Trade Policies For International Competitiveness

Author : Robert C. Feenstra
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226239507

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Once unquestionably the world's leading economic and industrial power, the United States now views with growing dismay the impressive industrial efficiency, vigorous work ethics, and large American holdings of various other nations. Is the United States truly lagging in its ability to compete effectively in world markets? Concern over this question has been voiced in both the business and government sectors, as well as by academic economists. A recent conference, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, explored the effects of trade policies on a nation's ability to compete in international markets. In Trade Policies for International Competitiveness, Robert C. Feenstra collects seven papers from the conference, each accompanied by discussants' comments, and adds a helpful introduction. Some of the issues considered by contributors are effects of macroeconomic and strategic foreign policies on competitiveness; the recent influx of foreign direct investment in the United States, primarily from Japan; the extent to which Japanese trade patterns are a reflection of underlying factor and endowments rather than trade barriers; and the market structure of Canadian industries, including applications for ongoing U.S.-Canadian free trade negotiations. Topical and provocative, these papers will be of value to economists, policymakers, and those in the business world.

Author : Irfan-ul-Haque,R. Martin N. Bell
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821334182

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Trade, Technology, and International Competitiveness by Irfan-ul-Haque,R. Martin N. Bell Pdf

World Bank Technical Paper No. 300. Provides an overview of past experiences with the introduction of agricultural technologies in World Bank-funded projects in Mediterranean climates, with an emphasis on the Middle East and North African region. The authors review the adequacy of present crop and livestock technologies, identify technical and socio-economic constraints on their adoption, and describe prospective technologies for pilot testing and full-scale introduction in future Bank-funded projects.

Author : Fidelis Ezeala-Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313028427

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Theory and Policy of International Competitiveness by Fidelis Ezeala-Harrison Pdf

How a country competes in the world is the crucial factor in determining that country's ability to benefit from international trade in today's global economy. This book offers a complete and proper understanding of the meaning of international competitiveness, analyzes the implications it holds for an economy's progress, examines how it may be pursued and sustained at both the sectoral level (firms and industries) and the national level (strategic objectives). The author offers pertinent policy guidelines and prescriptions for how a nation can achieve and maintain international competitiveness in order to sustain the long-term prosperity of its industries, and hence the overall pace of economic growth. The book is arranged into three parts. Part I discusses and defines the theories of international competitiveness. Part II deals with policy issues, specifically the policy analysis of structural reforms for promoting a country's ability to compete, the impact of globalization and the role of Communication and Information Technology (CIT), strategic trade policies, and environmental issues. Part III analyzes the strategies used to pursue competitiveness. The book will be useful for researchers, students, and teachers of business and economics as well as policy makers, business practitioners, and international and governmental agencies.

Author : Richard W. T. Pomfret
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Commercial policy
ISBN : UCSD:31822023734072

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International Trade Policy with Imperfect Competition by Richard W. T. Pomfret Pdf

Author : Richard G. Harris
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773597709

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Trade, Industrial Policy, and International Competition, Second Edition by Richard G. Harris Pdf

Richard Harris’s now classic study on trade and industrial policy was written for the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (also known as the Macdonald Commission). First published in 1985 when the Canadian economy faced dramatic changes arising from the emergence of manufacturing competitors among newly industrialized nations and increased protectionism in the US, its recommendations were instrumental in the negotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement. Addressing the key issues surrounding the design and choice of policies for the Canadian economy, Trade, Industrial Policy, and International Competition reviews the theory and evidence concerning trade liberalization as a mechanism to enhance economic growth, disinvestment in sections that are disadvantageous in the international marketplace, and future problems for the marketing sector caused by increasing competition from developing countries. Drawing from many streams of conventional economic thinking, Harris develops an original and sophisticated model for assessing the broader economic impacts of trade liberalization on the Canadian economy. He concludes that free trade and industrial policy should be regarded as complementary, not substitutes for one another, and recommends a free trade agreement with the United States as a top priority. A new introduction by David Wolfe situates this work within its time and shows how Harris’s analytical insights and policy prescriptions are as relevant today as they when they were originally crafted three decades ago.

