Challenges to Globalization - Analyzing the Economics

Informationen zum Autor Robert E. Baldwin is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a research associate of the NBER. L. Alan Winters is professor of economics at the University of Sussex! a research fellow for the Centre for Economic Policy Research London! and a senior visiting fellow for the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Klappentext "Challenges to Globalization" evaluates the arguments of pro-globalists and anti-globalists regarding issues such as globalization's relationship to democracy! its impact on the environment and on labor markets and wage levels! and the associated expansion of trade and its effects on prices. The contributors to this volume present surprising findings that often run counter to the claim that multinational firms primarily seek countries with low-wage labor. Zusammenfassung Evaluates the arguments of proglobalists and anti-globalists regarding issues such as globalization's relationship to democracy! its impact on the environment and on labor markets and wage levels! and the associated expansion of trade and its effects on prices.

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• Authors: Robert E. Baldwin, Robert E. (EDT)/ Winters Baldwin, Robert E. Winters Baldwin, BALDWIN ROBERT E WINTERS L ALAN
• Assisted by: Robert E. Baldwin (Editor), L. Alan Winters (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2007
• EAN: 9780226036168
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03616-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy