Synopses & Reviews
Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Examination of key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level. Provides up-to-date assessments of the World Trade Organization's current Trade Policy Reviews.
Economic Policyis written for all those with an informed interest in economic policy problems. All articles are submitted to rigorous scrutiny by a panel of distinguished economists from around the world, resulting in a volume of authoritative and accessible articles, each followed by the comments of panel members.
About the Author
The Managing Editors of
Economic Policy:
Richard Edward Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
Giuseppe Bertola is Professore Ordinario di Economica Politica, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Universita di Torino.
Paul Seabright is Professor of Economics at Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, a Director of Research at the Institut d'Economie Industrielle and a Research Fellow at CEPR.
The Senior Editors of Economic Policy:
Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France.
Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School.
Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich.
Table of Contents
Editors' introduction.
Foreign direct investment and the dark side of decentralization: Sebastian G. Kessing, Kai A. Konrad and Christos Kotsogiannis.
Capital deepening and wage differentials: Germany versus US: Winfried Koeniger and Marco Leonardi.
Age, seniority and labour costs: lessons from the Finnish IT revolution: Francesco Daveri and Mika Maliranta.
Valuing ecosystem services as productive inputs: Edward B. Barbier.