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.
Globalisation and the Labour Market: Trade, Technology and Less Skilled Workers in Europe and the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Anderton, Paul Brenton, John Whalley
September 10, 2012
Incorporating new empirical data and using a wide variety of methods such as econometrics, general equilibrium and case studies, this detailed volume provides a thorough investigation into the causes of the deterioration in the relative economic fortunes of less-skilled workers across various ...
Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism: Conflict and Depolitization in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Jolle Demmers, Alex E. Fernández Jilberto, Barbara Hogenboom
September 10, 2012
This new collection critically examines the new global policy of 'good governance'. This catchphrase of aid policy and development thinking has been the subject of too little analysis to date. This book redresses the balance. It places the prefix 'good', and exactly what that means, under the ...
The Economics and Management of Technological Diversification
1st Edition
Edited
By John Cantwell, Alfonso Gambardella, Ove Granstrand
September 10, 2012
Recently, attempts have been made to understand the patterns of corporate technological diversification and their implications in economic and managerial dimensions. This book consolidates these attempts and breaks new ground by examining the patterns of technological diversification, and their ...
Trade Liberalization and APEC
1st Edition
By Jiro Okamoto
September 10, 2012
Trade liberalization has swept over developing countries over the past few decades and its results have been argued about for the last few years. This important new book presents useful insights into the experience of APEC countries that have gone through numerous liberalizing reforms in recent ...
Financial Crises: Socio-Economic Causes and Institutional Context
1st Edition
By Brenda Spotton Visano
July 26, 2012
This study explores the major patterns of change in the evolution of financial crises as enduring phenomena and analyzes the paradoxical position that crises are at once similar to and different from each other. Brenda Spotton-Visano examines economic, psychological and social elements intrinsic to...
Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in New EU Member States
1st Edition
Edited
By Luigi Bernardi, Mark Chandler, Luca Gandullia
July 11, 2012
Building on the work carried out in the 2004 Routledge book, Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe, an international team of contributors now turn their attention to the new EU member states. The book compares conditions in the new and potential EU Member states to those in the long-standing EU ...
International Labor Mobility: Unemployment and Increasing Returns to Scale
1st Edition
By Bharati Basu
June 28, 2012
Migration of workers within and across national boundaries is an important issue in an age of increasing levels of innovation and invention which economizes cost and helps large scale production.This book analyses the implications of migration for the levels of unemployment and distinguishes ...
Globalization and Self-Determination: Is the Nation-State Under Siege?
1st Edition
By David R. Cameron, Gustav Ranis, Annalisa Zinn
January 20, 2012
Is the nation state under siege? A common answer is that globalization poses two fundamental threats to state sovereignty. The first concerns the unleashing of centrifugal and centripetal forces - such as increasing market integration and the activities of institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and...
The European Economy in an American Mirror
1st Edition
Edited
By Barry Eichengreen, Dieter Stiefel, Michael Landesmann
November 24, 2011
Europe’s economy is under strain due to lagging productivity growth, population ageing, the difficulties of adjustment in an enlarged European Union, and the challenges of globalization. In comparison with America, rates of growth of GDP per capita and labour productivity growth are anaemic, ...
A General Theory of Institutional Change
1st Edition
By Shiping Tang
December 10, 2010
Institutional change is a central driving force behind social changes, and thus a central topic in all major fields of social sciences. Yet, no general theory of institutional change exists. Drawing from a diverse literature, this book develops a general theory of institutional change, based on a ...
Economic Integration in the Americas
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph A. McKinney, H. Stephen Gardner
December 17, 2009
This new book brings together contributions from recognized experts in trade policy, discussing and evaluating economic integration in the Western Hemisphere, the alternative trade strategies being pursued in this area and Latin American relationships with United States and Canada. These essays ...
Expanding Frontiers of Global Trade Rules: The Political Economy Dynamics of the International Trading System
1st Edition
By Nitya Nanda
November 23, 2009
This book analyses one of the most controversial areas in the political economy of international trade, namely the issues surrounding the creation of new ‘trade rules’. Various concerns are addressed, including the environment, labour standards, intellectual property rights, trade facilitation, ...