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<DIV>Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an acceleration in the move from government regulation towards privatization. <I>Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region</I> is the first thoroughgoing account of the relative success of the different approaches to...</i></div>
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<DIV>Recently, real and artificial barriers to international transactions have fallen sharply, causing a rise in the overall volume of international trade. East Asia has been particularly affected by the economic stresses and gains derived from deregulation. <I>Deregulation and Interdependence in the...</i></div>
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<DIV>The increased mobility and volume of international capital flows is a striking trend in international finance. While countries worldwide have engaged in financial deregulation, nowhere is this pattern more pronounced than in East Asia, where it has affected in unanticipated ways the behavior of...</div>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156122
<DIV><P>Fluctuations of commodity prices, most notably of oil, capture considerable attention and have been tied to important economic effects, such as inflation and low rates of economic growth. <I>Commodity Prices and Markets </I>advances our understanding of the consequences of these fluctuations, providing...</i></p></div>
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<DIV><DIV>Managing fiscal policy—the revenues and spending of an individual nation—is among the most challenging tasks facing governments. Wealthy countries are constrained by complex regulation and taxation policies, while developing nations often face high inflation and trade taxes. In this volume,...</div></div>
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<DIV>The practice of trading across international borders has undergone a series of changes with great consequences for the world trading community, the result of new trade agreements, a number of financial crises, the emergence of the World Trade Organization, and countless other less obvious...</div>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156155
<DIV>There is no doubt that the open multilateral trading system after World War II was a key ingredient in the rapid economic development of the entire world. Especially in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, exports increased dramatically both in absolute terms and as a percentage of GNP. In...</div>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156160
<DIV>This volume explores East Asia's macroeconomic experience in the 1980s and the economic impact of East Asia's growth on the rest of the world. The authors explore the causes of capital flows, changes in trade balances, and exchange rate fluctuations in East Asia and their effects on other...</div>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156174
<DIV>The volume of capital flows between industrial and developing countries has grown dramatically in the past decade and has become a major issue in a world that is increasingly "globalized." Here Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger, two leading experts on this topic, have assembled a group of...</div>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156196
<DIV>Extremely low inflation rates have moved to the forefront of monetary policy discussions. In Asia, a number of countries—most prominently Japan, but also Taiwan and China—have actually experienced deflation over the last fifteen years. <I>Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific...</i></div>
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