Wto and World Trade: Challenges in a New Era

ISBN-13: 9783790815795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 324 str.

Gunter Heiduk; Kar-Yiu Wong; G]nter Heiduk

Opis

World trade is not only an economic but also a social, political, environmental, labor and legal matter. Economists and government planners aim at finding the efficient trade policy which enhances economic welfare and growth in a more harmonious and sustainable way.

This book contains 12 articles from internationally renowned experts in the field of world trade. The contributions cover a variety of pressing topics related to trade theory, trade policy, WTO and their relationship. They provide in-depth analysis of some of the trade issues currently discussed by academics and politicians, such as resource allocation, income distribution, employment, growth, technology transfer, heterogeneous markets, intra-industry trade as well as environmental issues.

Spis treści

Trade Theory.- Non-Drastic Technology Transfer in an International Oligopoly.- Comment.- Income Redistribution, Trade Prices, and International Capital in Simulated Trade Models.- Comment.- On Two Elementary Propositions on Customs Unions.- Comment.- Trade with Labor Market Distortions and Heterogeneous Labor: Why Trade Can Hurt.- Comment.- The Impact of Intra-Industry Trade on the Environment.- Comment.- International Business Cycle Transmission in a Dynamic Multi-Sectoral Heckscher-Ohlin Model.- Comment.- Trade Policy.- Political Support or Contributions: An Empirical Investigation of US Trade Policy.- Comment.- Minimum Quality Standard and International Rivalry in Quality and Price.- Comment.- Reforms of Quantitative Import Restrictions and Fair Wage Unemployment.- Comment.- WTO.- Trade Games: Modelling WTO's Role in Trade Disputes.- Comment.- Modelling the Impact of China's WTO Membership on Its Investment and Growth: A New Flexible Keynesian Approach.- Appendix: Performance of the 2SHI Estimator Under the Generalised Pitman Nearness Criterion.- Comment.- WTO Dispute Settlement in Action: An Economic Analysis of Four EU-US Mini Trade Wars.- Comment.