Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- The Contributors -- 1. Introductory Overview -- I. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement -- 2. The Origins and Evolution of TPP Trade Negotiations -- 3. The Political Economy of Joining TPP: The Case of...

Key Features:Chapters first present the methodology relevant to analyze FTA's WTO compatibility in a particular area and then present case studies of Asian FTAs to examine their WTO compatibility, which is followed by the policy discussions on how to make FTAs more WTO-friendlyThe book is...

Key Features:Written in a simple and accessible manner for both economists and non-economists alikeCovers a wide range of contemporary economic policy issues encompassing monetary, trade, financial and related issues.

Key Features:By studying the most recent movements on both macro and micro levels, the book provides an insightful overview of the future of East Asian countriesEach country is treated from a unique viewpoint that symbolizes its distinctive characteristics, while at the same time, the movements...

Key Features:It has a series of chapters on the European experience, and how they might apply to new regional initiatives in East AsiaIt includes an extensive documentation and analysis of East Asian integration proposals and analyzes their respective economic and political meritsSome chapters...

When did Europe pull ahead of Asia in terms of living standards? A number of well-known scholars compare economic and demographic indicators of well-being in the pre-industrial period. The emerging picture is not one of great differences, but of considerable similarities in standard of living...

This volume is the outgrowth of a conference held at Peking Universityin May 2002, jointly sponsored by the American Committee on AsianEconomic Studies, the Peking University School of Economics, and theChina Reform Forum. The contributors include leading scholars fromAsia as well as specialists...

This book presents a socio-technical view of strategic informationsystems issues such as enterprise systems implementation andmanagement, knowledge management, customer relationship management,and e-government initiatives. It contains eight case studiesdocumenting experiences of utilizing...

The term "economic globalization" has been discussed extensively in the popular press, by business executives and by policy-makers all over the world. While academic economists have made some excellent contributions to specific, technical aspects of economic globalization, there appears to be a...

Intro -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- 1. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil -- 2. Belindia Goes to Washington: The Brazilian Economy after the Reforms -- 3. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution in China -- 4. Opening Up the Hungarian...