International economics Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Information Spillovers And Market Integration In
Book SynopsisThis book volume brings together carefully selected scholarly works covering four inter-related topic areas in international finance. The first section deals with the efficacy and determinants of central bank currency interventions by the Bank of Japan and the Reserve Bank of Australia, the two of the most active central banks in the currency markets in the 1990s and the 2000s. This is followed by chapters that investigate the nature of information processing following domestic and foreign macroeconomic announcements. The third section provides the investigations into the evolving nature of financial market integration and information leadership of major financial centers. The final section presents the studies on the role sovereign credit ratings play in attracting international capital investments.The comprehensive empirical evidence provided in this book helps readers understand how international financial markets have evolved in their linkages and how information processing occurs in relation to sovereign rating events and other information arrivals.
£180.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Great Urbanization Of China, The
Book SynopsisAs China rises to become the world's largest economy, half a billion rural villagers are expected to become urban residents in the coming decades. The great urbanization of the world's most populated country is sure to be one of the most far-reaching social-economic events in the 21st century. This book provides a clear and comprehensive review of this unfolding event. It presents not only the evolution of public policies and institutional reforms regarding urban development over the past decades, but also an up-to-date survey and in-depth analysis of contemporary social-economic forces that define and contribute to the process of urbanization. Individuals interested in understanding China's urban development will find this book useful, informative, and fascinating.
£48.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Economics Of International Migration, The
Book SynopsisThe Economics of International Migration is a collection of the fundamental articles written by Giovanni Peri on the economic determinants and consequences of international migration. These papers have provided the theoretical framework and empirical analysis for a rethinking of the economics of migration, going beyond the Canonical model of labor demand and supply used until the 1990s. Beginning with a simple model that recognizes the differences between immigrants and natives as workers, the articles develop the analysis of complementarity, specialization and productivity effect of immigrants in developed economies. The book then presents a series of papers analyzing and testing the economic motivation for international migration. Finally, the focus is shifted to the effect of immigration policies and their consequences on immigration and the economy.
£48.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd International Trade And Labor Markets: Welfare,
Book SynopsisThis volume collects theoretical papers on the labor market effects of international trade that Udo Kreickemeier has published, together with different co-authors, over the past decade. Many contributions contained in this volume feature labor market imperfections that give rise to involuntary unemployment, and in those contributions, the question of how trade affects aggregate employment typically takes center stage in the analysis. Another recurring theme in many papers is the link between international trade and the income distribution within countries. The channels explored in the different papers include union wage premia, exporter wage premia due to firm-level rent sharing, and ability premia to entrepreneurs that are able to capitalize on their high productivity in global markets.
£126.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Evaluating Country Risks For International
Book SynopsisThis unique volume presents a trailblazing project of country risk analysis for international investments. It develops an innovative range of tools and techniques on the cutting edge of financial theories and practices for assessing and incorporating country/political risk in cross-border investment strategies. These tools and techniques address the nature of country risk as a broad concept that comprises an underlying combination of economics, finance, geopolitics, sociology, and history.
£162.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Megaregionalism 2.0: Trade And Innovation Within
Book SynopsisThis book provides new insights for policy debates on how to strengthen the gains from trade for innovation through an inclusive trading environment that facilitates access to knowledge for all. Rising economic nationalism, especially in the United States, creates new challenges to an enlightened globalization agenda.The US government has withdrawn from the Transpacific Partnership agreement (TPP) that once was considered to be the gold standard of megaregionalism, suggesting the need to highlight once again the critical role that international trade and investment play in fostering sustainable growth and prosperity. Fostering innovation and facilitating the links between trade and innovation are becoming increasingly important for developed and developing economies alike. But equally important are economic policies to ensure that gains and losses from trade for innovation are shared by all.This book is a must read for trade economists, innovation economists, trade negotiators, trade lawyers, and academicians interested in current transformations in the global economy and their impact on innovation and economic growth.
£157.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Understanding Latin America: A Decoding Guide
Book SynopsisFrom afar, Latin America looks like a blurry tableau: devoid of defining lines, particularities and nuances. Little is understood about the idiosyncrasies of Latin-Americans, their cultural identity and social values. Differences between Brazilians and Spanish Americans, or amid the diverse Spanish American countries, are not sufficiently understood. Even less is known about the amplitude of the Iberian heritage of such countries, or about the miscegenation and acculturation processes that took place among their different constitutive races. There is no clarity regarding the Western nature of Latin America or about its cultural affinities with Latin Europe. Nor is there sufficient understanding of the links between the Latin population of the United States and the inhabitants of Latin America.This book aims to fill the gap by focusing on Latin America's history, culture, identity and idiosyncrasies. It serves as a guide to understand regional attitudes, meanings and behavioural differences of the region. It also analyses the present economic situation of the region, while trying to predict the future of the region. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to readers keen on exploring the region for potential opportunities in trade, investment or any other kind of business and cultural endeavor.
£48.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Healthcare Policies And Systems In Europe And
Book SynopsisHealthcare Policies and Systems in Europe and China, a product of an interdisciplinary European Union-funded project, comprehensively investigates opportunities for mutual integration in the healthcare sector of the two regions and analyses policies at both national and local levels, the legal environment, medical practices, as well as the state of respective healthcare industries and related businesses. The book sheds light on both the potential benefits and obstacles to the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, as well as practices and industries in Europe and China. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted throughout using tools and technical knowledge derived from the economics, social sciences, legal and medical fields.This edited volume seeks to provide guidelines and policy proposals for policy-makers both in Europe and China, as well as offer operational suggestions for companies working in or with China, to enhance bilateral trade and investment flows. It also presents medical evidence and economic/legal analysis that will help boost the integration of traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine through research studies. This is a recommended read for graduates, researchers and policy-makers seeking for a holistic understanding of healthcare policies and systems, both in theory and in practice.
£148.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Economic Analysis Of The Rules And Regulations Of
Book SynopsisThis volume collects 21 papers on the following topics: non-discrimination in the multilateral trading system; preferential trade agreements and multilateral trade liberalization; sustaining international tariff cooperation; and case-studies of WTO disputes.
£153.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Handbook Of Global Financial Markets:
Book SynopsisThe objective of this handbook is to provide the readers with insights about current dynamics and future potential transformations of global financial markets. We intend to focus on four main areas: Dynamics of Financial Markets; Financial Uncertainty and Volatility; Market Linkages and Spillover Effects; and Extreme Events and Financial Transformations and address the following critical issues, but not limited to: market integration and its implications; crisis risk assessment and contagion effects; financial uncertainty and volatility; role of emerging financial markets in the global economy; role of complex dynamics of economic and financial systems; market linkages, asset valuation and risk management; exchange rate volatility and firm-level exposure; financial effects of economic, political and social risks; link between financial development and economic growth; country risks; and sovereign debt markets.
