International Economics category: 4483 books
International Financial Transactions and Exchange Rates
Trade, Investment, and Parities
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
International transactions among nations and multinational corporations are important and growing due to the openness of economies all over the world. In this follow-up title to Exchange Rates and International Financial Economics, Kallianiotis examines the role of the exchange rate and trade policy...
Saving Europe
How National Politics Nearly Destroyed the Euro
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Three times in the few years since the global financial crisis erupted, the euro has come close to extinction, endangering both the world economy and history's most ambitious project in shared sovereignty. Yet each time, the case for a common currency proved to be more compelling than its weaknesses,...
Varieties of Capitalism in History, Transition and Emergence
New Perspectives on Institutional Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Economics tends to teach that developed countries have good institutions while developing countries do not, and that this is the factor that constrains the latter's growth. However, the picture is far messier than this explanation suggests.
Building on the varieties of capitalism framework,...
Power in the 21st Century
International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The study of power is the nucleus of political science and international relations. As a shift of power from traditional industrial countries to emerging powers has been perceived since the turn of the century, this book aims to present innovative theoretical and empirical approaches that can increase...
by Bharati Basu, James T. Bang
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
International Remittance Payments are described mainly as money sent by immigrants to their families and friends in their home countries. These payments provide an important source of income that is mostly used to provide for a variety of basic needs of the non-migrating members of immigrant families...
Risky Trade
Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The current value of global trade has reached a staggering annual figure of $6 trillion in merchandise crossing borders. Such prolific global trading has, at the same time, begun to raise fears of pandemics and concerns for global health. Yet, investment in public health infrastructure and disease...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Traditional understandings of economic development in low- and mid-income countries have largely been influenced by the economic narrative of Western Official Development Assistance (ODA). Within this framework, compliance with macroeconomic orthodoxy and early integration in Global Economic Governance...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
This title was first published in 2002: The interrelationship between international trade and the environment has become the subject of much heated debate. These complex and strong concerns are given voice in this comprehensive and accessible text that brings together the leading journal articles...
by Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This book examines the treatment of culture and development in the discipline of economics, thereby filling a conspicuous gap in current literature. Economics has come a long way to join the ‘cultural turn’ that has swept the humanities and social sciences in the last half century. This volume...
World on the Move
Consumption Patterns in a More Equal Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
The world is poised on the threshold of economic changes that will reduce the income gap between the rich and poor on a global scale while reshaping patterns of consumption. Rapid economic growth in emerging-market economies is projected to enable consumers worldwide to spend proportionately less...
Struggling with Success
Challenges Facing the International Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Globalization, by which is meant the increasing economic interdependence among nations, has been a critical ingredient in enabling enormous improvement in mankind's condition. While progress has not always been smooth, and has not come without dislocation for some, the economic policy challenge has...
by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2006
The Economics of Demographics provides a detailed look at how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global development. The issue explores demographic change and the effects of population aging from a variety of angles, including pensions, health care, financial markets, and migration,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
'How to combine the community, the market, and the state in the total economic system is probably the most important agenda for economists geared towards the reduction of poverty in developing economies'. - Professor Yujiro Hayami This volume brings together leading scholars from all around the world...
Essays in Contemporary Economics
A Festschrift in Memory of A. D. Karayiannis
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This book is a collection of original essays grouped into four parts under the headings “Greece and European integration,” “Issues in the Methodology of Economics,” “Institutions and the Free Market Economy,” and “Insights for Today from Ancient Greece.” The essays appeal to both researchers...