Global competition and integration / edited by Ryuzo Sato, Rama V. Ramachandran, Kazuo Mino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Satō, Ryūzō, 1931-

Ramachandran, Rama V.

Mino, Kazuo, 1949-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Research monographs in Japanese-U.S. business & economics.

Research monographs in Japanese-U.S. business & economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

International finance.

Competition.

Commercial policy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

Summary:

Global Competition and Integration offers varied perspectives on the changing international economy. The book is divided into four main sections covering world trade and competition, innovation and growth, financial markets and globalization, and regulation, distribution, and the role of government.

Contents:

Section I World Trade and Competition

1 A Coming Erosion of Advanced Nations' Well-Being from World Trade? / Paul A. Samuelson 1

2 Free Trade vs. Strategic Trade / Gene M. Grossman, Giovanni Maggi 9

3 Transport Costs and Patterns of International Trade / Hajime Hori 33

4 Consequentialism and Procedural Evaluations in Social Welfare Judgements / Kotaro Suzumura 65

5 On the Efficiency and Stability of Networks / Kunio Kawamata 83

6 Expanding the Purchase of a Foreign Intermediate Good / Jota Ishikawa 99

Section II Innovation and Growth

7 Estimation of Biased Technical Progress / Ryuzo Sato, Rama Ramachandran, Youngduk Kim 127

8 Imitation and Innovation in Complex Markets / Jim Bessen, Eric Maskin 171

9 Hypotheses on Routinization of Innovation / William J. Baumol 209

10 Technology and Profit under Global Monopolistic Competition / Takashi Negishi 229

11 New Derivation of Conservation Laws / Fumitake Mimura, Fumiyo Fujiwara, Takayuki Nono 241

12 Productivity Gap and Economic Growth under Increasing Returns / Kazuo Mino 267

13 Environmental Externalities and Growth / Toshihiro Ihori 293

Sction III Financial Markets and Globalization

14 What Happened to Asia? / Paul Krugman 315

15 International Adjustment under Capital Mobility / Michihiro Ohyama 329

16 International Factors in the Recessions of the Early Nineties / David K. Backus, Jordi Gali 355

17 Empirical Analyses of Exchange Rate Arrangements / Masahiro Kawai, Shigeru Akiyama 377

18 The Structure of Risks and the Portfolio of Pension Funds / Shigemori Ishida, Shigenori Ishida 407

19 Emerging Markets in History: The United States, Japan, and Argentina / Richard Sylla 427

Section IV Regulation, Distribution and the Role of the Government

20 Competition in Distribution Channels / Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Yuji Nakayama 447

21 The Deregulation of the Telephone Industry / Lawrence J. White 471

22 Exchange Rates, Retail Prices, and Market Structure / Fumihiro Goto, Masahiro Matsushita, Takayuki Yamashita 507

23 Population Aging and Dependency Burden / Haruo Sagaza 529

24 Nation States and Multinational Business in the Global Reach / Norihiko Suzuki, Taisei Kaizoji 559.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Presented by The American Academy of Political and Social Science in memory of Simon Nelson Patten; 1999/2000.

ISBN:

079238363X

OCLC:

39951605