£198.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Public-private Relationships In Trade
Book SynopsisIn an ever more globalized and pluralized world, more attention is paid to engaging private parties in the process of trade policy-making, as non-state actors are often directly affected by trade policy shaped by governments. However, despite growing interest in this issue, there has been a relative lack of academic research on public-private relationships in trade policy-making under any kind of framework.The book, Public-Private Relationships in Trade Policy-making, proposes an analytical framework to examine various levels of public engagement, both in the international and national arena. By analyzing the WTO at the international level, and the US, EU, and Korea at the national level based on the author's proposed framework, this book goes beyond a mere descriptive approach to public engagement in trade policy-making to offer meaningful implications for policymakers in developing countries, which are increasingly acknowledging the importance of public-private relationships in the field of trade.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Foreign Direct Investment: Ownership Advantages,
Book SynopsisThe purpose of the book is to extend and develop the literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational corporation (MNCs) subsidiaries. There are several reasons for studying foreign investment and ownership. First, firms need to identify which host country industry factors are important in choosing among the various type of equity ownership (e.g. international joint ventures or wholly-owned subsidiary). Second, international diversification through foreign market entry can provide growth and profitability at rates unavailable in home markets. A third reason this warrants some attention is that type of ownership can affect attempts to counter international competition by engaging foreign rivals on their home turf. Fourth, firms have the option of choosing the appropriate equity ownership for international markets based on balancing their resources, capabilities, and international experience with their desire for ownership and control. This book extends the literature in FDI by providing empirical support for several theories and previously defined and/or tested constructs. For example, the parent and subsidiary's factors measured in this study suggest the importance of internalization and ownership advantages of Dunning's eclectic theory.
£66.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Surveys Of International Trade
Book SynopsisThis volume incorporates important surveys from a historical perspective. The masterly survey of Bhagwati provides great intuition about trade theoretical results and Chipman's three surveys present the mathematics of trade theory. These are very deep surveys from a mathematical point of view and show, for example, the Ricardian model as an application of Quasi-Concave programming and also the magnificent use of Sperner's Lemma for the odd and even intersections that occur in some problems in trade theory. There are also other surveys bringing the literature up to date and covering specific topics in trade theory.
£220.50
NUS Press Innovation and China's Global Emergence
Book SynopsisA pressing investigation into the global implications of China’s shift to an innovation economy. As China shifts to an economy driven by innovation and productivity growth, the global implications of this transition will be significant. Amid the rise of techno-nationalism and a changing strategic calculus around the world, the manner and means of China’s transition faces a high degree of scrutiny. China is attempting to balance a reliance on overseas sources of technology alongside efforts to strengthen domestic innovation capabilities as a hedge against the risks of a United States-led “decoupling.” In these circumstances, it is essential to understand the many different forces of change within China, and the way China responds to outside changes. The evolution of China's innovation economy will be one of the key economic stories of the early twenty-first century, and the world will need China as a source of innovation in the decades ahead. The aim of this book is to help build a better framework for policymakers to find a new equilibrium in negotiating the terms of an oncoming shift in geopolitics.Trade Review“Those who wish to pronounce on the subject [of China’s status as a rising technology power] might do well to work their way through this book first. The entries are measured and reasoned; there is deafening silence from the absence of axes being ground.” -- Peter Gordon * Asian Review of Books *“This book is a timely addition to the literature discussing the policies and strategies that have put China on the path of rapid technological progress. . . . Bert Hofman, Erik Baark, and Jiwei Qian do a wonderful job of setting the stage for capturing China’s technological progress for the subsequent chapter contributors”. * Pacific Affairs *“The explicit incorporation of the US–China conflict alone makes this book worth reading…. Readers interested in the implications of China’s transformation into an innovation state will gain a significant amount of information from this book’s multifaceted and timely analysis.” * The China Journal *Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Innovation and China's Global Emergence Bert Hofman, Erik Baark and Jiwei Qian Part One: Implications of China's Innovation Emergence 2. China and the U.S, Technology: Conflict or Cooperation? Gary H. Jefferson 3. The US-China Trade War and Myths about Intellectual Property and Innovation in China Dan Prud'homme 4. Global Implications of China's Policies on Indigenous Innovation Erik Baark 5. China's Talent Challenges Revisited Cong Cao and Denis Fred Simon 6. China's International S&T Relations: From Self-Reliance to Active Global Engagement Denis Fred Simon 7. How Does International Collaboration Lead to Radical Innovation in Latecomer Firms? Xiaolan Fu, Cintia K??lzer-Sacilotto, Haibo Lin and Hongru Xiong Part Two: Industrial Policy Challenges 8. PRC Industrial Policies Postdate Rather than Lead Economic Activity Carsten Holz 9. Made in China 2025 and the Proliferation of Intangible Assets Anton Malkin 10. Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage: A Comparative Study of the Cloud Computing Industry in Hangzhou and Shenzhen Bai Gao and Yi Ru 11. Global Value Chains and the Innovation of the Chinese Mobile Phone Industry Yuqing Xing List of Contributors Index
£23.76
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Essence Of International Trade Theory, The
Book SynopsisThis textbook aims to explain the principles in international trade theory and show how some useful trade models work. The book concentrates on two fundamental issues in international trade, that is, the 'determinants of trade patterns' and the 'welfare gains from trade' in various economic environments. Chapters 1 through 3 assume perfect competition and explore the workings of the Ricardian model, the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model, the Specific Factors model and more recent development of the Eaton-Kortum model. Chapter 4 examines various welfare criteria and their relation to the 'social utility function' and, then, proves the basic gains-from-trade proposition. Chapters 5 and 6 examine the implications of imperfect competition using a unified oligopolistic model and variations of the monopolistically competitive model. The roles of the strategic interaction among firms, the economies of scale, product differentiation, the heterogeneity of firms, and the geographic distribution of agents will be highlighted. Chapter 7 deals with some trade policy issues such as the effects of tariffs, the relation of tariffs to other policy measures, and the so-called strategic trade policies.
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Islamic Capital Markets: A Comparative Approach
Book SynopsisIslamic Capital Markets: A Comparative Approach (2nd Edition) looks at the similarities and differences between Islamic capital markets and conventional capital markets. The book explains each topic from both the conventional and the Islamic perspective, offering a full understanding of Islamic capital markets, processes, and instruments. In addition to a full explanation of Islamic products, the book also ensures a holistic understanding of the dual markets within which Islamic capital markets operate.Ideal for both students and current practitioners, the second edition of the highly successful Islamic Capital Markets: A Comparative Approach fills a large gap in the current literature on the subject, featuring case studies from Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, and the Middle East. One of the few comprehensive, dedicated guides to the subject available, the book offers comprehensive and in-depth insights on the topic of Islamic finance for students and professionals alike.
£130.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asian Competitors: Marketing For Competitiveness
Book SynopsisToday's dynamic and uncertain environment has contributed to the changing nature of markets. In order for companies to keep up, they will need to embark on new wave marketing to ride the wave of opportunities provided by the changes in the environment, such as the digital revolution.This is critical all over the world, but none more so than in Asia. Asia is not only the world's biggest market, but also the fastest growing. It is therefore essential for marketers to understand the dynamics of Asian companies and what they have to offer to the wider world. This book analyzes competitive companies from 18 Asian countries that have successfully practiced new wave marketing and in so doing, provide invaluable lessons that others may find useful. Comprehensive case studies are used not only to describe how some of Asia's best companies compete, but also to analyze the concepts of new wave marketing their actions are based on. This book is unique in its depth and breadth of cases, from companies in the ASEAN region to North-east Asia, including Mongolia and SAARC.The authors of this book, Professor Philip Kotler, arguably the Father of Modern Marketing, Hermawan Kartajaya from Indonesia, and Hooi Den Huan from Singapore, are all experts in their field and have previously produced other bestsellers. This book, with its focus on real life examples of competitive Asian companies in the age of digitalization, complements the principles and theoretical frameworks of new wave marketing that are detailed in its sister book, . Together, these books provide a comprehensive picture of the changing Asian marketing landscape.
