(Hardback)

The performance of various types of capital resources in the economic reforms of China are of great interest to those involved in the reforms as policymakers, scholars, and businesspeople.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

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.

(Hardback)

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.

(Paperback)

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.

(Hardback)

Other issues addressed include the changing economic role of government, contradictions and ambiguities in the government's economic functions, rules governing economic activity, and the role of economists in government.

(Hardback)

Describes the link between Germany's business success and the sociocultural and psychological factors that will lead to sustained development, and compares the German way of business with that of the United States and Japan.

(Hardback)

The research described in this book suggests that a properly designed and sufficiently massive economic development assistance projecta Global Marshall Plancould tremendously reduce the economic gap between the richest and poorest nations within a 50-year planning period.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Many social scientists have explored the economic success of Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, each of which has experienced dramatic economic growth over a relatively short period of time.

(Hardback)

During the 1980s, dramatic changes in the federal budget, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury initiated the most comprehensive series of economic experiments since the 1930s. This book describes the nature of those experiments and compares them to the Keynesian experiment of the 1960s.

(Paperback)

During the 1980s, dramatic changes in the federal budget, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury initiated the most comprehensive series of economic experiments since the 1930s.

(Hardback)

Greece and Turkey is a pioneering study of two neighboring nations at different stages of economic development. The next section describes each country's domestic economic problems, exploring issues such as resources and productivity, sectoral resource allocation, fiscal policies, monetary policy, and inflation.

(Paperback)

Discusses a variety of issues connected with deindustrialization and diminished competitiveness. The authors distinguish between problems that would be of real concern and those that should not. They also evaluate explanations for slow growth in aggregate productivity in the United States and its relation to slower growth in other industrialized countries.

(Hardback)

This unprecedented collection combines economic, political, and intellectual history in its analysis of economic liberalism in Latin America. The contributors consider the social bases of economic liberalism in the region and their relation to imperialism and to economic dependency.

(Paperback)

Offers a link between happiness and economics - and between happiness and democracy. This book demonstrates how micro- and macro-economic conditions in the form of income, unemployment, and inflation affect happiness. It shows that the more developed the democratic institutions and the degree of local autonomy, the more satisfied people are.

(Hardback)

Product information not available.

(Hardback)

Product information not available.

(Hardback)

This volume is a six-part systematic, comprehensive, and up-to-date presentation, description, and methodological analysis of two hundred and forty-nine tables of statistics and related qualitative evidence on money, banking, and financial services in Chile.

(Hardback)

Providing a unique perspective on economic history and policy, this book shows how a daring method once recommended by top economists could be adapted to help America pay for the things it needs.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Looks at the distribution of income and wealth and the effects that this has on the macroeconomy, and vice versa. Taking stock of results and methods developed in the context of the 1990s revival of growth theory, this book focuses on capital accumulation and long-run growth.

(Paperback)

This book looks at the distribution of income and wealth and the effects that this has on the macroeconomy, and vice versa. Is a more equal distribution of income beneficial or harmful for macroeconomic growth, and how does the distribution of wealth evolve in a market economy Taking stock of results and methods developed in the context of the 199