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Capital Flows and Crises
The implications of capital mobility for growth and stability are some of the most contentious and least understood contemporary issues in economics. In this book, Barry Eichengreen discusses historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy aspects of the effects, both positive and negative, of capital flows. He focuses on the connections between capital flows and crises as well as on those betwe…
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- 9780262272186
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- 1 online resource (viii, 377 pages) :illustrations
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NGO diplomacy The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International…
Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on cl.
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages)
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Forgotten values :the World Bank and environmental partnerships
An examination of the conflict between values and bureaucracy in World Bank biodiversity partnerships that sheds light on this model of global environmental governance. Multi-stakeholder partnerships have become an increasingly common form of global governance. Partnerships, usually between international organizations (IOs) or state agencies and such private actors as NGOs, businesses, and acad…
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- 9780262359054
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The craft of economics :lessons from the Heckscher-Ohlin framework
In this spirited and provocative book, Edward Leamer turns an examination of the Heckscher--Ohlin framework for global competition into an opportunity to consider the craft of economics: what economists do, what they should do, and what they shouldn't do. Claiming "a lifetime relationship with Heckscher--Ohlin," Leamer argues that Bertil Ohlin's original idea offered something useful though vag…
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- 9780262301589
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- 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) :illustrations.
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Comparative Political Economy: A Retrospective
The essays collected here reflect the author's shift in interests from foreign exchange to international trade, economic growth, and economic history, especially financial history. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277143
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- 1 online resource (viii, 500 pages) :illustrations
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Dimensions of competitiveness
Competitiveness among nations is often approached as if it were a sports competition: some countries win medals, others lose out. This view of countries fighting it out in the economic arena is especially popular in business circles and among politicians. Economists, however, take a very different approach to international economic relations, arguing that international trade leads not to winner…
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- 9780262289320
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) :illustrations.
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The digital multinational :navigating the new normal in global business
"A practical guide for business leaders for creating strategy that addresses the conflict between globalization made possible by digital technology and regionalization found on the ground"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262367547
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A world trading system for the twenty-first century
"A book in the Ohlin Lectures series on trade agreements"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262371308
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Contagion and chaos :disease, ecology, and national security in the era of gl…
Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255530
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- 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) :illustrations
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Institutional interaction in global environmental governance : synergy and co…
Annotation This systematic investigation of the interaction among international and European institutions provides both a theoretical framework for analysis and the first broad overview of this largely uncharted field of research. By offering detailed case studies and a systematic analysis of results, the book examines the effects of institutional interaction on environmental governance and exp…
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- 9780262280945
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- 1 online resource (xix, 405 pages) : illustrations.
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- Global Environmental Accord: Strategies For Sustainability And Institutional Innovation
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