Synopses & Reviews
This annual series provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The fourth edition focuses on the issues and implications of globalization. Contents include: Holding International Reserves in an Era of High Capital Mobility Robert P. Flood (International Monetary Fund) and Nancy Marion (Dartmouth College) The Impossible Duo? Globalization and Monetary Independence in Emerging Markets Andrs Velasco (Harvard University) The Adoption of International Labor Standards Conventions: Who, When, and Why? Nancy H. Chau and Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University) The Determinants of Individual Trade Policy Preferences: International Survey Evidence Kevin ORourke and Richard Sinnott (Trinity College, Dublin) Borders, Trade, and Welfare James E. Anderson (Boston College) and Eric van Wincoop (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Expansion Strategies of U.S. Multinational Firms Gordon Hanson (University of Michigan), Raymond J. Mataloni Jr. (BEA), and Matthew J. Slaughter (Dartmouth College) 2002, 6 x 9, 300 pp. paper, 0-8157-1575-7, $24.95 / 18.50 (ISSN 1520-5479)
Table of Contents
Holding international reserves in an era of high capital mobility / Robert Flood and Nancy Marion. Comments by Pierre-Richard Agâenor and Barry Eichengreen -- The impossible duo? : globalization and monetary independence in emerging markets / Andrâes Velasco. Comments by Guillermo A. Calvo and Olivier Jeanne -- The adoption of international labor standards conventions : who, when, and why? / Nancy H. Chau and Ravi Kanbur. Comments by Ann Harrison and Peter Morici -- The determinants of individual trade policy preferences : international survey evidence / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Richard Sinnott. Comments by J. David Richardson and Dani Rodrik -- Borders, trade and welfare / James E. Anderson and Eric van Wincoop. Comments by Charles Engel and Caroline Freund -- Expansion strategies of U.S. multinational firms / Gordon H. Hanson, Raymond J. Mataloni jr., and Matthew J. Slaughter. Comments by Robert Z. Lawrence and James Levinsohn -- General discussion.