Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However, these...

Cover -- Half-title -- Endorsement -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of contributors -- Part 1 Origins -- 1 The Shocking History of Oil -- Natural Resources and Economics -- Royalties -- Public Mineral Ownership -- American Oil --...

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- POLICY RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: KEY ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. POLICY RESPONSE IN DEEs: PAYMENTS CONSTRAINT AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- C. REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL...

The Economics of Immigration is written as a both a reference for researchers and as a textbook on the economics of immigration. It is aimed at two audiences: (1) researchers who are interested in learning more about how economists approach the study of human migration flows; and (2) graduate...

Learning from the experiences of other countries can support efforts to improve agricultural policies. Switzerland provides an interesting case because its policy is exceptionally targeted towards the establishment of sustainable production systems. We describe the history and the current state...

Tourism is one of the major determinants of global economic growth, creating jobs within the sector, and Africa is no exception. The target of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is to consider tourism as an alternative means of economic expansion. However, tourism is a means of...

People passionately disagree about the nature of the globalization process. The failure of both the 1999 and 2003 World Trade Organization's (WTO) ministerial conferences in Seattle and Cancun, respectively, have highlighted the tensions among official, international organizations like the WTO,...

In the 1980s and 1990s successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the...

Economists disagree on whether recent U.S. trade policies are harmful or helpful, but they all agree that there is a new trend toward focusing on results-oriented policies in specific markets and with particular trading partners. These twelve essays by leading international economists explore...