Dieses Lehrwerk geht auf die in den siebziger Jahren erhobenen Forderungen der Entwicklungsländer zur Neuordnung der Weltwirtschaftsbeziehungen ein und stellt alternative Konzepte der Verbesserung der internationalen Wohlfahrt vor.

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overseas Market Research -- 3 International Trade Contracts -- 4 Terms of International Trade -- 5 Payment Collection in International Trade -- 6 International Transportation -- 7 Marine Cargo Insurance -- 8 Foreign Exchange Risks -- 9 Electronic Commerce -- 10...

In his final work, one that distills decades of research and thought, a distinguished economic thinker turned social scientist and philosopher confronts three crucial questions facing the world at the end of the century: How and in what form can a harmonious and stable post-cold war world order...

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in international trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not...

The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by...

In this timely volume emanating from the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in international economics, leading economists address recent developments in three important areas. The first section of the book focuses on international comparisons of output and prices, and includes...

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,...