£47.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asian Competitors: Marketing For Competitiveness
Book SynopsisToday's dynamic and uncertain environment has contributed to the changing nature of markets. In order for companies to keep up, they will need to embark on new wave marketing to ride the wave of opportunities provided by the changes in the environment, such as the digital revolution.This is critical all over the world, but none more so than in Asia. Asia is not only the world's biggest market, but also the fastest growing. It is therefore essential for marketers to understand the dynamics of Asian companies and what they have to offer to the wider world. This book analyzes competitive companies from 18 Asian countries that have successfully practiced new wave marketing and in so doing, provide invaluable lessons that others may find useful. Comprehensive case studies are used not only to describe how some of Asia's best companies compete, but also to analyze the concepts of new wave marketing their actions are based on. This book is unique in its depth and breadth of cases, from companies in the ASEAN region to North-east Asia, including Mongolia and SAARC.The authors of this book, Professor Philip Kotler, arguably the Father of Modern Marketing, Hermawan Kartajaya from Indonesia, and Hooi Den Huan from Singapore, are all experts in their field and have previously produced other bestsellers. This book, with its focus on real life examples of competitive Asian companies in the age of digitalization, complements the principles and theoretical frameworks of new wave marketing that are detailed in its sister book, . Together, these books provide a comprehensive picture of the changing Asian marketing landscape.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Foreign Direct Investment
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of important reference works by Bruce Blonigen on foreign direct investment (FDI). The book is primarily composed of empirical analyses of foreign direct investment behavior from an industrial organization and international trade perspective. These studies both examine determinants of FDI, as well as the effects of FDI on host and parent countries. The work examines FDI from a firm-level perspective and uses unique micro-level datasets to further understand firm-level FDI decisions and their impact on local economies. The volume should be valuable to both existing and new scholars in the field of international trade and international business. Much of the work is policy-oriented and so it will also be valuable to policymakers who follow the academic literature.
£171.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Belt And Road Initiative In The Global Context,
Book SynopsisThis book explores a wide range of topics related to the policies and implementation of the BRI. The topics include the associated risks and challenges, new opportunities for multilateral cooperation, and approaches to promoting the BRI among participating countries. The book analyzes how people and governments in Russia, Egypt, Pakistan, the US, Malaysia, Turkey, Singapore, India and 22 other countries respond to the BRI, and BRI's impact on the dynamics of national, regional and global development.The book's chapters are based on papers presented at the 'International Symposium of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Global Perspective', co-organized by the National Institute for Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing. A total of 39 experts from more than 30 countries have contributed to this book.
£80.75
Springer Verlag, Singapore Indian Agriculture Under the Shadows of WTO and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the various issues and concerns faced by Indian agriculture under the obligations of WTO and the Free Trade Agreements. While the issues discussed pertain mainly to India, the lessons can also be derived for many other similarly placed developing countries. The book delves into various aspects of Indian agricultural trade and evaluates the domestic policies and regulations of government while also looking at external factors like WTO, free trade agreements and non-tariff barriers. Chapters of this book have been contributed by eminent agricultural economists, lawyers and social scientists providing the perspective from their sector. This book highlights the challenges and opportunities for agriculture sector under the rapidly growing regional trade agreements and results of negotiations under the WTO. It also provides critical insights into the ongoing fisheries subsidies negotiations at the WTO and issues relating to non-tariff measures. The findings have broad implications for developing countries in general and India in particular. This book will greatly benefit trade negotiators, policymakers, civil society, farmer groups, researchers, students, and academics interested in issues related to the WTO, FTAs, tariff and non-tariff barriers and other allied issues concerning Indian agriculture. The techniques used in analytical part will mostly benefit the researchers as they can not only use these techniques and methodologies for their future research, but to also carry the research forward. The book is useful for many educational institutes which teach international trade, agricultural economics, and WTO and FTAs studies.Table of Contents
£52.24
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Free Trade Agreements In The Asia Pacific
Book SynopsisFree Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia as regional economies rush to catch up with the rest of the world — but what difference do they make? This book answers that question by providing an up-to-date assessment of the quality and impact of FTAs in the region. Featuring a collection of papers originally written for the prestigious Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Tokyo, it presents contemporary analysis and insights into the evolution of recent FTAs. The book is suitable for use by trade policy negotiators, policy analysts, and people developing business strategies in organizations, as well as graduate students and researchers in the field.Table of ContentsAn Analysis of the Restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment in Free Trade Agreements (S Urata & J Sasuya); Assessing the Economic Impacts of Free Trade Agreements: A Computable Equilibrium Approach (K Abe); Impacts of Japanese FTAs/EPAs: Post-Evaluation from Initial Data (M Ande); Market Access in FTAs: Assessment Based on Rules of Origin and Agricultural Trade Liberalization (I Cheong & J Cho); On the Comparison of Safeguard Mechanisms of Free Trade Agreements (A Kotera & T Kitamura); Services in Free Trade Agreements (R Ochiai et al.); On the Use of FTAs by Japanese Firms (K Takahashi & S Urata); Impacts of Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows: An Application of the Gravity Modeling Approach (S Urata & M Okabe).
£95.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Japanese Economy In Retrospect, The: Selected
Book SynopsisGary R Saxonhouse was one of the leading world scholars on Japanese economy. Born in New York City in 1943, he attended Yale University, where he received his PhD in Economics in 1971. He joined the Faculty of Economics at the University of Michigan beginning in 1970, where he taught throughout his career. The selection of his published papers that comprises this two-volume publication is a testimony and tribute to his remarkable accomplishments and influence that were cut short by his untimely death in November 2006, following a battle with leukemia.Volume I contains a selection of his published papers that have been instrumental in enhancing the understanding of Japan's modern economic history, focusing in particular on the Japanese cotton-spinning industry.Volume II features a selection of his published papers that look at how Japan's technology and innovation were key in promoting Japan's economic success; how its economy was shaped by its comparative advantage and related policies; and how its macro-financial policies were implemented in the course of its economic growth after World War II.Table of ContentsVolume I: Introduction and Overview; Economic History: A Tale of Technological Diffusion in the Meiji Period; Country Girls and Communication among Competitors in the Japanese Cotton-Spinning Industry; Productivity Changes and Labor Absorption in Japanese Cotton Spinning, 1891-1935; Working Koreans in Korea and Japan in the Interwar Period; Rings and Mules Around the World: A Comparative Study in Technological Choice; New Evidence on the Stubborn English Mule and the Cotton Industry, 1878-1920; Stubborn Mules and Vertical Integration: The Disappearing Constraint?; Technology Choice and the Quality Dimension in the Japanese Textile Cotton Industry; Supply and Demand for Quality Workers in Cotton Spinning in Japan and India; Determinants of Technology Choice: The Indian and Japanese Cotton Industries; Mechanisms for Technology Transfer in Japanese Economic History; Structural Change and Japanese Economic History: Will the 21st Century Be Different?; How Japan First Began to Export Machine-Made Manufactures to East Asia; Volume II: Technology and Innovation: What's All This About 'Industrial Targeting' in Japan?; Biotechnology in Japan: Industrial Policy and Factor Market Distortions; Technological Progress and R&D Systems in Japan and the United States; Comparative Advantage, Trade, and Trade Policies: Services in the Japanese Economy; Comparative Advantage and Structural Adaptation; An Analytical Survey of Formal and Informal Barriers to International Trade and Investment in the United States, Canada, and Japan; What Does Japanese Trade Structure Tell Us About Japanese Trade Policy?; Do Japanese Firms Price Discriminate in North America?; A Short Summary of the Long History of Unfair Trade Allegations Against Japan; Macro-Financial Issues and Policies: Equity Markets, Political Markets and the Changing Framework of US-Japan Economic Relations; Prospective Japanese Economic Recovery: Perspectives from European Economic Recovery in the 1930s; and other papers.
£328.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore: Trade, Investment And Economic
Book SynopsisSingapore's rapid evolution from a modest trading post under colonial rule into a prosperous, self-confident nation is one of the notable success stories of the second half of the 20th century. International trade and investment linkages have been the cornerstones of the city-state's economic success (more than 7 per cent per annum during the period 1970-2005).This book offers an overview of the Singapore economy with emphasis on its global trade and investment linkages and policies. It analyzes patterns and policies of Singapore's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) and discusses issues related to its services sector, focusing on its multilateral and bilateral commitments.The book will be a good reference source for business executives, journalists, and diplomats, as well as students and academics specializing in Asian studies and economic development.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Economic Structure and External Orientation; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Policies, Trends and Patterns; Singapore's Trade Performance and Patterns with Emphasis on East and South Asia; Trade and Investment Related Infrastructure and Policies; Services Trade Policies and Issues; Growing Economic Relations with India: A Case Study in Deepening Integration between South Asia and East Asia; Policy Implications.
£68.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China-eu Trade Disputes And Their Management
Book SynopsisThe European Union (EU) has now become the largest trade partner of China. While Sino-US trade relations and particularly the high-profile trade disputes between the US and China get considerable academic attention for geopolitical reasons, less research has been done on the Sino-EU trade disputes that gradually loom large on the horizon. This book delves into the trade disputes between China and the EU and identifies the causes for trade disputes. It examines how the disputes will shape China-EU trade relations, and offers a macro overview on how the issues can be resolved or at least how they should be managed.This timely book sheds light on Sino-EU trade disputes, putting these in global perspective and enriching the literature in this regard.Table of ContentsRMB Exchange Rate Debate; Market Access; Intellectual Property Rights; Industrial Policies; Antidumping Disputes; Textiles and Clothing.
£74.10
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asian Industrial Clusters, Global Competitiveness
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of what Asian industrial clusters might teach us. At a time when the dynamics of the world's economy are increasingly being influenced by developments in Asia, the question takes on particular relevance because of the explosion of clusters and cluster policies throughout the region; and because of the great variety of models which can be seen developing in the various countries.Based on robust empirical surveys and interviews conducted in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, the studies collected in this book were first debated at an international workshop in Lyon. From industrial districts to poles of competitiveness, these studies explored the transformation of traditional systems of activities or industrial districts to new networks ready for global competition or innovation, and also the development of new agglomerations or scientific knowledge clusters.The wide range of case studies in this collection offers a rich store of theoretical and practical lessons for analysts, policy-makers and economists. The book will also be a useful guide for graduate students as well as researchers in economics, sociology and political studies.Table of ContentsOverview: Introduction: Industrial Districts, Clusters and Poles of Competitiveness; What can be Learned from Asian Industrial Clusters? (B Ganne & Y Lecler); From an Industrial Policy Approach to an Industrial Cluster Approach: Japan, East Asia and Silicon Valley (A Suehiro); Japan - The Japanese Clustering Initiative Approach: Public Policies in Japan: Industrial Revitalization, Knowledge Creation and Clustering (A Hattori); Competence and Profitability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; The Case of Kawasaki SMEs (M Miyamoto); China - The Specificities of Chinese Industrial Clusters: Their Importance and Weaknesses: New Phenomena and Challenges of Clusters in China in the New Era of Globalization (J Wang); The Emergence of Industrial Clusters in Wenzhou, China (T Marukawa); Distribution System of China's Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Yiwu China Commodity City (K Ding); South East Asia - Clusters and the Building of Competitiveness in Emerging Countries: Some Evidence from South East Asia: From Craft Villages to Clusters in Vietnam: Transition through Globalisation (Q N Nguyen); The Prevalence of Social Embedding in Vietnamese Industrial Clusters (S J Appold & Q T Nguyen); Thailand's Cluster Initiatives: Successes, Failures and Impacts on National Innovation System (P Intarakumnerd); and other papers.
£171.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead (3rd Edition)
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is going through tremendous changes. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth, particularly before the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. The transitional economies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are also exhibiting signs of economic awakening and revival after years of internal political and social turmoil. Despite these encouraging signs, the region still has a long road ahead to achieve developed nation status.Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead is a serious and concise study on various important economic aspects of Southeast Asia. Existing economic studies on the region are mainly topical in nature. Most of the publications only attempt to offer a partial treatment of the issues and fail to examine these issues in a holistic manner. The objective of this book is to provide a more complete cross-country discussion on the economic issues and problems facing Southeast Asia. Besides critically examining the multiple facets of changes and problems that have been and will be encountered by Southeast Asia, the book also presents a lucid exposition on the prospects of the region. However, it does not stop there. It moves on to provide pointers and suggestions on how Southeast Asian countries should proceed with their development options and processes. The book should be of interest to economists, graduate students on Southeast Asia and all those who want to have a better knowledge and understanding of the important Southeast Asian region.In this latest edition, data were updated and new emerging trends explored. A significant portion of the text was redrafted so as to make this edition more compact and concise than the earlier ones. New “Suggested Discussion Topics” are added, and contemporary issues such as the Global Financial Tsunami, Asian economic integration and Michael Spence's World Bank Report are also dealt with.Table of ContentsThe Land and Its History; Economic Diversity; Agriculture: Rice; Agriculture: Rubber, Oil Palm and Other Crops; Agriculture: Prospects and Policy Options; Industrialisation: Comparative Strategy; Economic Inter-Dependence: External Trade; Economic Regionalism; Fiscal Policy; Financial Policy; Population Explosion and Characteristics; The Asian Financial Crisis; Trinity Development Model and Southeast Asian Development.
