Theoretical and methodological grounds for the analysis -- Material and historical grounds for the analysis -- The coffee commodity chain under U.S. hegemony, 1945-1972 -- Struggles over regulation of the chain, 1973-1989 -- Globalization and coffee crises, 1990-? -- The struggle for control of...

The economy, a Napoleonic passion? The question today is no longer in doubt. Creator of the Banque de France and the franc germinal, introducing new budgetary principles, Napoleon Bonaparte reorganized the monetary and financial system of our country. From money to industry, from economic...

Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Financial and Physical Investment in Africa -- The Performance of African Stock Markets Before and After the Global Financial Crisis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Performance of National Stock Market Indices Before and During the Global Crisis -- 2.1 The Nature and...

Cover -- Series Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Worlds of Electronics: From National Innovations to Global Production -- 2. Changing Fortunes in Global Electronics: A Brief History -- 3. Global Production...

This book attends to the most essential, lucrative, and overlooked business activity of early modern Europe: the trade of paper, uncovering its hotspots and trade routes, usual dealings, and recycling economies.

The idea that sugar, plantations, slavery, and capitalism were all present at the birth of the Atlantic world has long dominated scholarly thinking. In nine original essays by a multinational group of top scholars, Tropical Babylons re-evaluates this so-called "sugar revolution." The most...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- I: Tariffs and Trade Agreements -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. "A 3X3 Model of Customs Unions" Journal of International Economics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Notation and assumptions -- 3. The analysis of prices -- 4. Utility analysis -- 5. The customs union...

Key Features:Integrates analytical, empirical and policy insights from both academic and government perspectivesCovers policy reform, policy forums, and what it takes politically to achieve reformGives critical insights into the future of trade negotiations more generally.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Security Policy and the Canada-U.S. Border -- 3 Overview of Canada-U.S. Trade in Goods -- 4 The Impacts of Border Security - Review of the Literature -- 5 Study Methodology -- 6 The Aggregate Export and Import Equations -- 7 Estimating Export...