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The 1990s saw global flows of foreign direct investment increase some sevenfold, spurring economists to explore FDI from a micro- or trade-based perspective. This book analyzes the macroeconomics of FDI, treating FDI as a unique form of international capital flow between specific pairs of countries.

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Foreign exchange black markets in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica and Peru were studied during the period 1990-93.

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This book presents cumulative learning experiences useful for business executives and public officials who must develop new foreign investment strategies, as well as scholars and students interested in the role of foreign investment in developing countries.

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Scholars and many practitioners in the fields of finance and economics now agree that the ultimate objective of financing, whether debt or equity, is to maximize wealth. Drawing on such a premise, this book examines whether debt financing in the form of foreign loans has led to more wealth in the case of the less developed countries.

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Dr. Lowell and the contributors to this volume explore the labour market impacts these people are having, and lay out a variety of policy options to deal with them.

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In this groundbreaking new study, Clements assesses the impact of alternative foreign trade strategies--export promotion and import substitution--on employment and income distribution in Brazil.

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Chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C J Bullock, and Warren Persons.

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Individuals and families make key decisions that impact many aspects of financial stability and determine the future of the economy. These decisions involve balancing current sacrifice against future benefits. This book is about modeling this individual or family-based decision making using an optimizing dynamic programming model.

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This book presents social ecological economics as an emerging paradigm combining critical social science with structural realism to offer a radical, theoretically grounded, alternative economics based on ethical social provisioning and meeting needs. The foundations include its radical roots, philosophical presuppositions and preanalytic vision.

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This practical, solutions-oriented approach to African development provides a detailed overview of the steps needed for industrialization.

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Bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Johnston shows how for the past three decades, the government offered favorable treatment to certain groups. But for every subsidy and regulatory change that helps one person, another pays the price.

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Presents insights from developments in commercial policy theory to show how the pursuit of social and environmental agendas can be creatively reconciled with the pursuit of free trade. This book argues that free trade, by raising living standards, can serve these agendas far better than can a descent into trade sanctions and restrictions.

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Modern France is often referred to as the "sick man of Europe." With attention focused on the all-pervasive role of the state, Mr. Baum makes a revealing diagnosis. He provides a full view into the structure and performance of the French economy, dealing first with government efforts to solve certain general problems: reconstruction of the economic

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Reviews today's global situation, as well as our long evolution to humanness.

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Explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. This book presents a sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). It demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks to make decisions about investment.

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Shows that economic crises do not necessarily persuade governments to adopt IMF-style economic policies. This book argues that ideology, interests, and institutions, at both the international and domestic levels, mediate responses to such crises.

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With its pertinence to current economic, political, and technological issues, From Industry to Arms will be a valuable resource for courses in government and business, political economy, policy analysis, and science and technology.

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