Essays in Industrial Organization and International Trade
Author: Pierre Marcel Regibeau
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 492
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Essays in Industrial Organization and International Trade
Author: Ram Shivakumar
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 310
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Collapse of Global Trade, Murky Protectionism, and the Crisis
Author: Richard E. Baldwin
Publisher:
Published: 2011-03
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781907142239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe global financial crisis of 2008/9 is the Great Depression of the 21st century. For many though, the similarities stop at the Wall Street Crash as the current generation of policymakers have acted quickly to avoid the mistakes of the past. Yet the global crisis has made room for mistakes all of its own. While governments have apparently kept to their word on refraining from protectionist measures in the style of 1930s tariffs, there has been a disturbing rise in "murky protectionism." Seemingly benign, these crisis-linked policies are twisted to favour domestic firms, workers and investors. This book, first published as an eBook on VoxEU.org in March 2009, brings together leading trade policy practitioners and experts - including Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Initially its aim was to advise policymakers heading in to the G20 meeting in London, but since the threat of murky protectionism persists, so too do their warnings.
The Economics and Politics of International Trade
Author: Gary Cook
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-03-11
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1134731957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is contemporary in focus, and explores key issues in current debates concerning international trade policy. The contributors are leading economists and political economists from Britain, Europe, the United States and Japan.
The Inefficacy of Trade Policy
Author: Robert E. Baldwin
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 36
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Author: Aaditya Mattoo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 675
ISBN-13: 019923521X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues in trade and liberalization of services. Providing a useful overview of the players involved, the barriers to trade, and case studies in a number of service industries, this is ideal for policymakers and students interested in trade.
The Economics of New Goods
Author: Timothy F. Bresnahan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 0226074188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew goods are at the heart of economic progress. The eleven essays in this volume include historical treatments of new goods and their diffusion; practical exercises in measurement addressed to recent and ongoing innovations; and real-world methods of devising quantitative adjustments for quality change. The lead article in Part I contains a striking analysis of the history of light over two millenia. Other essays in Part I develop new price indexes for automobiles back to 1906; trace the role of the air conditioner in the development of the American south; and treat the germ theory of disease as an economic innovation. In Part II essays measure the economic impact of more recent innovations, including anti-ulcer drugs, new breakfast cereals, and computers. Part III explores methods and defects in the treatment of quality change in the official price data of the United States, Canada, and Japan. This pathbreaking volume will interest anyone who studies economic growth, productivity, and the American standard of living.
The Process of Industrial Development and Alternative Development Strategies
Author: Bela A. Balassa
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 422
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Author: George J. Stigler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1983-03-15
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0226774325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Organization of Industry collects essays written over two decades—pieces prepared especially for this volume, previously unpublished material, and reprinted articles drawn from numerous sources, many which include additional commentary by the author. The essays are unified by George J. Stigler's careful analysis and by his clear and witty style. In part one, Stigler examines the nature of competition and monopoly. In part two he discusses the forces that determine the size structure of industry, including barriers to entry, economics of scale, and mergers. Part three contains articles on a wide range of topics, such as profitability, delivered price systems, block booking, the economics of information, and the kinky oligopoly demand curve and rigid price. Part four offers a discussion of antitrust policy and includes Stigler's recommendations for future policy as well as an examination of the effects of past policies. "Stigler's writings might well be subtitled 'The Joys of Doing Economics.' He, more than any other contemporary American economist, dispels the gloom surrounding economic theory. It is impossible to confront the subject treated with such humor and verve and come away still believing that economics is the dismal science."—Shirley B. Johnson, American Scholar
The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa
Author: Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1592211658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book maps the process and political economy of policy making in Africa. It's focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique and it will appeal to students and academics in economics, political economy, political science and African studies. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to country depending on the form of government, ethnicity and nationality and other social factors.
