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The economics and politics of international trade / edited by Gary Cook ; general editors Geraint Parry and Hillel Steiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Freedom and trade ; v.2.
- Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 10.
- Freedom and trade ; v.2
- Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corn laws (Great Britain)--Congresses.
- Corn laws (Great Britain).
- Foreign trade regulation--Congresses.
- Foreign trade regulation.
- Free trade--Congresses.
- Free trade.
- Free trade--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
- Free trade--Political aspects--Congresses.
- International trade--Congresses.
- International trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is contemporary in focus, and explores key issues in current debates concerning international trade policy. The contributors are leading economists and political economists from Britain, Europe, the United States and Japan.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction GARY COOK; Reconsidering free trade FRANK HAHN; Ricardo's difficult idea: Why intellectuals don't understand comparative advantage PAUL KRUGMAN; Commentary on Chapter 3 JACOB KOL; International monetary arrangements and international trade: Does the monetary regime matter? K.ALEC CHRYSTAL; Commentary on Chapter 5 PARMJIT KAUR
- International competition and industrial performance: Allocative efficiency, productive efficiency and turbulence JOHN R.BALDWIN AND RICHARD E.CAVESCommentary on Chapter 7 LYNDEN MOORE; The regional impact of inward direct investment: Some reflections on the issue of measurement DAVID WILLIAMS; Commentary on Chapter 9 GEORGE A.PETROCHILOS; Shallow foundations: Labour and the selective regulation of free trade ROBERT O'BRIEN; Commentary on Chapter 11 GEORGE A.PETROCHILOS; Richard Cobden and the democratic peace MARTIN WOLF; Commentary on Chapter 13 JACOB KOL
- The Corn Laws and the CAP CHRISTOPHER BLISSCommentary on Chapter 15 HYLKE VANDENBUSSCHE; Antidumping actions in high technology industries: The case of semiconductors HARALD GRUBER; Commentary on Chapter 17 HYLKE VANDENBUSSCHE; Subsidies, exchange rates and job protection in the British steel industry, 1967 85 ANTHONY COCKERILL; Commentary on Chapter 19 LYNDEN MOORE; East-West trade in transition: The case of Austria JARKO FIDRMUC, CHRISTIAN HELMENSTEIN AND PETER HUBER; Commentary on Chapter 21 MAGDOLNA SASS
- Free trade movement in Asia Pacific: APEC's Osaka Action Agenda and its implications for multilateral trade liberalization IPPEI YAMAZAWACommentary on Chapter 23 GARY COOK; Knowledge, trade and growth ALVIN BIRDI; Commentary on Chapter 25 GARY COOK; Raw materials in the history of economic policy ERIK S.REINERT; Commentary on Chapter 27 PARMJIT KAUR; Index
- Notes:
- "Proceedings of a conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Repeal of the Corn Laws."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-33455-X
- 1-134-73196-5
- 0-203-19031-9
- 0-203-01736-6
- 9780203017364
- OCLC:
- 475876531
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