La ley del más fuerte

trampas e injusticias del comercio mundial

El negocio de las armas

Dictionary of trade policy terms

The multilateral trading system represented by the GATT and the WTO is attracting more attention than ever. But the language used by trade negotiators can be difficult for the layperson and newcomers to trade policy to penetrate. This is an accessible guide to the vocabulary ...

Commerce et securite

les exportations sensibles dans la mondialisation

International economics

study guide

An evenhanded, unbiased introduction to the concepts and the latest theoretical and policy issues in international economics. Over 100 case studies#many new to this edition#back up the material with real-world examples and applications from economics and business. Appendices provide expanded coverage to enrich ...

Política de competencia y política comercial

¿hacia un acuerdo multilateral?

Governance in a global economy

political authority in transition

This volume presents 17 papers, each of which explores how global economic integration produces changes in governance. The book concludes that a new and intricate fabric of governance has been created, but one that fails to serve the purpose of beleaguered govenments.

International economics

a European focus

Massive changes took place in the world economy in the last quarter of the twentieth century and the speed with which markets in goods, services, and finance were liberalised has no historical precedent. This brand new international economics text reflects recent developments in the world ...

Economía Internacional

Este libro sirve como texto para cursos superiores de economía internacional y también puede ser de gran ayuda a diversos grupo de estudiosos de ciencias políticas, estudios internacionales y administración. Lo nuevo de esta edición: La introducción al modelo de dumping recíproco y al modelo ...

Commercio internazionale sostenible?

Wto e Unione Europea

La critica al processo di globalizzazione del commercio internazionale e alle istituzioni che lo governano si fa, politicamente, sempre più serrata, ma di rado dispone degli strumenti giuridici necessari ad una completa comprensione del problema. In una serie di lucide analisi gli autori passano in ...

International trade, wage inequality and the developing economy

A general equilibrium approach

This book deals with the impact that international trade is likely to have on the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a typical developing economy. This is the first theoretical monograph on this particular issue which has already generated substantial debate and voluminous work for the developed ...

Foreign direct investment in the real and financial sector of industrial countries

A collection of papers on the determinants and consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real and financial sectors of industrial countries. The text sheds new light on the determinants of FDI, in particular the role of governmental incentives. Another main topic is the ...

The real exchange rate and prices of traded goods in OECD countries

Real exchange rate changes - resulting either from shifts in nominal exchange rates or increases in costs that are asymmetric across countries - are the primary focus of this text. The book shows how exchange rates and local production costs are passed through into import prices. It ...

Global governance

an architecture for the world economy

Globalization deeply affects economic structures and raises the issue of how governments should respond to new challenges. In this book, various ways of improving the institutional setup for global governance are discussed by renowned experts. The discussion focuses on further liberalizing international trade, preventing international ...

Economic and financial crises in emerging market economies

In the late 1990s, economic and financial crises raged through East Asia, devastating economies that had previously been considered among the strongest in the developing world. The crises eventually spread to Russia, Turkey, and Latin America, and impacted the economies of many industrialized nations as ...

Global institutions and development

framing the world?

The impact of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This study examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and more broadly looks at the role of ideas ...

Wealth by association

global prosperity through market unification

European monetary unification has produced a $15 trillion windfall to its member nations that is rarely discussed or accounted for in analyses of economic integration. The authors argue persuasively that the reduction in cross-border risks is directly responsible for an explosion in the value of ...

Trade and the environment

theory and evidence

Nowhere has the divide between advocates and critics of globalization been more striking than in debates over free trade and the environment. And yet the literature on the subject is high on rhetoric and low on results. This book is the first to systematically investigate ...

The world economy

global trade policy 2002

This volume is the ninth in an annual series in which top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Each annual volume examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements ...

Global governance and financial crises

Are global financial markets rational or are manias possible? Should crises be allowed to run their course and purge the system? Should a lender of last resort intervene to dampen their impact on the real economy? This text addresses these and other questions. The editors ...