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This book examines the causes and consequences of social standards in US and EU preferential trade agreements (PTAs). PTAs are the new reality of the global trading system. Pursued by both developed and developing countries, they increasingly incorporate labor and environmental issues to prevent a race to the bottom in social regulation and counter-protectionism. Using principal-agent theory to explore why US PTAs have stricter social standards than those signed by the EU, Postnikov argues tha...

Canada's economic well-being is highly dependent on trade; however, only five percent of its exports go to Japan, the second largest market in the world. Moreover, while Japan exports automobiles, industrial machinery and other high-value-added items to Canada, the majority of Canada's exports to Japan are commodities such as coal and lumber. Japan's recent trend toward importing more high-value-added products has not significantly benefited Canada. The seven case studies in this volume document...

Eurodollar trading volume is exploding, with no end in sight tools phenomenal growth. The Eurodollar Futures and Options Handbook provides traders and investors with the complete range of current research on Eurodollar futures and options, now the most widely traded money market contracts in the world. The only current book on this widely-followed topic, it features chapters written by Eurodollar experts from JP Morgan, Mellon Capital, Merrill Lynch, and other global trading giants, and will qui...

China’s spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth. Chinese policy makers have realized the importance of the problem and have launched a series of investigations and policy initiatives to address the issues. The regional dimension of inequality—rural/urban and inland/coastal—dominates in a country as large as China, and especially with its particular history. Not surprisi...

This study traces the political history of the ideas underlying Third World calls for a New International Economic Order. Filling a significant gap in the literature, the book shows that NIEO ideology has a direct, unbroken line of development extending back to World War II, when a "new international economic order," the Bretton Woods system, was created. Dr. Murphy maintains that NIEO ideology is not rooted only in Third World acceptance of Prebisch's views on trade; rather, it evolved from Thi...

This publication contains seven papers that were presented at a workshop on management of capital flows, jointly organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development secretariat (UNCTAD) and the Government of Egypt in March 2001. The aim of the workshop was to enhance understanding of the complex relationship between external financing, capital account regimes, macroeconomic policies, and trade and development. It also sought to promote dialogue between the researchers and African...

This publication, one of a series of UNCTAD studies which discuss key international trade and development policy issues, uses Indonesia's trade policy experience as a case study to draw wider lessons for future trade policy for developing countries, and the potential benefits and costs of alternative trade strategies. Issues discussed include: the evolution of the Indonesian trade policy regime, trade barriers in export markets, six policy scenarios for trade liberalisation, and potential impact...

This title was first published in 1968

There is great media fascination in the activities and lifestyles of the super-rich. But personal wealth is also important for those of more modest means as a store of potential consumption, as a cushion against emergencies, and as collateral for business and investment loans. This book is the first global study of household assets and debts. It documents not only the level, distribution, and trend of wealth holdings in rich nations, but also addresses developing countries like China and India....

The role of managers as employees in nine industrialized non-communist countries is examined. The book includes an introduction by Myron Roomkin. The focus of the international study is on middle managers, including professionals such as lawyers and accountants. The study documents the differences and similarities which exist in the employment relationships of managers in a broad range of European and English speaking countries, and considers how employment relationship has been affected by the...

Since the break-up of the former Soviet Union, the Ukrainian government has introduced radical policies to avert the early economic difficulties brought about by independence. International support for the Ukraine's economic development has come from all quarters, including the International Monetary Fund and bilateral financial assistance from the USA, Canada, the European Union and other Western countries. This handbook provides an overview of the Ukrainian economy, and the opportunities it of...