The book mainly uses the New Institutional Economics Approach (NIE) to examine the formation and development of industrial clusters in China through multiple case studies of textile and clothing clusters in the Zhejiang province.
Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty is a collection of key articles in three important areas of applied international trade research: measuring non-tariff barriers and their effects, the consequences of regional trading arrangements, especially on the countries excluded from them, and the connection between international trade and poverty.
Financial Systems at the Crossroads: Lessons for China is written by leading financial experts to study the causes of financial disasters internationally.
China is emerging as one of the economic giants of the world, and is gaining international influence and global leadership that commensurate with its rise.
India is emerging as one of the economic giants of the world, and is gaining international influence and global leadership as the world's largest democracy.
This book provides the first systematic classification and treatment to essentially all exotic options currently trading at the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market.
This volume represents a first dialogue between European and Asian economists concerning the common outlook of the two continents following the financial crisis which struck Asia in 1997.
As a result of the recent financial crisis, there has been significant public debate on the role of the financial sector in bringing about the "e;Great Depression.
Although international trade has been much studied by both economists and regional scientists, the nature, causes, and the consequences of interregional trade, i.
This volume is a collection of classical and recent empirical studies of currency options and their implications for issues of exchange rate economics, such as exchange rate risk premium, volatility, market expectations, and credibility of exchange rate regimes.
This book analyses the communication processes of international trade between producers, their suppliers, and traders in Asia, and buyers in other parts of the world.
This book provides an intensive review of the economic competitiveness of the Singapore economy and identifies the strategies which will allow the economy to retain its competitive advantage in an increasingly globalised economic environment in future years.
This paper investigates the impact of political interventions made by Beijing and Taipei in recent years on the development of cross-Straits economic relations.
This book is a collection of essays written by Ambassador, Professor Jorgen orstrom Moller from the middle of 2009 to end of 2012, commenting on global economic and political events, which reflect Moeller's judgment and evaluation on these issues.
Policies affecting resource allocation across tradable sectors and those affecting the incentives to produce tradable activities are key determinants of macroeconomic balance and growth.
This book covers two years of research activities associated with Project LINK, which is based on a model of the world economy, covering 79 countries or regional groupings of countries.
The Sino-US trade accord signed in November 1999 in Beijing set a milestone for China's protracted journey towards becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
In the last two decades of the 20th century, China stood out as the world's star performer in economic growth, thanks to the market-oriented reform that started in 1978.
Latest Edition: From Adam Smith to Michael Porter: Evolution of Competitiveness Theory (Extended Edition)Traditionally, a nation's international competitiveness has been explained by international trade theories originating from Adam Smith.
This book examines, from the legal perspective, China's process of WTO accession, its commitments to the accession, the implications of such commitments for its trade and legal systems, and its efforts toward WTO compliance.
The term "e;economic globalization"e; has been discussed extensively in the popular press, by business executives and by policy-makers all over the world.
This book is the first of its kind in providing, simultaneously and comprehensively, historical, institutional and theoretical foundations for developments in the stock market.
Four years have passed since the onset of the 2008 global crisis, and although some believe that there may be a second down draft soon, attention has shifted from crisis narration to assessing lessons essential for preventing or managing recurrences.
This volume is the outgrowth of a conference held at Peking University in May 2002, jointly sponsored by the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies, the Peking University School of Economics, and the China Reform Forum.
Inframarginal analysis represents a methodology that extends marginal analysis, using non-classical mathematical programming, in efforts to investigate corner solutions and indivisibilities.
This book provides a discussion of the general impact of WTO membership on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and addresses the political and economic impact on cross-Strait relations of common membership.