Light the lamp : papers on world trade and investment in memory of Bijit Bora / / edited by Christopher Findlay, Mari Pangestu, David Parsons

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813757803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
• ISBN: 1-283-14436-0; 9786613144362; 981-4299-40-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Collana: World Scientific studies in international economics, , 1793-3641 ; ; v. 13
• Altri autori (Persone): BoraBijit; FindlayChristopher C (Christopher Charles); PangestuMari; ParsonsDavid
• Disciplina: 382
• Soggetti: International trade; Investments, Foreign
• 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 and index.; "Selected publications of Bijit K. Bora": p. xix-xxi.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Author Affiliations; Preface; Selected Publications of Bijit K Bora; Overview; Chapter 1. The Future of World Trade Policy; Chapter 2. Evaluating the Impact of the WTO Information Technology Agreement; Chapter 3. Economic Analysis and WTO Arbitration Cases; Chapter 4. The Impact of Manufacturing Protection on Agricultural Incentives in Australia; Chapter 5. India and the Global Demand for Commodities: Is there an Elephant in the Room?; Chapter 6. Foreign Direct Investment in China: Trends, Characteristics and Impacts; Chapter 7. The Changing Patterns of Trade and Investment in East AsiaChapter 8. The Integration of the Electronics Sector in ASEAN; Chapter 9. Regional Value Chains and Asian Regionalism; Chapter 10. Recent Developments in the Literature on Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Markets; Chapter 11. Competition Policy in International Airline Markets: An Agenda and a Proposed Solution; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of well-known WTO staffer Bijit Bora who died suddenly in 2006. The papers include applied analysis of questions of policy in international trade in fields related to Bora's interests, including foreign direct investment, trade in services, competition policy, and trade and development. It contains previously unpublished papers by Bora himself on the impact of the WTO.