Ad Koekkoek

International Trade and Global Development (Routledge Revivals)

Essays in Honour of Jagdish Bhagwati

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fluctuations in the level and pattern of international trade have a profound effect on the economies of less developed countries. This book explores the relationship between international trade and globl development through a series of essays which relate advances in trade theory to key issues in trade policy. The book, first published in 1991, is in honour of Jagdish Bhagwati and reflects the range and significance of his contributions to international economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780415612128
• ISBN-10: 0415612128
• Artikelnr.: 44828980

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction 1. Improvement of the international trade environment
in order to stimulate economic growth in developing countries 2. Is free
trade passe after all? Part II Trade, protection and political economy 3.
Perspectives on trade and trade policy 4. Strategy wars: the state of
debate on trade and industrialization in developing countries 5. Why
voluntary export restraints? A historical analysis 6. Quota auctions and
adjustment assistance: an international perspective 7. International
transactions in services and developing countries Part III Foreign
investment 8. Foreign direct investment and intra-firm trade: evidence from
Japan 9. Quid pro quo foreign investment and policy intervention 10. Export
promotion, import substitution and direct foreign investment in less
developed countries Part IV International economic co-ordination 11. The
obstacles to macro-economic policy co-ordination in the 1990s and an
analysis of international nominal targeting 12. Threats to the world
trading regime: protectionism, unfair trade et al