Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Theory of Trade Agreements and Economic Integration, Size of Economics, Trade Costs and Economic Welfare -- 3 An Empirical Analysis of the Size Characteristics of Economies -- 4 An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Trade Costs on Trade Flows and Welfare:...

An unacknowledged key feature of East Asian FTA diplomacy is the region's active cross-regional preferential trading relations. In sharp contrast to the Americas and Europe, where cross-regional initiatives gained strength after the consolidation of regional trade integration, East Asian...

This book provides a brief history of the concept of development and policies relating to it. Readers will find an overview of how development has been discussed and debates from 1950 to the present. The author argues that development is a dialectic relationship between people's empowerment and...

This book offers a concise but thorough analysis of the International Monetary Fund reform debate. Since the advent of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, a lengthy deliberation has ensued over whether the IMF should be reformed, abolished, or left as is. The authors approach this...

This book uses systemic thinking and applies it to the study of financial crises. It systematically presents how the systemic yoyo model, its thinking logic, and its methodology can be employed as a common playground and intuition to the study of money, international finance, and economic...

Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen der Globalisierung -- Akteure und ihre Strategien -- Folgen, Chancen und Risiken der Globalisierung -- Möglichkeiten der nationalen Politiken zur Beeinflussung der Globalisierung -- Modell einer Globalen Wirtschaftsordnung mit den Säulen Globale...

Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen der Globalisierung -- Akteure und ihre Strategien -- Folgen, Chancen und Risiken der Globalisierung -- Möglichkeiten der nationalen Politiken zur Beeinflussung der Globalisierung -- Modell einer Globalen Wirtschaftsordnung mit den Säulen Globale...

Introduction and Overview -- Part 1: A history of mistrust and struggle: -- Oil and geopolitics in the 1970s and 1980s -- OPEC and the Roaring 1990s -- The 2000s: The Boom and Bust Cycles -- Part 2: OPEC and the New Reality -- A false dawn: Myths and Realities of OPEC’s power -- Technology and...

This book advocates a holistic reform of the current monetary and financial system dealing with the issues of money creation, central banks, loans, stock markets, tax justice, pension security and the international monetary system - “Bretton Woods II”. Its innovative approach presents...

Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre -- Makroökonomische Analyse -- Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsordnung -- Konzeptionen der Wirtschaftspolitik -- Funktionsweise von Märkten und Marktversagen -- Wettbewerbspolitik -- Wirtschaftliche Integration und Globalisierung.