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This volume addresses important issues in economic theory and international trade with contributions from … internationally renowned researchers - including some of Murray C. Kemp's many colleagues and former students. Economic Theory and … International Trade begins with an examination of classical trade theory and welfare economics. It goes on to discuss international …
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The book presents an overview of the general aspects of trade uncertainty, a central element in the analysis of economic diplomacy, illustrating that some instruments, such as sanctions (both positive and negative), increase trade uncertainty, whilst others--multilateral trade policy, for...
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Trade Policy Reforms and Development, comprises 11 essays offering new contributions on the following topics: globalisation and political economy of trade; trade, labour standards and economic crisis; the changing role of the WTO; competition policy and the WTO; choice of formulas for market access...
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The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such … tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a … comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory …
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This important new book critically examines the argument that structural asymmetries between the rich, industrialised countries of the global 'north' or 'centre' and the poor, largely primary-producing countries of the 'south' or 'periphery' could be responsible for an unequal division of the...
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, that it is not only contemporary international economic theory which takes account of these issues …
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analyses how employment levels and real wages are affected by international trade. Popular trade theory disregards the impact …
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lesser known contributions. It considers the new trade theory from the past two decades as a legitimate successor to the … academics with an interest in the history of economic thought and the economics (or theory) of international trade …
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The prospective WTO Millennium Round of negotiations will highlight critical economic issues regarding the application and implementation of the WTO rules to international trade in goods and services. In this book, a distinguished group of academic experts considers the agenda and areas of...
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Does free trade contribute to the deterioration of the environment? This important book offers a fresh look at the trade-environment debate from a political-economic perspective. It provides an extensive analysis of the environmental consequences of free trade, and examines how trade affects...
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