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Migration and international trade : the US experience since 1945
White, Roger - 2010
This unique book synthesizes and extends the immigrant--trade literature and provides comprehensive coverage of this timely and important topic. In that vein, the author contributes to the understanding of the relationship between immigration and trade and sheds light on a noteworthy aspect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850913
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Migration and economic growth
Czaika, Mathias - 2012
The main focus of the papers appearing in the first part of the book is on inequality and its effects on growth, labour market integration and government policies. The book continues by dealing with migration, its determinants and its possible effect on the host country's output, employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852163
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Economic integration, democratization and national security in East Asia : shifting paradigms in US, China and Taiwan relations
Chow, Peter C. Y. (contributor) - 2007
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Democratization in Taiwan and its impacts on the triangular relations -- pt. 3. Economic integration and security of the global supply chains -- pt. 4. US strategic and security interests in Asia -- pt. 5. Postscript.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420008
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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue
Stabile, Donald - 2007
1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420014
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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420039
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports
Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor);  … - 2002
This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852037
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Migrants and welfare states : balancing dilemmas in Northern Europe
Larsen, Christian Albrekt (ed.) - 2022
on an issue that has become both politically and academically salient in Europe since the late 20th century … significant interest to researchers, policymakers, and public intellectuals in Northern Europe and beyond"-- …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479657
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Recent developments in the economics of international migration
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2012
'The economics of immigration literature has grown in the last decade to reflect the complexity of economic issues arising from international migration. This collection is a comprehensive research resource which allows both the student and scholar to keep abreast with traditional topics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852336
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Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe : best practices and breakthrough models
De Cleyn, Sven H. (contributor); Festel, Gunter (contributor) - 2016
Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main … perspective on academic spin-offs and technology transfer -- 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation … / Hervé Lebret -- Part V conclusion -- 13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe - concluding insights and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419818