China and the World Economy

ISBN-13: 9781349356386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 250 str.

David Greenaway; Chris Milner; Shujie Yao

Opis

The rising importance of China and its impact on the world economy has attracted massive interest worldwide. This book examines a wide range of issues related to China and its relationship with the world economy, focusing on its successful development experiences and how its rise may affect the rest of the world in the coming decades.

Spis treści

Introduction China, the WTO and the Doha Agenda China and Regional Integration Balance or Imbalance of China's Economy versus the World Has China Displaced Other Asian Countries' Exports? China, Commodity Prices and the Terms of Trade Inward and Outward FDI in China Outsourcing to China FDI in China: Facts and Impacts on China and the World Economy Multinationals and Trade Linkages  Patenting in China Economic Growth, Foreign Investment and Regional Inequality in China China's Labour Market: Evolution and Impediments

O autorze

DAVID GREENAWAY is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, UK, the institution's principal academic and administrative officer. Previously a Pro-Vice-Chancellor for both Research and Infrastructure, he is a Professor of Economics, and founded the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy at this University. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of trade and labour market adjustment, cross-border investment, and international trade policy. David has served as a consultant to the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and HM Treasury. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body, and in 2004 he was appointed by the Prime Minister as its Chair. He is also a member of the Senior Salaries Review Body.

CHRIS MILNER is a Professor of International Economics at the University of Nottingham, UK, since 1994. Previously he held a Chair in Economics at Loughborough University. He was Head of the School from 1995 to 2002 and was reappointed as Head of School again in August 2004 to August 2008. He is a Research Fellow of both the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) and the Centre for Research on Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT). 
 
SHUJIE YAO gained his PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, in 1989 and then worked at the Universities of Oxford, Portsmouth and Middlesex as research fellow, lecturer, Professor and Chair of Economics before joining the University of Nottingham as Professor of Economics and Chinese Sustainable Development in August 2006. Subsequently appointed as the first Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at Nottingham in January 2007, Prof. Yao is an expert on economic development in China. He has published six research monographs, edited books, as well as produced more than 70 refereed journal articles. He was ranked eighth among the world's China scholars specialising in the study of the Chinese economy in a recent article published in the Journal of Asian Economic Literature.