Economics

Excessive household debt has allowed for economic growth, but this model has become increasingly unstable.

The reforms introduced in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 have had the desired effect in that banks are better capitalised, banks have higher liquidity buffers, and the share of non-performing loans is low.

The WTO provides tools to address China''s state capitalism and should be the preferred forum for negotiations on SOE''s and industrial subsidies.

In examining the key merchant group in late imperial China this book provides a framework for understanding China''s path to modernity.

Why can''t politicians seem to make policies that will reduce social inequality, even when they acknowledge that inequality is harmful?

This exploration of the statistical evidence on Germany''s post-war reconstruction sheds new light on the foundations of German economic power.

Explores how the Virginia School developed an economics for natural equals in which consent is critical for policy.

Shows how thinking in evolutionary terms enhances our understanding of the economic and social change taking place at all levels.

Highlights what national governments should know to properly conduct their industrial policies under the multilateral trading system.

Rethinks the tea plantation economy of colonial east India by highlighting its human and non-human networks and practices.

The book describes how intellectual property law is framed by theories about incentives, trade, health, development, and human rights.

A fresh perspective on socialist law as practiced in China and Vietnam, two major socialist states.

Provides the first global analysis of the relationship between trade and civilisation from the beginning of civilisation until the modern era.

Explains how managers can successfully build multinationals in emerging markets from the analysis of forty-one comparative cases of Mexican multinationals.

Paying for Hitler''s War is a comparative economic study of twelve Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.

A cutting-edge description of subnational democracy combined with a ground breaking explanation for why some regions are much less democratic than others.

This book offers a specialized and revealing study of the Bank of England''s gilt-edged market operations during the mid-twentieth century.

Shows how the digital revolution, sponsored by government and funded by speculation, now challenges the authority and legitimacy of the state.

An interdisciplinary history of the campaign to secure international protection of indications of geographic origin, including ''Made in …'' slogans.

A comprehensive review of Hong Kong''s pharmaceutical patent law that will influence debate and inform public policy.

Leading scholars from a range of disciplines come together in an inclusive discussion of the latest techniques and issues examined by the capability approach.

This book gives a detailed account of how two major Austrian banks profited from their service to the Nazi regime.

Analyzes how combinations of instruments at different levels of government, or smart mixes, can effectively regulate transboundary environmental harm.

The liberal-democratic world order is confronting the rise of authoritarian state-led corporate interventions.

Mapping Ghana''s struggle to transform its economy after independence, this original interpretation highlights the economic difficulties associated with the political legacies of colonialism.

Provides the answer to the enduring puzzle why India lags behind China in offering public goods to its people.

A compelling and revisionist account of Florence''s economic, literary and social history in the immediate aftermath of the Black Death.

Examines the law and policy of financial regulation using a combination of conceptual analysis and strong empirical research.

The first book-length treatment to describe and explain how legal orders can be interwoven and what to do about it.

A vivid ethnographic study of cattle traders, truckers, public contractors and NGO actors'' everyday encounters with state bureaucracies in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.

This book redesigns environmental governance for a sustainability transition, helping academics and decision-makers truly understand the socio-economic impacts of policy.

This book sets the record straight on why the Federal Reserve failed to rescue Lehman Brothers during the financial crisis.

A sweeping historical account of the crises of income inequality and crony capitalism from a world-renowned public economist.

Describes how institutions and markets can best be structured in order to promote innovation in key economic sectors.

Contains 22 essays by leading luminaries in policy making and research, illustrating the changing role of central banks and the policies they pursue in seeking monetary and financial stabilisation.

Explores the international legal regime covering trade in legal services, considering major barriers and potential benefits to the global economy.

Offers a multidisciplinary edited volume on policy dimensions of climate change for the world''s oceans, for researchers, policymakers and activists.

Discusses how culture both facilitates and inhibits our ability to address, live with, and make sense of climate change.

Explores the emerging and complex field of environmental product law and brings in new perspectives for research.

An introduction to how the mathematical tools from quantum field theory can be applied to economics and finance.

A theoretical critique of the patent and innovation policy funnelled by intellectual property instruments towards developing countries.

Explores how political institutions and economic geography interact to shape governments'' policy decisions, particularly with respect to subsidies.

An innovative, bipartisan and comprehensive account of why European economic integration has been in disarray and how to fix it.

Explores what went wrong with global carbon markets and what this means for future climate change policy and capitalism.

Reveals why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society.

The first scientific analysis of Indonesian voting behavior from democratization in 1999 to the most recent general election in 2014.

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

This book is about microfinance in rural China and how the villagers cultivated their social relationships by moving money.

This book explains why governance is polycentric and what that means in practice, using examples of complex natural resource management.

Explores the failure of Romantic critiques of political economy, and the diminishing importance of aesthetic consciousness across the nineteenth century.