Topics in empirical international economics : a festschrift in honor of Robert E. Lipsey / edited by Magnus Blomstrom and Linda S. Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blomström, Magnus, 1952-

Goldberg, Linda S.

Lipsey, Robert E.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations--Congresses.

International economic relations.

International trade--Congresses.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this timely volume emanating from the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in international economics, leading economists address recent developments in three important areas. The first section of the book focuses on international comparisons of output and prices, and includes papers that present new measures of product market integration, new methodology to infer relative factor price changes from quantitative data, and an ongoing capital stock measurement project. The next section features articles on international trade, including such significant issues as deterring child labor exploitation in developing countries, exchange rate regimes, and mapping U. S. comparative advantage across various factors. The book concludes with research on multinational corporations and includes a discussion of the long-debated issue of whether growth of production abroad substitutes for or is complementary to production growth at home. The papers in the volume are dedicated to Robert E. Lipsey, who for more than a half century at the NBER, contributed significantly to the broad field of empirical international economics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Measuring Product-Market Integration

2. Inferring Relative Factor Price Changes from Quantitative Data

3. Multinational Firms

4. Determinants and Effects of Multinational Growth

5. Home-Country Effects of FDI

6. The Optimal Choice of Exchange Rate Regime

7. Revealing Comparative Advantage

8. U.S. Trade and Other Policy Options and Programs to Deter Foreign Exploitation of Child Labor

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Contains edited versions of papers from a conference held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Dec. 3-4, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612004759

9781282004757

1282004751

9780226060859

0226060853

OCLC:

646795949