International Economics

Financial crises are dramatic events. When they emerge, they tend to dominate the attention of the press and become the focus of policymakers. In o...

While most standard economic models of international trade assume full employment, Carl Davidson and Steven Matusz have argued over the past two de...

This book offers a concise and accessible overview and analysis of the place of large multinational and regional corporations in the political econ...

As a book on public policy, this book is unique in addressing explicitly the role of human nature. Only with a good understanding of human nature c...

The banking and financial sector has expanded dramatically in the last forty years, and the consequences of this accelerated growth have been felt ...

Based on a timely reassessment of the classic arguments of Weber, Schumpeter, Hayek, Popper, and Parsons, this book reconceptualizes actually-exist...

Taiwan’s rapid industrialization during the 1960s and 1970s, combined with the democratic revolution that began with the lifting of martial law in ...

This collection explores the connections between globalization, competitiveness and human security and their relevance for development studies. The...

The chapters in this edited collection, first published in 1990, examine the key aspects of change in the global economy at the end of the twentiet...

Originally published in 1987 this book presents a comprehensive survey of the global natural gas industry: it looks at the problems of supply, the ...

Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade – or more broadly, globalization – in...

Have you ever asked yourself what gives comfort to someone who demands and accepts a bribe, sells drugs or commits professional crimes for money? T...

With the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has ri...

With the rapid growth of China and India and the resurgence of Southeast Asia post-1997–8, emerging Asia has once again become one of the most dyna...

The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obv...

Recent events in the global financial markets and macro economies have served as a strong reminder for a need of a coherent theory of capitalist cr...

Migration is conceived differently in Europe compared with countries like the US, Canada or Australia. International Innovation Networks and Knowle...

This book is a review on the economic theories of systemic risks in the financial market and the topics in constructing the macroprudential framewo...

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Eurozone faced a major challenge to many of its most widely held beliefs around both short- and long-term ...

In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world’s second largest economy. The coun...

This book shows the impact of the recent trade tensions between China and the US on the world trade order, and how parties have reached a deal (so ...

The 2017 APBBEF volume includes studies on financial regulations on financial institutions, research on financial markets, and issues on employment...

This Handbook captures the salient features of Middle Eastern economies and critically examines the public policy responses required to address the...

Technological innovation is a core aspect of corporate and national competitiveness and it is not only complex—requiring cooperation and coordinati...