This book is the result of a workshop on the effects of globalization on Asian and European countries, organized by Marc Uzan and the Austrian Ministry of Finance in April 2006. Bringing together key academics, policy makers and private market participants, these chapters cover the current debate of global imbalances and the way to resolve the disequilibrium in the international monetary system and understand the need for international cooperation among the different monetary areas of the world.
Various important points come out of the book; firstly there is an emphasis on...
This book is the result of a workshop on the effects of globalization on Asian and European countries, organized by Marc Uzan and the Austrian Mini...
As regional inequality looms large in the policy debate in China, this volume brings together a selection of papers from authors whose work has had real impact on policy, so that researchers and policy makers can have access to them in one place.
As regional inequality looms large in the policy debate in China, this volume brings together a selection of papers from authors whose work has had re...
This volume brings together a collection of the best available analyses of China's problems in governing rapid growth, focusing on equity and institutions, from well respected Chinese and non-Chinese scholars.
This volume brings together a collection of the best available analyses of China's problems in governing rapid growth, focusing on equity and institut...
Like the railroad and the automobile, the airliner has changed the very geography of the societies it serves. Fundamentally, air transportation has helped redefine the scale of human geography by dramatically reducing the cost of distance, both in terms of time and money. The result is what the author terms the 'airborne world', meaning all those places dependent upon and transformed by relatively inexpensive air transportation.
The Economic Geography of Air Transportation answers three key questions: how did air transportation develop in the century after the...
Like the railroad and the automobile, the airliner has changed the very geography of the societies it serves. Fundamentally, air transportation has...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Brazil has followed a pattern of economic development inspired by Washington Consensus. This framework includes a set of liberalising and market friendly policies such as privatisation, trade liberalization, stimulus to foreign direct investment, tax reform, and social security reforms.
This book assesses the determinants and impacts of financial liberalisation in Brazil considering its two dimensions: the opening up of the balance of payments capital account, and the penetration by foreign bank of the domestic banking sector. The author combines...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Brazil has followed a pattern of economic development inspired by Washington Consensus. This framework includes a...
This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands from economic to legal issues, bankruptcy and safety and security. The carefully selected papers offer a thorough and structured analysis of major current developments in the air transport industry. Fully up to date, topics covered include competitive strength, capacity utilisation and risk.
The most likely future scenarios are more or less known. Only, the timeframe remains uncertain. The speed at which the various market...
This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands...
The uncovering of a great number of cartels in the industrialised world has left an unfortunate, yet significant, mark on global economic developments in recent years. Globalization has forced firms into more direct competition; the result has been global price-fixing. This situation has greatly challenged antitrust authorities.
Taking a broad yet detailed approach, this work sets a practical explanation of the history of cartels and antitrust law in a sound theoretical framework, as well as providing suggestions as to how potential reforms of antitrust laws could...
The uncovering of a great number of cartels in the industrialised world has left an unfortunate, yet significant, mark on global economic d...
This text traces the specificities of Asian economies back to the formation of their basic institutions after WWII. It follows their transformations after the 1997 Asian crisis until the eruption of the subprime crisis.
This text traces the specificities of Asian economies back to the formation of their basic institutions after WWII. It follows their transformations a...
This book conducts a comparative study on the form of enterprise, focusing on broadly defined cooperative firms in comparison with conventional capitalist firms. It explores the essential advantages and disadvantages of the different types of firms and attempts to answer why capitalist firms are so prevalent in our economy.
This book conducts a comparative study on the form of enterprise, focusing on broadly defined cooperative firms in comparison with conventional capita...
Stability of the electricity industry is crucial for?economic growth of all nations. Sustainable economic growth cannot be accomplished without secured energy supply.?The book underlines how?management of the electricity industry should be conducted and the efficient form of electricity market structure. The book also studies the?electricity industry in Korea which?has been a strongly supportive and vital factor in the economic development of Korea for the last few decades.
The book focuses on the three market players of the electricity market and they are the suppliers, consumers and...
Stability of the electricity industry is crucial for?economic growth of all nations. Sustainable economic growth cannot be accomplished without sec...