Foreign Exchange Markets and Foreign Exchange Rates -- Exchange Rate Regimes and International Monetary Systems -- International Parity Conditions -- Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions -- Open Economy Macroeconomics -- The Mundell-Fleming Model -- The Flexible Price Monetary Model -- The Dornbusch Model -- Global Derivatives Markets -- Currency Futures -- Currency Option…
Northeast Asian Views on an EAFTA -- China’s Approach to an Institutional Regional Arrangement -- East Asian Free Trade Agreement: Strategic Aspects for Japan -- Evaluation of Recent Progress of FTAs in East Asia — A Korean Perspective -- Southeast Asian Views on an EAFTA -- An East Asian FTA: A New Frontier of Economic Cooperation in East Asia -- Indonesia’s FTA Policy and Its Perspectiv…
Insights from a Global Survey on Bank Capital -- The Effects of Basel II on Developing Countries: A Summary of a Global Public Goods Network eForum on Basel II -- Capital Games -- The International Transmission of Capital Shocks: Implictions of a Revised Basel Accord for Developing Countries -- Designing Banking Sector Safety Nets: The Australian Experience -- Globalization and the Growth of In…
Background -- An Interpretative History of the Uruguay Round Negotiation -- The Politics of Trade Policy Development—The New Complexity -- The Democratic Roots of the World Trade Organization -- The Legal Framework of the World Trade Organization -- Institutional Framework -- GATT 1994 -- The Agreement on Agriculture -- The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures -…
Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction (Stefan Beck, Frank Klobes and Christoph Scherrer) -- 2. Can Germany Learn from the USA? (Christoph Scherrer) -- 3. After the Miracle (Stefan Beck) -- 4. The Dynamics of Industrial Restructuring (Frank Klobes) -- 5. The German Way (Michael Fichter) -- 6. Disentangling Deutschland AG (Christian Kellermann) -- 7. Transforming the Welfare State (Kai Mosebach) --…
Asian Economy -- Economic Diversity in Asia -- Market-Driven Regionalization in Asia -- Contemporary Initiatives in Institutionalized Regional Integration -- Trade, Competitiveness and Foreign Investment and the Linkages Among Them -- Financial Sector Development -- Post-Crisis Regional Economic Co-Operation and the Emerging Financial Architecture.Topicality of Asian economy has refused to fade…
The First Wave of Americanization, 1870–1945 -- Fordism and Taylorism Come to Europe -- Americanization as a Comprehensive Concept of Economic Development During the 20th Century -- The Second Wave of Americanization: The Great Post-War Boom, 1945–1975 -- Americanization as a Mission, 1945–1955 -- Mass Production, Mass Distribution, and New Technology -- Managing Firms and Their Consumers…
The Setting -- Overview -- The Development Process -- Economic Planning: History, Role and Effectiveness -- Government Finances and the Saudi Budgetary System -- The Financial Markets -- Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) and Monetary Policy -- The Financial Markets -- The Saudi Capital Market -- The Domestic Sector -- The Private Sector: Challenges and Opportunities -- The Kingdom’s Heart:…
Multidisciplinary Economics: The Birth of a New Economics Faculty in the Netherlands -- Opening Address -- Historical Mistakes Rectified -- Tjalling C. Koopmans: An Inspiring Example -- Styles of Research in Economics at Cowles -- Multidisciplinary Economics at Utrecht University -- Origins and Development of Multidisciplinary Economics at Utrecht University -- Multidisciplinary Economic Resear…
Trade Theory -- Non-Drastic Technology Transfer in an International Oligopoly -- Comment -- Income Redistribution, Trade Prices, and International Capital in Simulated Trade Models -- Comment -- On Two Elementary Propositions on Customs Unions -- Comment -- Trade with Labor Market Distortions and Heterogeneous Labor: Why Trade Can Hurt -- Comment -- The Impact of Intra-Industry Trade on the Env…