rate parity and the quantity theory were all present. The economics of Imperial China witnessed boom and bust, inflation …We discuss monetary thought in ancient China from the perspective of Western monetary theory. It sets out the structure … of economic activity in the various dynasties of ancient China and emphasizes the differences in monetary structure from …

In countries, such as Singapore, that have implemented vehicle congestion policies, recent years have seen a shift …

upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this … paper also argues that despite (and beyond) Singapore, one has to go further than the GATT/WTO to see the potential …

interpreted, first and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetary target helps anchoring inflation and inflation … well as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to the activity growth gap. In contrast, the response …

This paper analyzes the relative importance of the major factors underlying the post-1978 increase in China …

This paper presents numerical simulation results that suggest that China can both reduce its trade imbalance and … switching is thus a possibility for China to receive a double benefit, rebalancing trade with a welfare gain. This has … countries with a trade surplus, such as China, an origin basis offers a lower tax rate on an equal yield basis and reduced …

human capital to China's economic growth. The results indicate that human capital plays a much more important role in China … enrollment in China increased nearly fivefold between 1997 and 2007) while growth rates of GDP are little changed over the period … that there have been decreased in the efficiency of inputs usage in China or worsened misallocation of physical and human …

We document and discuss the implications of a sharp increase in the regional dispersion of skill premia in China in … of China's integration into the global economy plays a significant and regionally concentrated role in the second period …

Because of large and rapid growing export volumes and its formal status as a non-market economy; China has been the … are against China; India, in turn, is the largest source of initiation against China by number of actions. Here we explore … empirically. We use industrial panel data on all Chinese firms in the industry, foreign firms operating within China and state …

Large population / rapidly growing economies such as China and India have argued that in the upcoming UNFCCC …