£76.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead (3rd Edition)
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is going through tremendous changes. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth, particularly before the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. The transitional economies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are also exhibiting signs of economic awakening and revival after years of internal political and social turmoil. Despite these encouraging signs, the region still has a long road ahead to achieve developed nation status.Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead is a serious and concise study on various important economic aspects of Southeast Asia. Existing economic studies on the region are mainly topical in nature. Most of the publications only attempt to offer a partial treatment of the issues and fail to examine these issues in a holistic manner. The objective of this book is to provide a more complete cross-country discussion on the economic issues and problems facing Southeast Asia. Besides critically examining the multiple facets of changes and problems that have been and will be encountered by Southeast Asia, the book also presents a lucid exposition on the prospects of the region. However, it does not stop there. It moves on to provide pointers and suggestions on how Southeast Asian countries should proceed with their development options and processes. The book should be of interest to economists, graduate students on Southeast Asia and all those who want to have a better knowledge and understanding of the important Southeast Asian region.In this latest edition, data were updated and new emerging trends explored. A significant portion of the text was redrafted so as to make this edition more compact and concise than the earlier ones. New “Suggested Discussion Topics” are added, and contemporary issues such as the Global Financial Tsunami, Asian economic integration and Michael Spence's World Bank Report are also dealt with.Table of ContentsThe Land and Its History; Economic Diversity; Agriculture: Rice; Agriculture: Rubber, Oil Palm and Other Crops; Agriculture: Prospects and Policy Options; Industrialisation: Comparative Strategy; Economic Inter-Dependence: External Trade; Economic Regionalism; Fiscal Policy; Financial Policy; Population Explosion and Characteristics; The Asian Financial Crisis; Trinity Development Model and Southeast Asian Development.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Understanding Economic Growth In China And India:
Book SynopsisDue to their sheer size and stake in the global economy, China and India have long been identified as the two giant economies of Asia. This book presents a highly engaging comparative study on the economic growth of China and India by examining the significance of the role of productivity in economic growth as well as their relations with regional partners. Through detailed analysis of trade, services, energy and pollution, readers are invited to follow the two distinctive development trajectories taken by the two countries, as well as challenged to consider the issue of sustainability of growth in the future.Table of ContentsChinese and Indian Economies in International Perspectives; Growth Since the 1980s; Regional Growth and Convergence; Role of the Service Sector; Bilateral Trade; Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission; Pollution Control and Economic Growth.
£67.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Great Urbanization Of China, The
Book SynopsisAs China rises to become the world's largest economy, half a billion rural villagers are expected to become urban residents in the coming decades. The great urbanization of the world's most populated country is sure to be one of the most far-reaching social-economic events in the 21st century. This book provides a clear and comprehensive review of this unfolding event. It presents not only the evolution of public policies and institutional reforms regarding urban development over the past decades, but also an up-to-date survey and in-depth analysis of contemporary social-economic forces that define and contribute to the process of urbanization. Individuals interested in understanding China's urban development will find this book useful, informative, and fascinating.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Exchange Rate System Reform: Lessons For
Book SynopsisThe author of this book is the original proponent of China's exchange rate system reform announced in 2005. This book discusses:Through these discussions, the author hopes to share his knowledge on macroeconomic policy management accumulated over the past thirty five years. In particular, he would like to share his insights on macroeconomic policy management before, during and after an asset inflation era or a crisis period. He would also like to warn policy makers and financial investors on the likelihood of an asset bubble and then a crisis in economies outside the US. The author hopes this book could eventually stimulate the emergence of “macroeconomic policy management” as a new and important discipline in economics.While the focus of the book is on macroeconomic policy management, it also offers important lessons and strategies on share and property investments. Thus, economists, policy makers, central bank officials, economics students, business and finance professionals, individual investors and academia in other disciplines will find the book useful.Table of ContentsTheoretical Design and Actual Implementation of the Reform: Macroeconomic Conditions and Debate Before the Reform; Transitional, Medium-Term and Long-Term Designs of the Reform; Supplementary Measures that Could Help the Reform; First Stage Reforms During the Transitional Period; Second Stage Reforms; China's Economic Performance and Macroeconomic Risk After the Transitional Reform: Impacts of Capital Inflows and the Related Policy Measures; China's Foreign Reserves and External Trade: Some Misconceptions and Their Policy Implications; China's Stock Market Bubble and Her Lessons of Bubble Squeezing Strategies; China's Property Inflation and Its Solution; General Price Inflation in 2007; Global and Domestic Economic Slowdown in 2008-10: Role of Fiscal and Monetary Policies; Conclusions, Outlooks and Lessons: Risk of Rampant Asset Inflation and Big Cycle of Exchange Rate During the Recovery Period; The Chance of An Eventually Successful or Unsuccessful Exchange Rate System Reform in China; Lessons to Other Economies on Exchange Rate System Reform, Banking Reform, Asset Inflation and Avoidance of Economic Crises; China's Experience as Evidence to Economic Theories and Debates.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Economy: Rural Reform And Agricultural
Book SynopsisContaining ten quality chapters on China's rural reforms and agricultural development, this first volume from the Series on Developing China: Translated Research from China emphasizes the importance of countryside, agriculture and the role of peasants in China's economy.While the Chinese revolution has traveled a path of “encircling the cities from the rural areas”, Chinese reforms were likewise started in promoting the household contract responsibility system in the rural areas — the majority of its population living in the countryside makes it the focus of the reforms. Such structural issues that readjustment of interests entailed as urban-rural divide and poor-rich gap are closely related to the rural reform. For this, a rural study centered on the three rural issues (agriculture, rural areas and peasants), or peasantography, is actually an academic “gold mine”, which contains the richest possibilities for Chinese social science to contribute to the world.The above mentioned chapters cover an extensive range of issues in rural reform and agricultural development in China, including property right, food trade structure, the Township and Village Enterprises, non-agricultural employment, the mobility of labor force, land distribution, taxation and saving behavior. The research approach ranges from a macro- to microeconomics level, while in terms of research methodology, property theory, game model and quantitative economics are used, in combination with historiography and empirical case studies.Table of ContentsAcademic Inquiries into the Chinese Success StoryA" (Z-L Deng); Gender Inequality in the Land Tenure System of Rural China (L Zhu); The Allocation of Decision-Making Power and Changes in the Decision-Making Style: Systematic Thoughts on China's Rural Problems (S-G Zhang & N Zhao); Farmers' Tax Burden in Rural China: A Political Economy Analysis (R Tao et al.); Effects of Labor Out-Migration and Income Growth and Inequality in Rural China (S Li); Grain versus Food: A Hidden Issue in China's Food Policy Debate (F Lu); Saving Behavior in a Transition Economy: An Empirical Case Study of Rural China (G-H Wan et al.); Township Enterprises and Their Interest Distribution in Reform: A Three-Player Game Model (R-Z Ke); Rural Interregional Inequality and Off-Farm Employment in China (P Zhang); Food Demand and Nutritional Elasticity in Poor Rural Areas of China (J-W Zhang & F Cai); Reform in China's Rural Areas: The Changes in the Relationship between the State and Land Ownership - A Retrospect on the Changes in Economic Institutions (Q-R Zhou).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd International Finance And Open-economy
Book SynopsisThis historically-based textbook on international finance and open-economy macroeconomics provides a complete course on the theory and policies that shaped our international financial system. Utilizing the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference as a unifying theme, the book covers all the standard topics of international finance, such as foreign exchange markets, balance of payments accounting, macroeconomic policy in an open economy, exchange rate crises, multinational enterprises, international banking, and the evolution of our international financial system. The detailed international financial theory is presented in a lively manner that reflects the close relationship between actual world events and the development of economic thought.The book also analyzes the causes of the 2008 international financial crisis and recession, encourages critical thinking about whether the current international financial system promotes human well-being, and concludes with a discussion on whether it is time to summon the world's financial leaders to another Bretton Woods Conference. In additional to providing students with a solid understanding of international finance and open-economy macroeconomics, the book is written in a reader-friendly style that makes it a good reference for anyone interested in the many fascinating issues related to our still-evolving global financial system and, more generally, our global economy.Table of ContentsBalance of Payments Accounting; Foreign Exchange Markets; Exchange Rates; Exchange Rate Hedging; Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets; Open-Economy Macroeconomics; Mundell-Fleming Model, Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model; Foreign Exchange Crises; Gold Standard; History of the International Financial System; Bretton Woods System; Euro; International Banking; Multinational Corporations; Alternative Exchange Rate Systems; International Financial Regulation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Realizing Rational Exuberance: An Appreciation Of
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of the Mundell-Huang Da Lectures on Economics held at the Renmin University of China, including lectures by leading authorities in the international economics circle and Nobel Prize winners such as Jean-Jacques Laffont, Michael Spence, Edmund Phelps, Robert Shiller and Robert J Barro. Each speech is accompanied by insightful comments from economists in China to help readers understand the latest developments in economics and finance and integrate them with China's current situation.Table of ContentsGlobalization and the RMB Exchange Rate (R A Mundell); The Issues on China's Macro-Economy Strategy Under Current International Situation (R A Mundell); Growth: Does China's Economy Keep on High-Speed Growth in 20 Years From Now On (M Spence); Employment, Inflation, and Sustainable Economy Growth: Can You Have Your Cake and Eat It Too? (E S Phelps); Can the RMB Become the 3rd Global Currency? (R I Mckinnon); The Analysis of the Influential Factors on Economic Growth: Some New Evidence (R J Barro); The Lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis (F S Mishkin); Imagination, Futures and Derivatives (L Melamed); The Interconnection and Pricing of the Internet (J-J Laffont); The Rising of Behavior Finance (R J Shiller); The Framework of the Retirement Risk Analysis (Z Bodie); The Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy: The Role of Financial Markets (B M Friedman); Social Security System and Retirement Behavior: New Perspectives and Evidence (H Rosen); The Challenge to European Financial and Fiscal Policy: Discussion with Formerly Deputy Minister of Finance of Germany (C Koch-Weser); Understanding Modern Economics (Y-Y Qian); Can State Ownership Really Promote the Balanced Development? (Z-W Chen); The Flat Tax (A Rabushka); Developing Trend of International Venture Capital (M Haemmig); USA's Experience in Venture Capita (M W Cardullo); The Issues on the Construction of Corporate Governance (D-G Bei); Thinking of the Management Strategy of the Financial Holding Company (J-P Xie;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Light The Lamp: Papers On World Trade And
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of well-known WTO staffer Bijit Bora who died suddenly in 2006. The papers include applied analysis of questions of policy in international trade in fields related to Bora's interests, including foreign direct investment, trade in services, competition policy, and trade and development. It contains previously unpublished papers by Bora himself on the impact of the WTO.Table of ContentsThe Future of World Trade Policy; Evaluating the Impact of the WTO Information Technology Agreement; Economic Analysis and WTO Arbitration Cases; The Impact of Manufacturing Protection on Agricultural Incentives in Australia; India and the Global Demand for Commodities: Is there an Elephant in the Room?; Foreign Direct Investment in China: Trends, Characteristics and Implications; The Changing Pattern of International Trade in East Asia; The Integration of the Electronics Sector in ASEAN; Regional Value Chains and Asian Regionalism; Recent Developments in the Literature on Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Markets; Competition Policy in International Airline Markets: An Agenda and a Proposed Solution;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Regionalism In East Asia: Why Has It Flourished
Book SynopsisThis book examines an important economic development in East Asia during the first decade of the 21st century. Whereas regional arrangements were, with the sole significant exception of ASEAN, conspicuously absent before 2000, they have proliferated since 2000 in both the monetary and trade areas. The book places this political development in the changing nature of the national economies, especially their increasing integration into regional and global value chains with the fragmentation of production processes.This is a freshly written, coherent analysis of the topic, drawing upon (updated) material from a series of articles that the author has published on the subject over the years. Although the book is based on theoretical and, especially, empirical analysis of regionalism, it is written in a non-technical style accessible to a wide range of readers. The book is likely to be adopted as supplementary reading for university courses on Asian economies, whether be it in area studies or economics/political economy disciplines.Table of ContentsBefore 2000: The Case of the Missing Regionalism; The Rise and Decline of Open Regionalism; Market-driven Regionalization: The Emergence of Subregional Zones; The Asian Crisis, Monetary Integration, and ASEAN+3; Asian Regionalism Resurgent: FTAs after 2000; How Wide is the Region?; How Deep is East Asian Integration?
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Integration Into The World Economy
Book SynopsisThis book discusses China's integration into the world economy, drawing on papers previously written by the editor. It focuses on strong trade growth, FDI inflows, innovation policy (including transfer of technology and intellectual property), the role of saving, and the accumulation of human capital. It also analyzes the quantitative significance of openness in driving China's growth.While other books on China do not focus much on China's integration into the world economy, this book provides technically strong analyses of key contributing factors to China's growth performance. It also highlights innovation and education policies and their significance for the 11th five-year plan which aims to quadruple real income per capita between 2000 and 2020.Table of ContentsChina in the World Trading System; China's New Regional Trade Agreements; China and FDI; Technology Upgrading and China's Growth Strategy to 2020; The Impacts of Renminbi Appreciation on Trade Flows and Reserve Accumulation in a Monetary Trade Model; The Post MFA Performance of Developing Asia; The Unified Enterprise Tax and SOEs in China; Evaluating the Impure Chinese VAT Relative to a Pure Form in a Simple Monetary Trade Model with an Endogenous Trade Surplus; China's Growing Economic Activity in Africa; The Higher Educational Transformation of China and Its Global Implications; Inequality Change in China and (Hukou) Labour Mobility Restrictions; Chinese 3G Policy and Global Standardization; State-Owned Enterprise Behavioural Responses to Trade Reforms: Some Analytics and Numerical Simulation Results Using Chinese Data.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd International Economics: Global Markets And
Book SynopsisNew Edition: International Economics: Global Markets and Competition (4th Edition)This book integrates the microeconomics of trade with international finance and open economy macroeconomics. The emphasis throughout is on international competition and the limits of trade policy.Economics began with a debate over tariffs. Domestic industries lobby for protection against foreign competitors or export subsidies. Government policy makers dole favors in return for cash and votes. Governments negotiate free trade agreements but disregard them when possible with tariffs, export subsidies, and other policies to influence foreign trade and investment. The forces of international competition, however, eventually overwhelm government policy.This text presents the critical issues of international trade and finance. Trade theory includes partial equilibrium market analysis, neoclassical trade models, constant cost production, factor proportions production, and models of industrial organization. The text integrates concepts from international finance and the basic models of open economy macroeconomics.The presentation uses graphs with numerical examples making the theory easier for students, especially when combined with more general classroom presentation. The text does not assume previous courses in intermediate economics or calculus but develops the theory with simple tools. Numerous questions give students confidence to use the theoretical models and concepts.Over 250 boxed examples illustrate the theory, many with visually descriptive charts and plots. The text is concise in its presentation style. Students enjoy its clear straightforward style and instructors notice the difference on exams. remove The Instructor Manual is available upon request for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to sales@wspc.com.Table of ContentsMarkets and Trade; Trade: Gains, Protection, and Terms; Production and Trade; International Integration; International Money and Macroeconomics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd International Financial Crisis, The: Have The
Book SynopsisThe recent global financial crisis has caused massive upheavals worldwide. The papers in this volume analyze whether financial principles seem to have shifted in recent years, and what that may mean for international financial markets and regulation. What “broke” in the current crisis? Is there no “playbook” on how to respond to systemic crises? What is the optimal role of the state in dealing with crises? How should asset bubbles be addressed in the future? Do we need a major overhaul of governance in the industry? What means exist to address systemic crises? What reforms are needed? These and related issues are discussed by an impressive list of well-known scholars, policymakers and practitioners, with an emphasis on the implications for public policy.Table of ContentsSpecial Addresses: Back from the Brink (C D Romer); Longer Days, Fewer Weekends (K M Warsh); What Broke? The Root Causes of the Crisis: Origins of the Subprime Crisis (C W Calomiris); The Role of the Financial Sector in the Great Recession (M Mussa); Containing a Systemic Crisis: Is There Really No Playbook?: Regulating Systemic Risk (M Kawai & M Pomerleano); Systemic Risk: Is There a Playbook? (R K Steel); Dealing with the Crisis: The Role of the State: Banking on the State (P Alessandri & A G Haldane); The Role of the State in a Crisis (P L Swagel); What To Do About Bubbles: Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulation: Financial Instability and Macroeconomics: Bridging the Gulf (C Borio & M Drehmann); Bubbles? (A H Meltzer); Dealing with Crises in a Globalized World: Challenges and Solutions: Global Financial Reform: Diagnosis and Prognosis - A Network Approach (A L T Sheng); Dealing with Cross-Border Bank Distress: Some Specific Options for Reform (S Claessens); How to Make Regulators and Government More Accountable: Regulatory Governance and Agency Design: Making Safety-Net Managers Accountable for Safety-Net Subsidies (E J Kane); The Sentinel: Improving the Governance of Financial Policies (R Levine); Policy Panel: Where Do We Go from Here?: Where Do We Go from Here? (A K Kashyap); Where to from Here? Have the Rules of Finance Changed? (J Silvia); and other papers.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Facets Of Competitiveness: Narratives From Asean
Book SynopsisThe ten countries in the ASEAN region account for approximately 5% of world gross domestic product and 8% of world population and represent the most diverse group of nations in terms of the level of prosperity, political system, culture, language, and history. This diversity in ASEAN not only helps us understand the notion of national competitiveness, but also provides important policy lessons for both developed and developing countries.This book — a collection of essays — provides insights on competitiveness challenges and policies. It provides an excellent overview of competitiveness for a group of countries at various stages of development. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, business executives and government officials.Table of ContentsCountry Essays on ASEAN; Building National Consensus Around Competitiveness; National Competitiveness Councils; Role of Government in Competitiveness; Automobile Industry in Thailand; Formulating and Implementing Cluster Policies; Emerging Economies; Economic Diversification; Land-Locked Countries; Resource Rich Countries; Sustainability of Economic Growth; Brunei; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Economic Diplomacy: Essays And Reflections By
Book SynopsisSingapore, a small Southeast Asian country with limited resources, transformed itself from a trading post to a successful, cosmopolitan nation with one of the most impressive growth rates in the world. Less well known, however, has been its role in regional and global trade negotiations. This book is a collection of sixteen essays written by a group of diplomats, policy-makers, and professors who became involved in international economic affairs, notably in GATT/WTO, regional and bilateral free trade negotiations. Here, they reveal their thoughts about the world economy and trading system, reflect on their experiences, and explain how they promoted national interests while advancing the global trade agenda. This book will appeal not only to professional diplomats, but to anyone interested in how international economic diplomacy works and Singapore's role and perspective as an open trading nation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Apec And The Rise Of China
Book SynopsisIntra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge impact on the world economy, and particularly on ASEAN countries. This is the appropriate time to take stock: what has APEC achieved so far? How is China's rapid growth shaping the course of economic integration and cooperation in the region? What is the future of APEC? This book is based on papers presented by scholars with expertise in the Asia Pacific region at a conference on “APEC at 20 and the Rise of China” organized by the APEC Centre of Lingnan University on 26-27 February 2010, and includes additional invited papers.Table of ContentsAPEC and the Rise of China: An Introduction (L S Ho & J Wong); Overview of Issues: Designing Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (C-P Chung); Rebalancing Relations between East Asian and trans-Pacific Institutions: Evolving Regional Architectural Features (Z-Y Pang); Role of China: Will China Become an Engine of Growth for the Region? (Y-P Huang); China's Economic Rise and Regional Trade (R Leal-Arcas); The Role of China in Asia-Pacific Trade Framework in the Context of APEC (E K-K Yeoh et al.); Monetary Integration and the Reform of the Reminbi: Towards an Effective (More or Less) Monetary Union in Asia (L S Ho); On the Reform of RMB Exchange Rate: A Trade-off Solution (B Zhang & X-P Hua); The Future of APEC: Continuing the APEC Agenda and the Evolving Regional Institutional Architecture in the Context of an Emerging Asia (K G Tan & S W Chiang).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asean Matters! Reflecting On The Association Of
Book SynopsisThe initiative to establish the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community was adopted by the ten leaders at the 2003 Bali Summit in Indonesia. Since then, the concept of a community-building process in ASEAN has become an issue that attracts a great deal of attention from scholars and experts around the world.ASEAN Matters! Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations carries essays with different perspectives on critical issues relating to the three pillars in building the ASEAN Community, namely the ASEAN Political and Security Community; the ASEAN Economic Community; and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. In a nutshell, this book provides broad and invaluable insights into the role ASEAN plays in enhancing peace, prosperity, and stability in the Southeast Asian region.Written in a highly accessible style, the contents include both a thorough review of current issues and a succinct overview of the past and future direction of ASEAN. The book reiterates the continued and strengthening relevance of ASEAN, 43 years after its founding.Unlike most other books on ASEAN, a majority of the essays are written by former professional staff at the ASEAN Secretariat, as well as from current office holders. This gives the volume a high degree of authenticity and unique insights. More interestingly, it also includes viewpoints from experts, scholars, diplomats and officials who either have extensive research knowledge or had been involved in ASEAN's external and economic relations with the dialogue partners, such as China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the European Union (EU), among others.Table of ContentsASEAN; Regional Integration and Cooperation; Political and Security; Economic; Socio-Cultural; Community-Building; International Relations; International Business; Connectivity.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Asia And China In The Global Economy
