Mention North Korea to people today and they will conjure up many unflattering images, particularly in the wake of George W. Bush denouncing the state as part of an "axis of evil." Despite this cold war type rhetoric, the state of North Korea has begun to recognise the difficult challenges that it faces and is now trying to get to grips with them systematically.
This book brings together a selection of many of the world experts on the North Korean economy and covers such important issues as:
*possible unification with South Korea
*the significance of China's economic...

This handbook is a detailed exploration of the theories, policies, and issues stemming from the field of International Trade. Written by specialists in the field, the chapters focus on four important areas: factor proportions theory, trade policy, investment, and new trade theory. The extensive analysis covers such topics as the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model and the Stolper-Samuelson Price Link, as well as wages, antidumping, and political economics.

• Explores the theories, policies and issues stemming from the field of International Trade.
• Focuses on factor proportions theory,...

This second volume of the Handbook of International Trade focuses on the economic and legal analysis of international laws and institutions as they impact trade.

Containing chapters written by both economic and legal scholars, this volume encourages cross-discipline discussion with writing that is accessible to those approaching the material from any background.

Central issues to those studying international trade are addressed, including:

• labor, environmental rights, and preferential trade agreements
  
• antitrust...

This book presents new research on combining the theory of economic growth with the theory of international trade and international factor movements. As growth theory, it studies the behaviour of fundamental dynamic models (deterministic, stochastic) of trading economies. As trade theory, it is concerned with gains from trade and dynamic welfare implications of regulations and strategic trade policy. The contributors include: Alan Deardorff, Murray Kemp, Henry Wan Jr., Oded Stark, Michael Devereux, Theo van de Klundert, Sjak Smulders, Ngo Long and Koji Shimomura.