International Trade and Global Development (Routledge Revivals): Essays in honour of Jagdish Bhagwati

ISBN-13: 9780415612128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Jagdish N. Bhagwati; K. A. Koekkoek; L. B. M. Mennes

Opis

Fluctuations in the level and pattern of international trade have a profound effect on the economies of less developed countries. This book explores the relationship between international trade and globl development through a series of essays which relate advances in trade theory to key issues in trade policy. The book, first published in 1991, is in honour of Jagdish Bhagwati and reflects the range and significance of his contributions to international economics.

Spis treści

Part I Introduction  1. Improvement of the international trade environment in order to stimulate economic growth in developing countries  2. Is free trade passe after all?  Part II Trade, protection and political economy  3. Perspectives on trade and trade policy  4. Strategy wars: the state of debate on trade and industrialization in developing countries  5. Why voluntary export restraints? A historical analysis  6. Quota auctions and adjustment assistance: an international perspective  7. International transactions in services and developing countries  Part III Foreign investment  8. Foreign direct investment and intra-firm trade: evidence from Japan  9. Quid pro quo foreign investment and policy intervention  10. Export promotion, import substitution and direct foreign investment in less developed countries  Part IV International economic co-ordination  11. The obstacles to macro-economic policy co-ordination in the 1990s and an analysis of international nominal targeting  12. Threats to the world trading regime: protectionism, unfair trade et al