Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Western Hemisphere Department
Seizing the Momentum
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018–19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expected positive near-term spillovers from tax policy changes in the United States. Accommodative...
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
The May 2010 Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia reports on the implications for the region of global economic developments and presents key policy challenges and recommendations. A resumption of capital inflows and the rebound in crude oil prices have aided the recovery in the oil-exporting...
American Tianxia
Chinese money, American power and the end of history
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
After a meteoric rise, China's once inexorable growth has come to a screeching halt. With it ends China's dream of establishing a new tianxia (‘harmonious order’) in Asia with China at its centre. Salvatore Babones provides an up-to-date assessment of China's economic problems and how they are...
Institutional and Organizational Analysis
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
What explains the great variability in economic growth and political development across countries? Institutional and organizational analysis has developed since the 1970s into a powerful toolkit, which argues that institutions and norms rather than geography, culture, or technology are the primary...
The Economic Transformation of Slovenia
A Country Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,3, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), course: Economic Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, language: English, abstract: Slovenia is one of the best examples for a successful transformation....
by Lok Sang Ho, John Wong
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Intra-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...
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
The outlook for the Middle East and North Africa region is mixed. Oil-importing countries are witnessing tepid growth, and the moderate recovery expected in 2013 is subject to heightened downside risks. For the Arab countries in transition, ongoing political transitions also weigh on growth. With policy...
Many Shades of Red
State Policy and Collective Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 1999
This volume provides a radical and timely corrective to received wisdom about the seemingly inevitable transition from communism to democratic capitalism. Arguing against popular misconceptions that portray collectivized agriculture as an unqualified failure that followed a monolithic Soviet model,...
Models of Capitalism in the European Union
Post-crisis Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
This book uses comparative economic analysis to provide a common conceptual framework for all current European Union member states. Based on empirical investigation, the author identifies the Nordic, North-western, Mediterranean, and Central and Eastern models of capitalism on the threshold of the...
by Ellen Hofmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Hof, language: English, abstract: Over the past centuries, Japan's economy has witnessed not only one but several severe economic crises. The latest however...
Locating the Proper Authorities
The Interaction of Domestic and International Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
In an era of democratization and globalization, the number of decision makers has multiplied exponentially. Parliamentarians, bureaucrats, international secretariats, regional governors, and nongovernmental organizations have all gained influence at the expense of heads of state. How do these competing...
by Hyun-jung Je
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
In 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...
Applied Trade Policy Modeling in 16 Countries
Insights and Impacts from World Bank CGE Based Projects
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
This book focuses on the World Bank projects, led by the author, based on computable general equilibrium models of international trade policy. The chapters show an unusual combination of policy relevance, advice and impact, with academic rigor and international trade theory insights. The author discusses...
Tax and Spend
The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Taxes dominate contemporary American politics. Yet while many rail against big government, few Americans are prepared to give up the benefits they receive from the state. In Tax and Spend, historian Molly C. Michelmore examines an unexpected source of this contradiction and shows why many Americans...