Dimensions of competitiveness / edited by Paul de Grauwe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grauwe, Paul de.

Series:

CESifo seminar series.

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, leading economists take on the sometimes-derided concept of competitiveness, demonstrating the value of systematic analysis in an area too often dominated by special interest groups who use (and abuse) the concept to advance hidden agendas.

Contents:

The economics behind the world economic forum's global competitiveness index / Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Competitiveness, economic performance, and structural policies : an OECD perspective / Jean-Philippe Cotis, Alain de Serres, and Romain Duval

Concepts and measurements of competitiveness : towards an integrated approach / Eckhard Siggel

Explaining and forecasting Euro area exports : which competitiveness indicator performs best? / Michele Ca' Zorzi and Bernd Schnatz

An assessment of the trends in international price competitiveness among EMU countries / Christoph Fischer

Benchmarking the competitiveness of nations : benevolence versus equal treatment / Harry P. Bowen and Wim Moesen

Business taxes and international competitiveness : understanding how taxes can distort capital ownership and designing a nondistortive international tax system / Michael S. Knoll

Competitiveness : a comparison of China and Mexico / Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Sebastian Vollmer, and Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262289320

0262289326

OCLC:

860356670