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How can the notion of competitiveness be reasonably applied to an
economy? What relation does high or low competitiveness have to the
current account? Do huge and persistent imbalances really reflect
competitive positions of local firms or are they merely due to a
misalignment of exchange rates or even outright protectionism, as
the US-Japan trade conflict suggests?All these questions are
rigorously addressed in International Competitiveness and the
Balance of Payments. In examining the determinants of current
account balances the conventional competitiveness approach - in
which deficits are assumed to indicate low competitiveness - is
contrasted with an intertemporal view of the balance of payments.
By emphasizing locational quality as the decisive factor in
international competitiveness, the authors are able to offer
fundamentally different conclusions about the determinants of
current account debates. As well as theoretical evidence advocating
the intertemporal view, the authors present four case studies in
support of this approach: Germany before and after unification,
Spain before joining the EMS, the United States since the early
1980s, and Japan's persistent current account surpluses.
Securing the Global Economy explores how and why the G8 and other
institutions of global governance deal with increasingly
comprehensive and complex economic-security connections. These
connections are explored from an interdisciplinary perspective,
with economists, political scientists and those in the policy world
bringing their insights to bear. Moreover, this volume explores
this economic-security connection from a constitutional or
institutional perspective. In a classical liberal spirit, it is
concerned with the organizing principles of a liberal international
economic order and the framework of rules that enables it to
survive and flourish. Security issues, national trade policies, the
multilateral trade system and the detailed technical issues they
subsume are analysed from this higher vantage point. This is thus a
work about global governance as a whole and at its core, rather
than a problem-solving manual for a few of the issues now at centre
stage. Furthermore, it applies this larger vision to the current G8
and global economic-security agenda to generate a set of policy
recommendations about how the global community, through and outside
the G8, can better cope with the complex interconnected challenges
it now confronts. Its innovative policy recommendations are
especially timely when the recent global financial crisis, economic
recession and fragile recovery place great strains on the liberal
economic order, while new challenges from Iran, ongoing terrorist
threats and corruption make this security-economic connection
critically important.
Securing the Global Economy explores how and why the G8 and other
institutions of global governance deal with increasingly
comprehensive and complex economic-security connections. These
connections are explored from an interdisciplinary perspective,
with economists, political scientists and those in the policy world
bringing their insights to bear. Moreover, this volume explores
this economic-security connection from a constitutional or
institutional perspective. In a classical liberal spirit, it is
concerned with the organizing principles of a liberal international
economic order and the framework of rules that enables it to
survive and flourish. Security issues, national trade policies, the
multilateral trade system and the detailed technical issues they
subsume are analysed from this higher vantage point. This is thus a
work about global governance as a whole and at its core, rather
than a problem-solving manual for a few of the issues now at centre
stage. Furthermore, it applies this larger vision to the current G8
and global economic-security agenda to generate a set of policy
recommendations about how the global community, through and outside
the G8, can better cope with the complex interconnected challenges
it now confronts. Its innovative policy recommendations are
especially timely when the recent global financial crisis, economic
recession and fragile recovery place great strains on the liberal
economic order, while new challenges from Iran, ongoing terrorist
threats and corruption make this security-economic connection
critically important.
This title was first published in 2001. John Kirton, Joseph Daniels
and Andreas Freytag present an indispensable and authoritative
collection of papers in this volume in the G8 and Global Governance
series. This is an essential tool for those interested in keeping
abreast of the ongoing and rapidly expanding work of the G7/G8
system. Containing the first treatment of China's relationship with
the G7/G8 and comprehensive analysis of the new G20 forum, this
volume in the G8 and Global Governance series also looks at the
possibilities for the G8 system. It places the work of the G7
within a broader context of global governance and the new
challenges facing the international community in the new century. A
balanced selection of distinguished experts from the G7 countries
and from emerging markets outside, provide an essential addition to
the bookshelves of academics, government officials and business and
media communities interested in keeping abreast of the ongoing and
rapidly expanding work of the G7/G8 system.
This title was first published in 2001. John Kirton, Joseph Daniels
and Andreas Freytag present an indispensable and authoritative
collection of papers which examine both the professional economic
merits and the underlying politics, of the hotly contested
competing initiatives for strengthening the international financial
system. Containing the first treatment of China's relationship with
the G7/G8 and comprehensive analysis of the new G20 forum, this
volume in the G8 and Global Governance series also looks at the
possibilities for the G8 system. It places the work of the G7
within a broader context of global governance and the new
challenges facing the international community in the new century. A
balanced selection of distinguished experts from the G7 countries
and from emerging markets outside, provide an essential addition to
the bookshelves of academics, government officials and business and
media communities interested in keeping abreast of the ongoing and
rapidly expanding work of the G7/G8 system.
The book is an innovative compilation of papers that explore the
relationship between cultural features and entrepreneurship. The
relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity
across countries suggests that other than economic factors are at
play. The contributions to this edited volume deal with the
foundations of entrepreneurship and with the effects of different
cultural settings on the incidence and success of entrepreneurs.
Topics are individual decision making in a cultural context,
regional aspects of entrepreneurship, cross-country differences,
and the influence of culture on entrepreneurial activity.
The book is an innovative compilation of papers that explore the
relationship between cultural features and entrepreneurship. The
relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity
across countries suggests that other than economic factors are at
play. The contributions to this edited volume deal with the
foundations of entrepreneurship and with the effects of different
cultural settings on the incidence and success of entrepreneurs.
Topics are individual decision making in a cultural context,
regional aspects of entrepreneurship, cross-country differences,
and the influence of culture on entrepreneurial activity.
This innovative book uses mainstream theoretical analysis to
explain the successes and failures of monetary reforms. Andreas
Freytag argues that there is a systematic economic relationship
between the success of a reform, the degree of monetary commitment
and the institutional setting in a particular country. The book
begins with a theoretical discussion of this relationship, and a
formalisation of the theory of monetary reform. It goes on to offer
an empirical assessment of the theory, using cross-section methods
and case studies, before finally presenting economic policy options
for countries facing monetary problems. Success and Failure in
Monetary Reform will be of unique interest to economists and
central banks. Scholars and students of monetary economics all over
the world, in particular in developing countries, will also find
this book invaluable.
The second volume of the trans-disciplinary series Research in
Peace and Reconciliation looks at ways of dealing with the past in
Sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades and highlights the variety of
peaceful strategies and processes. It asks to what extent this
variety fosters the development of alternative methods for the
transformation of violent conflict.The contributions focus on
different African countries and regions as Chad, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. They take into account
the influence of particular cultural contexts on processes of
reconciliation. In doing so, they emphasize the importance of
religions, rites, and tribal customs as well as the complex legacy
of colonialism. They also look at the presentation of the topic in
Western media.Many thanks go to the Ernst-Abbe-Foundation (Jena)
for its generous support of the publication.
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