International trade, foreign direct investment, and the economic environment : essays in honour of Professor Sylvain Plasschaert

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International trade, foreign direct investment, and the economic environment : essays in honour of Professor Sylvain Plasschaert

edited by P.K.M. Tharakan and D. Van Den Bulcke

Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1998

  • : uk
  • : us

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"Papers ... presented to a symposium held at the University of Antwerp in honour of ... Professor Sylvain Plasschaert"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: us ISBN 9780312175368

Description

In this volume, well-known experts analyze some of the most important problems of the rapid growth of international trade, foreign direct investment, and the problems related to the economic environment within which such trade and investment take place.
Volume

: uk ISBN 9780333657973

Description

This book sees a distinguished cost of economists tackle the most important and topical issues around international trade and direct investment. There is broad coverage of the changing global map of international trade, with coverage of NAFTA, the European Union, European transition economies and developments in Asia, Latin America and China.

Table of Contents

  • Regions of Europe
  • J.Dreze - The Effect of Prices on Trade during the First Twelve Years of the European Community
  • H.Glejser - Measuring the Effect of Regional Integration: NAFTA, European Union and MERCOSUR
  • G.Calfat - Some Pitfalls of the Strategic Trade Policy: The Case of the European Semi-Conductor Industry
  • P.K.M.Tharakan - Have Imports Constrained Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  • L.Berlage & S.Vandermeulen - Multinational Companies and Developing Countries: New Perceptions
  • S.Lall - Domestic Policy Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Latin America
  • W.Van Ryckeghem - The Global Economy, National Governments and International Economic Regimes
  • J.H.Dunning - Foreign Direct Investment in China
  • D.Van Den Bulcke & H.Zhang - Central and Eastern European Economies in Transition: The Contribution of the Bretton Woods Institutions
  • B.Snoy - Payment Systems and the EMS
  • T.Peeters - Public Finance and Foreign Aid
  • A.Kervyn de Lettenhove

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