1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790953303321

Autore

Barton John H

Titolo

The evolution of the trade regime [[electronic resource] ] : politics, law, and economics of the GATT and the WTO / / John H. Barton ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2008, c2006

ISBN

9786612965012

1-282-96501-8

1-4008-3789-8

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

382/.92

Soggetti

Free trade

Foreign trade regulation

Regionalism

Trade blocs

Free trade - Political aspects

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 (p. [219]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Box, and Tables -- Preface -- One. Political Analysis of the Trade Regime -- Two. Creating Constituencies and Rules for Open Markets -- Three. The Politics of the GATT/WTO Legal System: Legislative and Judicial Processes -- Four. Expanding Trade Rules and Conventions: Designing New Agreements at the Border -- Five. Extending Trade Rules to Domestic Regulations: Developing "Behind the Border" Instruments -- Six. Expansion of GATT/WTO Membership and the Proliferation of Regional Groups -- Seven. Accommodating Nonstate Actors: Representation of Interests, Ideas, and Information in a State-Centric System -- Eight. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Evolution of the Trade Regime offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO). While other books confine themselves to describing contemporary GATT/WTO legal rules or analyzing their economic logic, this is the first to explain the logic



and development behind these rules. The book begins by examining the institutions' rules, principles, practices, and norms from their genesis in the early postwar period to the present. It evaluates the extent to which changes in these institutional attributes have helped maintain or rebuild domestic constituencies for open markets. The book considers these questions by looking at the political, legal, and economic foundations of the trade regime from many angles. The authors conclude that throughout most of GATT/WTO history, power politics fundamentally shaped the creation and evolution of the GATT/WTO system. Yet in recent years, many aspects of the trade regime have failed to keep pace with shifts in underlying material interests and ideas, and the challenges presented by expanding membership and preferential trade agreements.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954902303321

Titolo

Tourist clusters, destinations and competitiveness : theoretical issues and empirical evidences / / edited by Francesco Capone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-70953-8

1-317-48623-4

1-317-48622-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

CaponeFrancesco

Disciplina

338.4/791

338.4791

Soggetti

Tourism - Marketing

Tourism - Management

Place marketing

Hospitality industry

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of



tables; List of contributors; Tourist destinations, clusters and competitiveness: an introduction; PART I Tourist destinations, destination management, clusters and competitiveness; 1 A bibliometric analysis on tourist destinations research: focus on destination management and tourist cluster; 2 Destination management and competitiveness: literature review and a destination competitiveness analysis; 3 The impact of related variety on tourist destinations: an analysis of tourist firms clustering

4 Defining tourist clusters in Europe: a micro-level data approachPART II Tourist clusters and performance, creative and experience economy; 5 Do tourist clusters boost hotels' performance?: resilience in a crisis period in Italy; 6 How does concentration affect hotels' performance?: an empirical study of USA panel data; 7 Tourism, creativity and entrepreneurship: new firm formation in Tuscany; 8 The experience-related economy in the UK; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world economy. Increasingly, research on tourism destinations has been at the centre of debates concerning destination competitiveness, governance, policies and destination management and marketing. This book investigates tourist destinations from two key perspectives and will appeal to academics, scholars and practitioners in tourism studies, management, urban and regional studies and economic geography, etc.