World Scientific Studies in International Economics
GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES
by Robert M Stern (University of Michigan, USA)
This book brings together a collection of papers that Robert M Stern and his co-authors have written in recent years. The collection addresses a variety of issues pertinent to the global trading system. One group of papers deals with globalization in terms of what the public needs to know about this phenomenon and the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), whether some countries may be hurt by globalization, how global market integration relates to national sovereignty, and how and whether considerations of fairness are and should be dealt with in the global trading system and WTO negotiations. A second group of papers consists of analytical and computational modeling studies of multilateral, regional, and bilateral trading arrangements and negotiations from a global and national perspective for the United States and other major trading countries. The remaining papers include an empirical analysis of barriers to international services transactions and the consequences of liberalization, and issues of international trade and labor standards.
Contents:
- Globalization:
- What the Public Needs to Know about
Globalization and the WTO
- Globalization’s Bystanders: Are Countries That Do Not Participate in Globalization Hurt by It?
- Global Market Integration and National Sovereignty
- Concepts of Fairness in the Global Trading System
- Analysis of Multilateral, Regional, and Bilateral Trading Arrangements:
- Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Preferential Trading Arrangements
- An Overview of the Modeling of the Choices and Consequences of US Trade Policies
- Issues of Manufactures Liberalization and Administered Protection in the Doha Round
- An Assessment of the Economic Effects of the Menu of US Trade Policies
- Trade Diversion under NAFTA
- The Economic Effects of the Free Trade Agreement between Tunisia and the European Union
- A North American Free Trade Agreement: Analytical Issues and a Computational Assessment
- Computable General Equilibrium Estimates of the Gains from US–Canadian Free Trade
- The Effects of the Tokyo Round on the Structure of Protection
- Services Trade:
- Empirical Analysis of Barriers to International Services Transactions and the Consequences of Liberalization
- International Trade and Labor Standards:
- Pros and Cons of Linking Trade and Labor Standards
- The Effects of Multinational Production on Wages and Working Conditions in Developing Countries
- US Trade and Other Policy Options and Programs to Deter Foreign Exploitation of Child Labor
- Labor Standards and International Trade
Readership: Upper-level undergraduates, post graduates, academics, researchers
and policy-makers in international trade and finance.
“Robert Stern is a world-class trade economist. This collection of his essays shows why. They range over several of the most important trade issues today, including labor standards, bilateral trade agreements versus multilateralism, and services trade. They uniquely combine scientific expertise of the highest order and compelling policy sense. Both students and policy-makers will want this important book on their shelf.”
Professor Jagdish Bhagwati
Columbia University |
“Robert Stern has been one of the most consistent and effective advocates of quantification as a tool in international policy-making. This collection of recent papers illustrates his art and will provide an invaluable source-book for those interested in globalization and trade policy, as well as those wanting to undertake quantitative policy analysis of their own.”
L Alan Winters
Director, Development Research Group, World Bank
Professor of Economics, University of Sussex, U.K. |
“Readers ranging from undergraduates and graduate students to academics and policy-makers will benefit greatly from this collection of papers by Bob Stern and his co-authors that cover some of the most important policy topics in international economics today. Few economists have been able to analyze these issues in such a clear and insightful manner as these authors.”
Robert E Baldwin
Hilldale Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 300pp (approx.) |
Pub. date: Scheduled Winter 2008 |
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