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.
Competition Policy Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Einar Hope
October 17, 2000
As markets become increasingly integrated and globalised, competition policy is facing new challenges. Contributions from leading international experts explore theoretical and methodological issues of practical relevance for the new competition policy order and give examples of practical policy ...
The Employment Impact of Innovation: Evidence and Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Mario Pianta, Marco Vivarelli
June 05, 2000
The diffusion of information and communication technologies is rapidly changing the structure of advanced economies, raising new problems of technological unemployment. The view that market forces can easily counterbalance the labour-saving impact of innovation is contrasted in this book with ...
Multimedia and Regional Economic Restructuring
1st Edition
Edited
By Hans-Joachim Braczyk, Gerhard Fuchs, Hans-Georg Wolf
December 02, 1999
Since the explosion of multimedia, the creation and promotion of multimedia clusters has become a target for regional development strategies across the globe. This work offers the first inter-regional comparison of the multimedia industry. Analysing thirteen American, European and Asian regions, ...
Who Benefits from Privatisation?
1st Edition
Edited
By Moazzem Hossain, Justin Malbon
November 24, 1998
This edited collection examines the impact of privatisation and the lessons to be learnt from it for the purpose of regulatory reform. The contributors analyse the benefits and losses of privatisation in a variety of countries from economic, legal and consumer perspectives and address fundamental ...
Rice: The Primary Commodity
1st Edition
By A.J.H. Latham
May 21, 1998
Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems which confront it.A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the ...
Competition and Trade Policies: Coherence or Conflict
1st Edition
Edited
By Einar Hope
April 21, 1998
The relationship between competition and trade policies, and the development of an effective competition policy for an integrated world economy, is one of the most important and challenging issues policy makers currently face. This book examines the current debates around competition and trade ...
Capital Markets and Corporate Governance in Japan, Germany and the United States: Organizational Response to Market Inefficiencies
1st Edition
By Helmut Dietl
December 18, 1997
Why did financial keiretsu develop in Japan, but not in Germany and the United States? Why is bank intermediation more dominant in Germany and Japan than in the United States? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each system? Capital Markets and Corporate Governance in Japan, Germany and ...
How Does Privatization Work?
1st Edition
Edited
By Anthony Bennett
December 09, 1997
Privatization has been one of the most important elements of public policy in the last decade and there have been massive transfers of ownership from the public to the private sector on a national and international level. This book combines thematic papers with country case studies to discuss the ...
Fiscal Policy and Economic Reforms: Essays in Honour of Vito Tanzi
1st Edition
Edited
By Mario I. Blejer, Teresa Ter-Minassian
May 13, 1997
Following Macroeconomic Dimensions of Public Finance, this is the second volume of essays in honour of Vito Tanzi. It focuses on the importance of fiscal policy on the wholesale economic reforms that are sweeping the advanced, less developed and formally communist countries. Issues analyzed include...
Macroeconomic Dimensions of Public Finance: Essays in Honour of Vito Tanzi
1st Edition
Edited
By Mario Blejer, Teresa Ter-Minassian
January 24, 1997
There is no magic formula for balancing fiscal policy and economic performance. As a scholar and policy advisor, Vito Tanzi has made a major contribution to identifying links between public finance and macro and microeconomic consequences. His findings bear relevance in both developing and ...
Competition Policy in the Global Economy: Modalities for Co-operation
1st Edition
Edited
By William S. Comanor, Akira Goto, Leonard Waverman
January 16, 1997
International agreements on competition law and policy are notoriously difficult to implement. This collection of essays examines the complexities involved when the issues of international co-ordination and harmonization of competition law and policy are considered....
Interest Rates and Budget Deficits: A Study of the Advanced Economies
1st Edition
By Kanhaya L. Gupta, Bakhtiar Moazzami
September 12, 1996
There is widespread belief that the high interest rates of the 1980s and 1990s in the developed world have been caused by high budget deficits. Yet, there is no conclusive evidence to support such a belief. This book systematically examines this and other questions relating to the behaviour of real...