This book analyzes the various problems of growth, trade and public policy from the perspective of applied economics, based on research in areas such as public policies, trade and regulation, and development economics. Part 1 investigates the broad problems of growth and regional economy,...

Property rights and sustainable development / by Terry L. Anderson -- The skeptical environmentalist / by Bjørn Lomborg -- Economic growth, technological change and human well-being / by Indur M. Goklany -- Income and the race to the top / by Bruce Yandle, Maya Vijayaraghavan, and Madhusudan...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Vorwort -- 1. Trojanische Verhältnisse?- 2. Seidenstraße - Chance oder Risiko für Europa?- 3. Wer das 21. Jahrhundert verstehen will, muss China verstehen -- 4. China Forum Tübingen – Ein Modellprojekt zur China-Kompetenz -- 5. Wirklichkeit und Illusion -- 6. The Geographical...

1 Environment and Geography (Myung Soo Cha, Junseok Hwang, and Heejin Park) -- 2 Population (Myung Soo Cha and Heejin Park) -- 3 Labor Force and Employment (Yitaek Park) -- 4 Wages (Myung Soo Cha, Junseok Hwang, and Wooyoun Lee) -- 5 Education (Sun Go and Ki-Joo Park) -- 6 Health (Suk Chul Hong)...

This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insight into how openness to trade and financing can increase prosperity. In contrast, theoretical and empirical work in the 20th and early 21st centuries have returned mixed results regarding this assertion. The book also...

With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered...