Purpose – This paper aims to review four studies which are selected purposefully to outline as objectively as possible the many aspects of lessons, experiences, achievements, and areas in need of further reform in China's ten years' accession into WTO. Design/methodology/approach – Different...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the effects of WTO accession on the economic growth of China, and the paths of those effects. Design/methodology/approach – This article carries out a theoretical and empirical analysis on the effect on China's economic growth from WTO...

Immiserizing growth is impossible when the growing country follows ationally optimal policies and the growth stimulates no foreign reaction. However, this solution may leave other nations with sub‐optimal policies, and it may lead to a global misallocation of resources. It is demonstrated that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine global monetary economic growth with free trade. It develops a multi‐country monetary growth model with capital accumulation to provide some insights into complexity of economic globalization with free trade and financial markets....

Sustainable growth indicates how rapidly sales can increase when ew assets required to support higher sales levels are financed solely through additions to retained earnings and new debt. The sustainable growth model provides a way for public policy makers to assess the need of any particular...

Purpose – This paper seeks to analyze empirically the net effect of trade openness on “economic culture”, measured by indicators of trust, respect, level of self‐determination, and obedience. Openness to international trade means that societies are more likely to be exposed to...

This study investigates the nature of the substitutability relationships among capital, labor, and imported inputs in the context of a production function for Spain, with estimates obtained from an aggregate cost function. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that all of the inputs are...

By the year 2000, it is estimated that Asian economies will control over 40 per cent of the world′s trade. In this context, the trading developments and relationships in the Asia‐Pacific region are examined and forecast growth patterns are discussed.

Purpose – The paper is a pioneering attempt to study the relative competitiveness of Association of South East Asian Nations – ASEAN‐10, 31 provinces of mainland China and 35 states of India by disaggregate approach vis‐à‐vis ranking and simulation studies. Design/methodology/approach...

The IT industry, particularly IT enabled services (ITES), in India has shown remarkable growth over the past decade and continues to show resilience even in the face of a global downturn in the sector. While India has not been able to match China in manufacturing prowess, it may have found its...