Author : Ivohasina Fizara Razafimahefa,Shigeyuki Hamori
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540689218

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International Competitiveness in Africa by Ivohasina Fizara Razafimahefa,Shigeyuki Hamori Pdf

This book offers insight into international trade and foreign direct investment competitiveness in Africa. It examines two policies frequently used to enhance international competitiveness in Sub-Saharan African economies: exchange rate policy and productivity-related policy.

Author : Michael A. Utton
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847200242

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International Competition Policy by Michael A. Utton Pdf

This book is a welcome and timely addition to the library of materials exploring the implications of the move from internationalisation of trade towards globalisation. Michael Hutchings, European Competition Law Review This book provides an excellent introduction to the difficult and important issues surrounding international trade and competition policy. Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College, US The opening up of world markets, rapid growth of trade and foreign direct investment create manifold problems for competition policy. Thus, international mergers may have adverse effects on many countries, international cartels may carve up world markets and dominant firms may seek to maintain their global position by exclusionary conduct. These problems have been recognised for more than half a century and some attempts have been made internationally to address them, so far with limited success. This progressive book seeks to explore the problems and concerns that globalisation has created for competition policy. The book begins by setting out the principles of competition and trade policies, and then goes on to address the impact of market globalisation on what are usually thought of as traditional antitrust concerns. These include the analysis of the difficulties arising from collusion and other restrictive practices, government sponsored voluntary co-operation , vertical restrictions and market access, pricing strategies of dominant firms and international mergers, all illustrated with a number of prominent case studies. The author concludes with an illuminating discussion on the feasibility of international co-operation on competition policy, the faltering progress that has been made so far and the prospects for future advances. This comprehensive volume will prove to be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of law and economics. It will also find wide appeal amongst researchers, policy makers and practitioners with an interest in industrial organisation, antitrust policy and globalisation.

Author : Alan M. Rugman,Alain Verbeke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351401357

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Global Corporate Strategy and Trade Policy by Alan M. Rugman,Alain Verbeke Pdf

At the end of the twentieth century, international business functioned in an environment dominated by the triad of economic power formed by the USA, Japan and the European Community. Multinational corporate strategies had to be formulated within the context of intense global competition between these three economic blocs. This book, first published in 1990, analyses the interplay between the trade policies adopted by the major powers and the competitive strategies of international corporations. With particular reference to trade relations between Canada and the USA, the effects of Japanese multinational dominance and the implications of European economic integration, this volume throws new light on the interaction between international business and government trade policies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133674932

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International Trade by Anonim Pdf

Today, the struggling global economy makes the questions surrounding trade policy particularly relevant and important. This unit introduces students to the terms and concepts essential to an understanding of trade, globalization, and the effects of economic change around the world. Using readings, statistics, and simulations, students consider the questions faced by policy makers today and simulate a debate about trade in the U.S. Congress. This title is one in a continuing series from the Choices Program.

Author : Michael Spence,Heather A. Hazard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822003356193

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International Competitiveness by Michael Spence,Heather A. Hazard Pdf

Author : Alan M. Rugman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1568066929

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Fast Forward by Alan M. Rugman Pdf

Author : Richard T. McCormack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951002968818F

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Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace by Richard T. McCormack Pdf

Author : Van Hoa Tran
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781957274

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Competition Policy and Global Competitiveness in Major Asian Economies by Van Hoa Tran Pdf

This text reveals how competition policy and competitiveness are crucial to contemporary economic, financial and trade management as well as national and international governance, and focuses on contemporary major Asian economies facing increasing globalization and the prevailing influence of the WTO.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Aerospace industries
ISBN : PURD:32754077269979

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Overview of U.S. International Competitiveness by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade Pdf

Author : United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Commerce
ISBN : PURD:32754078799537

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Global Competition by United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness Pdf