post-war reconstruction, rapid economic development, and moderated economic growth, provides outstandingly rich material for in-depth study.

More and more Third World countries are providing development assistance to other developing countries.

The UK's departure from the EU has profoundly affected the politics and economics of Northern Ireland.

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.

The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port, was changed by North Sea oil.

Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries.

Das Buch beantwortet ganz aktuell die wichtigsten Fragen zum BREXIT: Wie ist das historische BREXIT-Referendum in Großbritannien abgelaufen, welches sind die Hintergründe des anstehenden EU-Austritts und welche Folgen für Deutschland, Europa und die Weltwirtschaft sind absehbar?

The second edition of Introduction to International Economics is a non-technical introduction to international economics that builds on the strengths of the first edition.

The second volume of edited papers from the Tenth World Congress of the Econometric Society 2010.

The definitive guide to the life of the first woman to play a major role in Greek political history, this is the first modern biography of Olympias.

Meet your new global consumerYouve heard of the burgeoning consumer markets in China and India that are driving the world economy.

The volume is partitioned into five sub areas, addressing the process of dispute resolution and appeal under the DSU of the WTO; politics and disputes between sovereign nations; power inequities in access to the DSU; specific categories of disputes, such as in agriculture and in intellectual property; and issues pertaining to compliance, enforcement and remedies.

This book investigates the selective nature of UN sanctions regimes with a specific focus on the post-Cold War era.

Governance in the global economy is a topic of enormous importance.

This book, written by two leading Swedish economists and first published in 1984, constitutes a threefold contribution to the expanding field of economic discrimination.

Originally published in 1985, in the deteriorating climate of East-West relations technology transfer became vitally important.

First Published in 1980, The Foundations of Nigeria's Financial Infrastructure presents a comprehensive overview of different aspects of Nigeria's financial developments.

Across the United States, individuals and small businesses are increasingly buying and selling goods and services online.

This book focuses on the current tension between China and the US on trade imbalance and discusses China's opening-up strategy in the context of this trade conflict.

The development of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) previously centred around three regions of the world: the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

Volumes 45a and 45b of Advances in Econometrics honor Joon Y.

The book deals with the urgent need for the EU to position itself globally in the wake of Brexit, a rapidly worsening climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, an aggressive Russia, and an ever more assertive China.

Remaking the Conquering Heroes shows that American policymakers and Army officers had to confront and take control over a lawless US military in the aftermath of World War II.

China is building a New Silk Road that runs through the heartland of the Muslim world, promising it will create integrated economies and stronger ties across Eurasia and Africa.

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.

The financial crash of 2007-2008 and the subsequent global economic crisis have raised questions about the viability of capitalism and the desirability of alternative types of economic system.

This book offers important new insights into recent advances and perspectives in the field of political economy of development in Southeastern European countries.

This volume aims to illustrate the uniqueness of the economies of the countries and territories of the Caribbean as well as the similarities they share with other regions.

Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts?

With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed.

It is now widely recognized that in regions like Africa, for economic and other reasons, the public sector has had to disengage and divest from many areas of the economy and allow private enterprise, especially scalable start-ups and new ventures, to enter and flourish if economic development and employment are to grow.

This book is an in-depth study of how to promote integrity and avoid fraud & corruption in the work of international organisations, in particular multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank, World Bank, Asian/Inter-American/African Development Banks and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.