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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791445703321

Titolo

Competitiveness matters : industry and economic performance in the U.S. / / Candace Howes and Ajit Singh, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2000

ISBN

1-282-76566-3

9786612765667

0-472-02740-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HowesCandace

SinghAjit

Disciplina

338.973

Soggetti

Industrial policy - United States

Manufacturing industries - Government policy - United States

Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States

Balance of trade - United States

Competition, International

United States Commercial policy

United States Economic policy 1993-2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: Competitiveness Matters / Candace Howes and Ajit Singh; I. Trade, Macro Policy, and Competitiveness; 2. The Trade Deficit and U.S. Competitiveness / Robert A. Blecker; 3. Improving U.S. International Competitiveness: Macro Policy Management vs. Managed Trade Policy / Catherine L. Mann; II. Competitiveness and Financial Markets; 4. The Anglo-Saxon Market for Corporate Control: The Financial System and International Competitiveness / Ajit Singh; 5. American Corporate Finance: From Organizational to Market Control / William Lazonick and Mary O'Sullivan

III. Competitiveness and Technology Policy6. Can Technology Policy Serve as Industrial Policy? / Ann Markusen; 7. Does the United States Need a Technology Policy? / W. Edward Steinmueller; IV. Competitiveness and Industrial Policy; 8. A High-Road Policy for U.S.



Manufacturing / Daniel Luria; 9. U.S. Competitiveness and Economic Growth / Candace Howes; Contributors