Trade, Growth, and Inequality

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Bliss received his training in Economics at Cambridge, England, and at MIT. He taught for some years at Cambridge, then at the University of Essex, and he has been in Oxford since 1977. Most of the year 1974-75 he spent in the village of Palanpur, West UP, India, with (now Sir) Nicholas Stern, studying this remote economy. The book Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village, Oxford University Press, 1982, reports this research. He has published two other books, and numerous journal papers. He has been an Editor at various times of the Review of Economic Studies, Oxford Economic Papers and the Economic Journal. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Fellow of the British Academy. Klappentext This advanced text successfully links the two fields of trade theory and economic development. It combines mathematical rigour with an exceptional breadth of approaches, including institutions, history and comparative economics. Uniquely, the book focuses not only on countries participating in globalized trade but also those failing to participate. Zusammenfassung This advanced text successfully links the two fields of trade theory and economic development. It combines mathematical rigour with an exceptional breadth of approaches, including institutions, history and comparative economics. Uniquely, the book focuses not only on countries participating in globalized trade but also those failing to participate. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Trade in an Unequal World 3: Why the Poor Stay Poor 4: Convergence in Theory and Practice 5: Classical Theories of Trade and Development 6: Higher Dimension Models 7: Comparative Advantage and Participation 8: Government, Failing States, and Corruption 9: The Real Exchange Rate 10: Mobile Factors and Urbanization 11: International Trade Rules and the Environment 12: Trade and Economic Growth 13: Two Models of Growth and the Resource Curse 14: Unequal Trade and Trade Between the Unequal 15: Conclusions and Unresolved Issues ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bliss, Christopher Bliss, Christopher (University of Oxford) Bliss, Bliss Christopher
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780199204649
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920464-9
• Seiten: 326
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Poverty & unemployment, Economic theory & philosophy, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, International Trade, Poverty and precarity, Economic theory and philosophy, International trade and commerce