Book SynopsisThe volume represents a collection of papers that examine important topical themes related to the rise of China and Asia in the global economy. It offers many useful insights on several issues that are hotly debated in the international community, especially in the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis. The contributors are renowned experts from academic institutions, central banks, and international organizations. Their analyses and points of view offer valuable insights for researchers and policymakers who are interested in the recent developments in China, Asia, and the global economy.Specifically, the thirteen chapters contained in the volume address four broad themes. The first theme is on open macroeconomics and transmission mechanisms that highlight the interactions between countries in the globalization era. The second theme covers the contentious issue of renminbi valuation, which has significant implications for the debate on global imbalances. The third theme covers currency internationalization and financial markets in Asia. In particular, two chapters discuss renminbi internationalization and yen internationalization, while the other two papers examine yen carry trade and the Asian credit card market. The fourth theme is external demand and fiscal stimulus in Asian countries.Table of ContentsRenminbi Valuation: Renminbi misaligned - Results from meta-regressions (I Korhonen & M Ritola); The Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate of China: A Productivity Approach (V Kakkar & I Yan); A Note on the Debate over Renminbi Undervaluation (Y-W Cheung et al.); Open Macroeconomics: Trilemma Configurations in Asia in an Era of Financial Globalization (J Aizenman et al.); How much do Exports Matter for China's Growth? (L Cui et al.); A Simple Model for China FactorA" in a Small Open Economy (J Li); Currency Internationalization and Financial Markets: On Renminbi Internationalization (H-H Gao & Y-D Yu); Internationalizing the Yen, 1984-2003: Unfinished Agenda or Mission Impossible? (S Takagi); Bond Currency Denomination and the Yen Carry Trade (M Spiegel & J Lopez ); Growing Asian Credit Card Markets Amid the Global Financial Crisis (T S Kang & G-N Ma); Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Macroeconomic Effects of Emerging Asia's Fiscal Stimulus (P Cova & A Rebucci); Double Drain, Risk of Recession and Monetary Policy in Small Open Economies (G-Y Kim); The Effect of Government Size on Economic Growth in Japan (F Guerrero & E Parker).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Foreign Direct Investment In China: Winners And
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the effects that foreign direct investment into China has had on the productivity, exporting activity, and innovation of Chinese domestic firms, as well as on the nation's labor markets. The analysis relies on the most complete data available and state-of-the-art statistical analysis. The book also includes a critical overview of existing theoretical and empirical literature on these issues and is meant to provide guidance to researchers in the area of FDI effects in general, as well as those interested in studying the Chinese economy.Table of ContentsBackground and Literature; Direct Effects of FDI on Target Firms; Spillover Effects of FDI on Domestic Firms' Productivity; Effects of FDI on Local Labor Markets for Skilled and Unskilled Workers; Effects of FDI on Innovation and Imitation by Domestic Firms; Effects of FDI on Export Activities of Domestic Firms.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Challenges For The Singapore Economy After The
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of invited and selected papers from the Singapore Economic Policy Forum 2009 around a central theme, Challenges Facing Singapore in the Post-Crisis Era and Policy Responses.There are very few books on the Singapore economy. This one is largely non-technical in nature and brings the reader up to speed on the key issues facing policymakers in Singapore in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The contributors are all experts in their field and have extensive experience of the Singapore economy. The book also offers an international dimension to look at the role of China in the Asian economy and the impact on Asia of reforms to the international financial architecture.Table of ContentsThe Post-Crisis Era: Challenges for the Singapore Economy; Economic Policy-Making in Singapore: Some Reflections; Reform of the International Financial Architecture, the G20 and Asia; The Current Productivity Drive in Singapore and Labor Market Policies; China as an Emerging Market for Singapore: Challenges and Opportunities; Equity in Singapore's Healthcare Financing; Monetary Policy in Singapore and the Global Financial Crisis; Fiscal Policy in Singapore and the 2010 Budget; Singapore's Exchange Rate Policy: An Evaluation; Citizen-Government Partnership for Social Equity: How It Strengthened with the Global Crisis.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Two Asias: The Emerging Postcrisis Divide
Book SynopsisTwo Asias provides a fresh perspective on the Asia's disparate economic prospects in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the Great Recession. The financial crisis, its propagation and real economic consequences are carefully documented, and used in conjunction with prior trends to identify the impending reconfiguration of wealth and power in Asia, and between Asia and the developed west. The study highlights Asia's cultural and systemic diversity, and suggests that China's, Vietnam's and South Korea's extraordinary catch-up during the last two decades is on the cusp of fading due to diverse technical, systemic and global reasons. It shows too that the West has learned little from the 2008 financial crisis, that the planetary macroeconomy is headed for a period of protracted turbulence, all of which suggests that the world community needs to rethink its expectations. These findings are the net assessment of an international team of experts assembled under the auspices of the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Policy, headed by Steven Rosefielde, Masaaki Kuboniwa and Satoshi Mizobata.Table of ContentsAsian Economic Performance 1500 - 2010; Global Financial Crisis; Global Bust; Pan-Asian Shock Wave; Policy Response; Japan, China, Russia, Export-led Development and Dollar Reserve Hoarding; Chinese Overtrading; Counter-Crisis Trade Expansion; Business Cycle Decoupling; Lessons From BRICs; Eurozone and Global Financial Imbalances; East-West Convergence and Intra-Asian Stratification.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Renaissance Of Asia: Evolving Economic Relations
Book SynopsisA recent study by the Asian Development Bank notes that by 2050, Asia's per capita income would rise six-fold to reach Europe's levels today, one of many indications of Asia's “re-emergence”. By then, Asia's share of global GDP would have doubled and it would have regained the dominant economic position it once held some 300 years ago before the industrial revolution.What is less well-known is that during the previous eras of globalization, Asia was also regionally integrated and globally connected. During the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, Asia was divided and fragmented.This unique book argues that, led by the economic dynamism and “re-encountering” between China and India, we are witnessing the “Renaissance of Asia”. As in the bygone eras, Asia is integrating within itself and the global economy is intensifying, now driven by market-oriented production networks and economic policies. Asia is starting to be “re-centered” as trade and investment relations between South Asia and East Asia surge. Asia's rise is a restoration of the past, not a revolution. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the economic development of Asia.Table of ContentsIntroduction and Overview (Pradumna B Rana); Regional Economic Integration: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Pradumna B Rana); Restoring the Links: Historical Perspectives on South Asia - East Asia Relations (Ellen L Frost); Linkages between East and South Asia: The Contemporary Trade Perspective (Robert Scollay); Horizontal Asia (Anthony Bubalo & Malcolm Cook); India, SAARC, and Pan-Asian Integration (G Wignaraja); Transport and Trade Facilitation for South Asia - East Asia Trade (Douglas Brooks & Barbara Dizon); Connecting South and East Asia for Pan-Asian Integration: Prospects and Challenges (Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay); Economic Policy Reforms and Long-term Outlook for South Asia (Pradumna B Rana); Pan-Asian Economic Integration: Country Perspectives from the Japanese Manufacturing Industries (Masaaki Amma); Singapore's Direct Investment Link with Sri Lanka: Past Experience and Future Prospects (Tilak Abeysinghe et al.); Trade Links between China, India, and Singapore (Shandre Thangavelu).
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