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 Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices: The Disruption of the World’s Resource Sector
1st Edition
By Masuma Farooki, Raphael Kaplinsky
March 04, 2013
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of China’s demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in ...
Towards A Fair Global Labour Market: The Role of International Labour
1st Edition
Edited
By Ozay Mehmet, Errol Mendes, Robert Sinding
January 11, 2013
This book answers the question of how to maintain effective labour regulation as the market for labour moves towards globalization. This issue is addressed from legal, economic, social and cultural perspectives. The authors consider the effects of free trade and investment, with and without labour ...
International Perspectives on Temporary Work
1st Edition
Edited
By John Burgess, Julia Connell
November 15, 2012
The numbers of workers employed on a temporary basis has grown massively over the last few decades. The benefits to firms of hiring workers on a temporary basis are clear and generally can be reduced to their cheaper short term cost. The status of workers employed in this manner however means that ...
Regional Monetary Policy
1st Edition
By Carlos Javier Rodriguez Fuentes
November 15, 2012
With the final phase of the European Monetary Union underway, concern has been raised over the regional implications of the European Central Bank (ECB) Monetary Policy. Departing from the standard approach utilized by the ECB, this book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to explore the ...
Trade and Migration in the Modern World
1st Edition
By Carl Mosk
November 02, 2012
Revolutionized by the growing use of fossil fuels and electricity and the reduced costs of transportation and communications, international trade and migration has received an unprecedented boost in recent years. Using a theory of economic and political gravitation, backed up with both quantitative...
The International Trading System
1st Edition
By Alice Landau
October 22, 2012
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is without doubt one of our main instruments of globalization, the controversy which is whipped up by this organization is arguably mainly caused by the mystery which surrounds it.The International Trade System seeks to remove the clouds of misunderstanding that ...
Financial Globalization and the Emerging Market Economy
1st Edition
By Dilip K. Das
September 12, 2012
The whirlwind of financial globalization has descended upon emerging market economies and rapid change has brought both benefits and problems upon a dynamic group of nations.This book examines the impact of ever increasing financial globalization on emerging market economies, both in the former ...
Fiscal Deficits in the Pacific Region
1st Edition
Edited
By Akira Kohsaka
September 12, 2012
Fiscal policy is an incredibly important tool for governments across the world, with many countries facing dilemmas in crafting fiscal policies to meet changing demographic needs, greater demands for social welfare and sudden spending due to shocks such as terrorism. This important book looks at ...
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 12, 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 12, 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 12, 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 12, 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 ...