International Economics

The Myth of Japanese Efficiency

Dan Coffey

Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the ‘lean ...

Hardback (2007)

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Reform of the International Institutions

Peter Coffey, Robert J. Riley

The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform. However, an additional impetus is the changing balance of economic power in the world. The volume begins with an overview...

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International Perspectives on Household Wealth

Edited by Edward N. Wolff

The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty-fir...

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Global Divergence in Trade, Money and Policy

Edited by Volbert Alexander, Hans-Helmut Kotz

Although the globalization of markets and the rapid growth in worldwide information technologies supports harmonization and integration between countries, substantial differences still exist throughout the world. Global Divergence in Tra...

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National Innovation, Indicators and Policy

Edited by Louise Earl, Fred Gault

This book takes stock of what is known about the process of innovation and its effects, and the policy interventions that influence both. It provides insights into future research required to support evidence-based policy-making and make...

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The Theory of International Trade and Unemployment

Paul Oslington

In this book, Paul Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalization, and trade economists usually working with full employment models.

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Institutions, Globalisation and Empowerment

Edited by Kartik Roy, Jörn Sideras

This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policie...

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The WTO, Safeguards, and Temporary Protection from Imports

Edited by Chad P. Brown

Temporary protection from fairly traded imports under the World Trade Organization (WTO) typically refers to a national government''s use of a ‘safeguard’ tariff, quota or tariff rate quota. Safeguard provisions allow a WTO member’s nati...

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Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific

Edited by Iyanatul Islam, Moazzem Hossain

This book illustrates contested perspectives on globalisation represented by the diverse experiences of selected economies within the Asia-Pacific region, namely Australia, China, India and Sri Lanka as case studies.

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Fairness in the World Economy

Americo Beviglia Zampetti

In an international context, fairness is particularly important, since only a system which is perceived by its participants as fair can command acceptance and compliance. The main focus of this study is to investigate the development of ...

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Monetary Integration and Dollarization

Edited by Matías Vernengo

This book deals with the economic consequences of monetary integration, which has long been dominated by the Optimal Currency Area (OCA) paradigm. In this model, money is perceived as having developed from a private sector cost minimizat...

Hardback (July 2006)

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