Structural change, economic growth and adequate exchange rate adjustment are key challenges in the context of EU eastern enlargement as are consistent macroeconomic policies. The authors focus on sectoral adjustment across industries in catching-up countries and explain changes in the composition of output this includes new aspects of the Chenery model. They describe and analyze the spatial pattern of specialization and adjustment in many countries. Theoretical and empirical analysis of foreign direct investment, innovation and structural change shed new light on economic dynamics in Old...
Structural change, economic growth and adequate exchange rate adjustment are key challenges in the context of EU eastern enlargement as are consist...
Paul J.J. Welfens, Klaus Gloede, Hans Gerhard Strohe, Dieter Wagner
Die deutsche Wiedervereinigung und die Systemtransformation in Russland stehen fur zwei grosse Herausforderungen beim institutionellen, wirtschaftlichen und wirtschaftspolitischen Umbau industrialisierter Volkswirtschaften. Ausgewahlte unternehmerische, juristische und politische Veranderungen in Deutschland und Russland werden thematisiert; insbesondere auch Fragen der Wettbewerbs- und Wahrungsordnung und der regionalen und aussenwirtschaftlichen Transformation. Eine Fulle von neuem Material und Statistiken wird hier erstmals ausgewertet, die Perspektiven einer neuen marktwirtschaftlichen...
Die deutsche Wiedervereinigung und die Systemtransformation in Russland stehen fur zwei grosse Herausforderungen beim institutionellen, wirtschaftlich...
Paul J.J. Welfens, George Yarrow, Ruslan Grinberg, Cornelius Graack
Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical integration, deregulation and privatization are covered. While competition and privatization are rapidly unfolding in telecommunications in Western and Eastern Europe, energy and railway transportation represent sectors of more gradual liberalization. The different market characteristics of telecommunications, energy and transportation raise consistency problems in the fields of deregulation, investment strategies and internationalization. While...
Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical inte...
Economic globalization is a complex phenomenon where the links between social security expenditures and globalization are not well understood so far. This study summarizes new key findings and highlights new theoretical insights in the field of social security systems, labor standards, taxation and economic globalization. Moreover, new thoughts on the links between social security systems and migration as well as between free trade areas and social market economy development are presented. The book analyzes the role of a changing age dependency using a Branson model and it derives...
Economic globalization is a complex phenomenon where the links between social security expenditures and globalization are not well understood so fa...
Professor Paul Welfens offers a unique and timely approach to the major task of stabilizing and integrating the Balkans. His book is one of the first to assess in depth the progress of reconstruction and to evaluate the success of coordination on the part of various Western governments and international organizations. Professor Welfens sees an intimate connection, in the sense of equal responsibility, between internal reform, restructuring, and revitalization in the region and Western financing, ideas, and programs. Professor Welfens has coined the term "networked approach" to capture the...
Professor Paul Welfens offers a unique and timely approach to the major task of stabilizing and integrating the Balkans. His book is one of the first ...
"This book is able to explain and analyze what has eluded both scholars and thought leaders in business and the media - how and why populism has grabbed center stage. Highly recommendable." -David B. Audretsch, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
"Welfens provides valuable insight into US politics and describes the strategic options for Europe going forward." -Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, USA
"With great skill Welfens traces the implications of US populism for the global economic system." - Jeffrey D. Sachs,...
"This book is able to explain and analyze what has eluded both scholars and thought leaders in business and the media - how and why populism has gr...
This book considers climate change from an economic and international policy perspective. It argues that an emissions trading systems (ETS) should first be adopted in all G20 countries with those national ETS then integrated into a global ETS. The topic of global warming is at the forefront of international discussions, especially given recent environmental policy changes in the US under Presidents Trump and Biden and the emergence of the Fridays For Future movement.
Combatting climate change does not necessitate a trade-off between economic growth and climate policy provided that the...
This book considers climate change from an economic and international policy perspective. It argues that an emissions trading systems (ETS) should ...
