The author considers the issue of inter-industry labour mobility in the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA) and analyses the explanatory and predictive power of Mundell´s and Kenen´s criteria when the phenomenon of monetary integration presents itself as a process of gradual incorporation...

The BRIC economies are expected to further increase their share and importance in the world economy. Whereas their growth strategies and their integration in the world production system has been widely analyzed from different angles, it seems that there has been less attention paid to how...

Starting from the observations that the U.S. is faced with a considerable deficit of its manufactures balance of trade with Japan and that strong interna1 pressures for intervention are present, the author calculates several scenarios with an empirical world trade model of protectionist trade...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the case for improved (supra-national) regional social and labour policies in principle, assess the extent to which existing regional associations of governments and regional organizations are actually developing effective regional labour policies in...

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the subject of the impact of globalization and regionalization on the labour markets. The papers of the special issue are placed within this subject. Design/methodology/approach – Although the subject is not treated exhaustively, the papers presented...

La mayoría de los países que se encuentran en proceso de industrialización, han sido afectados por una alta inflación después de haber tenido algunos años de crecimiento acelerado. Este fenómeno se ha presentado frecuentemente en países de América Latina como México, Brasil y...