Working papers / Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

volumes 1 : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2006-

Summary:

Perhaps the most popular of all Institute products, the Working Papers are now available for the fi rst time in a print format. These papers contain the preliminary results of ongoing Institute research. The book is divided into four sections: Trade and The Global Economy, Outsourcing, Asia, and the Middle East. Volume 1 contains papers from 2005. Future volumes will be published on a semi-regular schedule as material is available.

Contents:

Vol. 1. Trade and the global economy

Postponing global adjustment : an analysis of the pending adjustment of global imbalances / Edwin M. Truman

The US trade deficit : a disaggregated perspective / Catherine L. Mann and Katharina Plueck

Predicting trade expansion under FTAs and multilateral agreements / Dean A. Derosa and John P. Gilbert

Affinity and international trade / Marcus Noland

Outsourcing

Outsourcing and offshoring : pushing the European model over the hill, rather than off the cliff! / Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Outsourcing and skill imports : foreign high-skilled workers on H-1b and L-1 visas in the United States / Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Asia

Prospects for regional free trade in Asia / Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Yee Wong

China's role in the revived Bretton Woods system : a case of mistaken identity / Morris Goldstein and Nicholas R. Lardy

South Korea's experience with international capital flows / Marcus Noland

The Middle East

Explaining Middle Eastern authoritarianism / Marcus Noland

Egypt after the multi-fiber arrangement : global apparel and textile supply chains as a route for industrial upgrading / Dan Magder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0881323888

9780881323887

OCLC:

76924965