International economics

This book brings together cutting edge contributions in the fields of international economics, micro theory, welfare economics and econometrics, with contributions from Donald R.

An incisive introduction to global financewhere money comes from, the current mechanisms, and the need for control and reform.

Dynamic changes in international institutions have been a striking feature of international politics in the post-cold war world.

Developing countries are becoming important players in the world economy.

The North American Free Trade Agreement involved much more than simple trade barrier reduction.

M&A-Transaktionen sind deutlich komplexere Vorgänge als der bloße Kauf und Verkauf von Gütern - da können KMU schnell in unbekanntes Terrain geraten – ganz besonders, wenn es sich um vielschichtige Aktivitäten mit Akteuren aus völlig anderen Kulturen handelt, insbesondere aus China, als Deutschlands größtem Außenhandelspartner.

Originally published in 1981, this book provided an up-to-date and critical review of the recent history and current status of the main economic institutions affecting international trade and relations at the time.

Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the 'Past'?

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 honors the extraordinary career of Thomas Hertel.

Product standards, regulations, and conformity assessment procedures are important and necessary, but they also, at times, threaten the free flow of goods in international markets and the competitive positions of many exporters, including those in the United States.

There are few areas of economic policy-making in which the returns to good decisions are so high-and the punishment of bad decisions so cruel-as in the management of natural resource wealth.

This volume examines financial economic intermediation in Europe, Canada, and the United States since the seventeenth century.

This book argues that the last four decades have seen profound and important changes in the nature and social location of religion, and that those changes are best understood when cast against the associated rise of consumerism and neoliberalism.

This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the messy and crisis-ridden relationship between the operations of capitalist finance, global capital flows, and state power in emerging markets.

The Austrian School has made some of the most significant contributions to the social sciences in recent times but attempts to understand it have remained locked in a polemical frame.

This book analyzes the dispute settlement mechanisms under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), including the already established mechanisms for general state-to-state dispute settlement and the Mechanism to Address Differences for investment and sustainable development issues.

Much of the discussion of India in the public sphere has focused on economic policy settings and restructuring, annual growth rates, trade relations and the nation's status as an economic and political actor within the international system.

In spite of the attention paid exchange rates in recent economic debates on developing countries, relatively few studies have systematically analyzed in detail the various ramifications of exchange rate policy in these countries.

This book examines the need for greater East Asian cooperation and the challenges to this grand endeavor.

This book examines the contemporary production of economic value in today's financial economies.

This book considers the issue of biodiversity in developing countries in relation to intellectual-property rights, community rights and human rights.

Modeled on Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places , the International Dictionary of University Histories provides basic information on 200 institutions--location, description, sources of further information--followed by an extensive 3000 to 5000 word essay on each university's history.

The creation of the European Economic Community and the gradual achievement of a Common Market in connection with this Community raises not only economic but numerous legal problems as weIl.

This book, authored by the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai during the US-China trade war, is a sobering look at the realities of the intermeshed nature of the Chinese and American economies at a time of increasing political tension.

The Nature of the Transnational Firm brings together the major approaches to the transnational firm in one volume.

The debates over what African economic integration and development actually entails continue across international economic organizations, national governments and NGOs.

Originally published in 1984, this was the first study to define and rationalise the character and functions of the plantation in the contemporary world.

n einer Welt, in der der Online-Handel boomt und Rücksendungen zum Alltag gehören, stellt sich die Frage: Wie können Unternehmen Retouren nicht nur als unvermeidbare Kosten, sondern als wertvolle Ressourcen betrachten?

This book highlights the critical relationship between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) associated with its trade interdependency.

Employment has changed dramatically in the last few decades with the onset of neoliberal globalization.

Events and Economic Development explores the economic impact and developmental implications of designing, planning, and delivering major events - from cultural events like the Notting Hill Carnival and Day of the Dead, to sporting events like the Olympics to the Super Bowl.

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.

With the increasing integration of the major economies of the world, trade frictions have also increased.

The book is a collection of essays written by scholars of global repute in honour of Professor Sunanda Sen.

This timely volume examines various economic, managerial, social and political aspects of globalization and its impact on local economies.

Incorporation, Authorship, and Anglo-American Literature (1815-1918) is concerned with the new ways in which nineteenth-century authors came to imagine nationhood in response to the emergent global market.

Using India as a case study, this well-written, concise book covers everything one needs to know to understand how a country becomes internationally competitive.

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries.

Focusing on ways in which cultural nationalism has influenced both the production and critical reception of texts, Salgado presents a detailed analysis of eight leading Sri Lankan writers - Michael Ondaatje, Romesh Gunasekera, Shyam Selvadurai, A.

This book uses the examples of local supply firms in China and Brazil and their connections to the global automotive industry to explore the nature of current global value chains.

China and Taiwan share one of the world's most complex international relationships.

Increasing economic competition combined with the powerful threat of transnational activism are pushing firms to develop new political strategies.

First published in 1987, Maritime Boundaries and Ocean Resources is a collection of essays which examines the political jurisdiction of ocean boundaries and the affects that this has on the world's oceans.

As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant.

Using a unique, question-based format, Global Trade Policy offers accessible coverage of the key questions in trade and policy; it charts the changing policy landscape and evolving institutional arrangements for trade policies, examines trade theory, and provides students with an economic framework to better understand the current issues in national and international trade policy.

The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading by lowering trade barriers and adjusting other trade rules.