Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
About the Book Series
In an increasingly interdependent world, many of the most important issues are driven by economic forces. This series applies newly developed economic techniques to some of the most pressing contemporary problems. The aim of the series is to demonstrate the relevance of modern economic theory to the modern world economy, and to provide key reading for researchers and policy-makers.
The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and Responses
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Cohen
July 03, 2014
When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, causing persistent social and economic detriment in many countries. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: ...
The Processes and Practices of Fair Trade: Trust, Ethics and Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Brigitte Granville, Janet Dine
July 03, 2014
This book analyzes the factors behind the recent expansion of Fairtrade and questions whether the trust given to the scheme by "ethical" shoppers is warranted. It goes about this assessment by analyzing the claim of ethical shopping and by scrutinizing the specific contribution of the Fairtrade ...
Global Governance and Financial Crises
1st Edition
Edited
By Meghnad Desai, Yahia Said
June 19, 2014
The editors of this book have pulled together a collection of chapters that review the spate of financial crises that have occurred in recent years starting with Mexico in 1994 and moving on to more recent crises in Turkey and Argentina. With impressive contributors such as Douglas Gale, Gabriel ...
Globalization and Regional Integration: The origins, development and impact of the single European aviation market
1st Edition
By Alan P. Dobson
June 19, 2014
How was the European airline industry transformed from national fragmentation in 1957 to a point in 2006 where the European Commission could negotiate with the US for an Open Aviation Area on behalf of all twenty five members of the European Union? What can explain the change in mindset that saw ...
International Water Treaties: Negotiation and Cooperation Along Transboundary Rivers
1st Edition
By Shlomi Dinar
June 19, 2014
As demand for fresh water rises, together with population, water scarcity already features on the national security agenda of many countries. In this book, Dinardevelops a theory to explain solutions to property rights conflicts over shared rivers. Through systematic analysis of available ...
Linking Local and Global Economies: The Ties that Bind
1st Edition
Edited
By Carlo Pietrobelli, Arni Sverrison
June 19, 2014
Clusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to adapt continually to a fast changing environment. This new book, containing contributions on countries ranging from Italy and Mexico to China and India, recognises the disparity between conditions in these countries and poses some ...
The Indonesian Labour Market: Changes and challenges
1st Edition
By Shafiq Dhanani, Iyanatul Islam, Anis Chowdhury
May 30, 2014
The topics of unemployment, underemployment, wage trends and patterns, and the relationship between poverty and the labour market are of interest to all policy makers, researchers, academics and journalists concerned with economic development. This book traces the evolution of the Indonesian labour...
The Macroeconomics of Global Imbalances: European and Asian Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Marc Uzan
May 30, 2014
This book is the result of a workshop on the effects of globalization on Asian and European countries, organized by Marc Uzan and the Austrian Ministry of Finance in April 2006. Bringing together key academics, policy makers and private market participants, these chapters cover the current debate ...
The Economics of Language: International Analyses
1st Edition
By Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
May 16, 2014
Written by two internationally renowned experts in the field, this book explores the determinants of dominant language proficiency among immigrants and other linguistic minorities and the consequences of this proficiency for the labour market. Using empirical material from a range of countries, ...
Regional Development through Ecological Business: Unique Cases in Japanese Rural Regions
1st Edition
By Makoto Hirano
March 27, 2014
Regional disparity is one of the current pressing social issues. Many countries lack basic infrastructures of establishing a new business or industrial cluster. The book argues that existing arguments which have mostly focused on macroscopic view of economy of society ...
Venture Capital Investment: An Agency Analysis of UK Practice
1st Edition
By Gavin Reid
February 25, 2014
Gavin Reid presents a systematic analysis of what drives investor-investee relations in venture capital markets. In the first analytical work to use a unified framework, he draws upon a modern and general approach to contracting relations, namely principal-agent analysis. This book establishes a ...
Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO
1st Edition
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By Pitou van Dijck, Gerrit Faber
January 16, 2014
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the ...