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.
Crises in Europe in the Transatlantic Context: Economic and Political Appraisals
1st Edition
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By Bruno Dallago, John McGowan
September 30, 2020
The adoption and management of the common currency has led the Eurozone to a critical point. This book analyzes in an interdisciplinary way the fundamental causes of distress, making sure to relate economic issues to the social and political aspects of the problem. The book explores the reasons why...
Cultural Differences and Economic Globalization: Effects on trade, foreign direct investment, and migration
1st Edition
By Roger White
September 30, 2020
Economic globalization is the process of increased integration among nations, characterized and fostered by three elements of international trade- goods and services, international capital flows, and international migration. In recent decades, international economic integration has increased both ...
Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy: From Gaps to Solutions
1st Edition
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By Jonas Frank, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
September 30, 2020
The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or ...
Economic Integration in Asia: Key Prospects and Challenges with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
1st Edition
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By Deeparghya Mukherjee
September 30, 2020
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aims to achieve greater integration between the ASEAN region and its six free trade agreement (FTA) partners (India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Korea). The RCEP is the only agreement to include three economies which are among the ...
Global Economic Crisis and Local Economic Development: International cases and policy responses
1st Edition
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By Jason Begley, Dan Coffey, Tom Donnelly, Carole Thornley
September 30, 2020
This book offers a collaborative investigation of the policies and practices which have redeveloped local and national economies in the aftermath of the global economic crisis which erupted in 2008. It explores 'localised' models of economic development, including problems of diversity and balance...
International Trade, Competitive Advantage and Developing Economies: Changing Trade Patterns since the Emergence of the WTO
1st Edition
By Caf Dowlah
September 30, 2020
Available research suggests that less developed countries have significant competitive advantage over developed countries in three major areas of international trade: agriculture, textiles and clothing (T&C), and cross-border labor mobility. Incidentally, these are also the trade sectors which ...
Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development: Perspectives from Europe and Asia
1st Edition
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By Gilles Campagnolo
September 30, 2020
Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development brings international contributors together in order to consider economic, political, social and legislative aspects of China’s modernization. This volume explores how liberalism is received and perceived, and whether it is adapted or adopted upon the ...
The Dynamics of Growth in Emerging Economies: The Case of Turkey
1st Edition
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By Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley, Selim Çağatay
September 30, 2020
How can Turkey increase its medium- and long-term growth potential? Despite episodes of fast growth, this has become a vital question for the Turkish economy, in order to avoid being stuck in a middle-income trap. There has been an increase in the number of studies presenting growth in Turkey and ...
The Economics of Knowledge Generation and Distribution: The Role of Interactions in the System Dynamics of Innovation and Growth
1st Edition
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By Pier Paolo Patrucco
September 30, 2020
Contemporary capitalistic systems have been undergoing profound transformations determined by the transition towards the so-called knowledge based economy, i.e. a competitive system based on the capabilities firms have to create, use and circulate knowledge. These transformations concern both the ...
The Evolution of Economic Wellbeing: Progress-Driven Economic Policies in the Era of Globalization
1st Edition
By Zuhayr Mikdashi
September 30, 2020
Throughout history, humans have sought to enhance their wellbeing across various domains. Though the spectrum of factors responsible for wellbeing has widened considerably and advances have been realized in scientific-technological fields, significant failures have been encountered in establishing ...
The Global Commercial Aviation Industry
1st Edition
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By Sören Eriksson, Harm-Jan Steenhuis
September 30, 2020
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It offers a fully up-to-date account of the international developments and structure in the aircraft and aviation industries from a number of perspectives, which ...
The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia: Offshore business processes in services industries
1st Edition
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By Bart Lambregts, Niels Beerepoot, Robert Kloosterman
September 30, 2020
In the past two decades, several millions of IT-enabled services jobs have been relocated or ‘offshored’ from the US and Europe to, in particular, low cost economies around the world. Most of these jobs so far have landed in South and South-East Asia, with India and the Philippines receiving the ...