Convergencia regional europea

(Revista Papeles de Economía Española, Nº107, año 2006)

Unión Europea

acceso a la financiación y desarrollo de proyectos

El rompecabezas de la equidad

investigación y aportes críticos al movimiento de Comercio Justo

La investigación sobre Comercio Justo en el estado español realizada por SODePAZ trata de ampliar los escasos y parciales análisis realizados hasta el momento sobre este movimiento social. Estos estudios se enfocaron desde perspectivas cuantitativas y los aspectos cualitativos se exponían con objeto de ensalzar ...

The origin of goods

rules of origin in regional trade agreements

The dark side of preferential trade agreements, Rules of Origin (RoO) are used to determine the eligibility of goods to preferential treatment. Ostensibly meant to prevent the trans-shipment of imported products across Free Trade Agreement borders after superficial screwdriver assembly, they act in reality as ...

Problemas del desarrollo

edición Cono Sur

Theories of international trade

Before his untimely death in 2000, the brilliant young Israeli economic historian Klug conducted a thorough survey into the different theories of international trade. The results of this are now available here for the first time with an introduction from Warren Young and Michael Bordo ...

International competition policy

maintaining open markets in the global economy

The opening up of world markets, rapid growth of trade and foreign direct investment create manifold problems for competition policy. Thus, international mergers may have adverse effects on many countries, international cartels may carve up world markets and dominant firms may seek to maintain their ...

Economic justice in an unfair world

toward a level playing field

Recent years have seen a growing number of activists, scholars, and even policymakers claiming that the global economy is unfair and unjust, particularly to developing countries and the poor within them. But what would a fair or just global economy look like? "Economic Justice in ...

Estrategias de distribución comercial

diseño del canal de distribución y relación entre fabricantes y detallistas

Libro de investigación que se articula en cuatro grandes bloques temáticos ampliamente interrelacionados: el marco teórico de la distribución comercial, tipología de empresas de distribución, estrategias de marketing para empresas detallistas y estrategias de distribución comercial en la empresa fabricante. Esperamos que este libro sea ...

Banking regulation and world trade Law

GATS, EU and "prudential" institution-building

This book covers the legal aspects of international trade in financial services, with a focus on the possible conflicts between international trade liberalisation norms and banking regulation. The relevant legal foundations at the regional (European Union, EU) and multilateral level (General Agreement on Trade in ...

The evolution of the trade regime

politics, Law, and economics of the GATT and the WTO

The "Evolution of the Trade Regime" offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO). While other books confine themselves to describing contemporary ...

Nations and firms in the global economy

an introduction to international economics and business

This accessible introduction to the world economy and to the theory and practice of globalization argues that key topics in international economics cannot be understood without knowledge of international business, and vice versa. It reviews and combines insights from both literatures and applies them to ...

Fairness in the world economy

US perspectives on international trade relations

This book represents a significant scholarly contribution to the field of international political economy, with particular respect to the evolution of the multilateral trading system. The author engages effectively with the current debate concerning the conflict between the legalistic foundations of the multilateral trading system ...

Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness

new data on the use of patents by Universities, small firms and individual inventors

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries# technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to #not-for-profit# entities ...

Eli Heckscher, international trade, and economic history

Leading international economists assess Eli Heckscher's contributions to economics and economic history, especially his efforts to bridge the gap between the two. Eli Heckscher (1879-1952) is celebrated for his contributions to international trade theory, particularly the factor proportions theory of comparative advantage in international ...

The theory of international trade and unemployment

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.

World trade and payments

an introduction

Renowned for its precise, in-depth coverage of international trade and finance, this classic text features a balance of the latest research, critical policy issues, and sophisticated economic analysis.

¿A dónde va el comercio justo?

modelos y experiencias

Con este libro queremos profundizar en el debate sobre cuál es la situación actual del movimiento del comercio justo en el Estado español y los retos que enfrenta, a la vez que presentamos experiencias concretas que nos acercan a una visión integral del comercio justo.

International competitiveness and technological change

Technological change is central in explaining industrial leadership, but the relationships and interactions between scientific research, industrial innovation, and competitiveness are neither clear nor straightforward. Public research funding and business strategy dictate to a significant extent the manner in, and extent to which innovation occurs ...

The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy

an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade

"The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" takes the reader on a fascinating, around the world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas ...