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Challenges to globalization : analyzing the economics / / edited by Robert E. Baldwin and L. Alan Winters



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Titolo: Challenges to globalization : analyzing the economics / / edited by Robert E. Baldwin and L. Alan Winters Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (560 p.)
Disciplina: 337
Soggetto topico: International economic relations
Globalization
Pressure groups
Income distribution
Human rights
Altri autori: BaldwinRobert E  
WintersL. Alan  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 1. The critics -- 2. Trade flows and their consequences -- 3. Factor markets : labor -- 4. Factor markets capital -- 5. Macroeconomics.
Sommario/riassunto: People passionately disagree about the nature of the globalization process. The failure of both the 1999 and 2003 World Trade Organization's (WTO) ministerial conferences in Seattle and Cancun, respectively, have highlighted the tensions among official, international organizations like the WTO, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, nongovernmental and private sector organizations, and some developing country governments. These tensions are commonly attributed to longstanding disagreements over such issues as labor rights, environmental standards, and tariff-cutting rules. In addition, developing countries are increasingly resentful of the burdens of adjustment placed on them that they argue are not matched by commensurate commitments from developed countries. Challenges to Globalization evaluates the arguments of pro-globalists and anti-globalists regarding issues such as globalization's relationship to democracy, its impact on the environment and on labor markets including the brain drain, sweat shop labor, wage levels, and changes in production processes, and the associated expansion of trade and its effects on prices. Baldwin, Winters, and the contributors to this volume look at multinational firms, foreign investment, and mergers and acquisitions and present surprising findings that often run counter to the claim that multinational firms primarily seek countries with low wage labor. The book closes with papers on financial opening and on the relationship between international economic policies and national economic growth rates.
Titolo autorizzato: Challenges to globalization  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-12529-6
9786611125295
0-226-03655-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815695003321
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Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.