Industrial policies after 2000 / edited by Wolfram Elsner, John Groenewegen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elsner, Wolfram.

Groenewegen, John, 1949-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Recent economic thought

Recent economic thought series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy.

Economic policy.

Economic forecasting.

Physical Description:

vi, 495 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2000]

Summary:

Industrial Policies after 2000 investigates industrial policy during a time of deregulation, privatization and a growing interest in small government. This book brings together scholarship from different countries, different institutional contexts, and different theoretical perspectives. That includes the neoclassical 'market' approach, game theoretical models, and institutional economics.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Industrial Policy; Issues, Theories and Instruments / John Groenewegen 1

2 The Theoretical Analysis of Industrial Policy / Malcolm Sawyer 23

3 The Implications of Globalization for Industrial, Trade, and Innovation Policies / Jonathan Michie 59

4 Comprehensive Industrial Policies and the Contemporary Coordination Nexus / Pascal Petit, Mark Setterfield 75

5 A Simple Theory of Cooperative Industrial Policy. Model Building and Practical Experience / Wolfram Elsner 113

6 Industrial Policy, Industrial Change and Institutional Inertia / Michael Dietrich, John E. Burns 145

7 Strategic Trade and International Competition Policy / Rainer Markl, Werner Meissner 175

8 Policy Implications of Purely Strategic Mergers / Hans Schenk 199

9 Contracts and Costs in a Corporate/Government System Dynamics Network: A United States Case / F. Gregory Hayden, Steven R. Bolduc 235

10 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Employment Creation, and Industrial Policy / Paul Schreyer 285

11 Policies for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) / Patrizio Bianchi 321

12 Regional Paths of Institutional Anchoring in the Global Economy. The Case of the North-East of England and Aragon / Arnoud Lagendijk 345

13 Anything New in Industrial Policy?

Myths and Empirical Facts. The Case of some German Regions / Friedhelm Hellmer, Waltraud Bruch-Krumbein, Wolfgang Krumbein 381

14 An Industrial Policy Agenda 2000 and Beyond

Experience, Theory and Policy / Wolfram Elsner 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0792377508

OCLC:

43036783