Dimensions of Competitiveness

Author(s)

• Grauwe, Paul de

Bibliographic Information

Dimensions of Competitiveness

edited by Paul De Grauwe

（The CESifo seminar series / Hans-Werner Sinn, editor）

MIT Press, c2010

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• The Economics behind the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index / Xavier Sala-i-Martin
• Competitiveness, Economic Performance, and Structural Policies: An OECD Perspective / Jean-Philippe Cotis, Alain de Serres, Romain Duval
• Concepts and Measurements of Competitiveness: Toward an Integrated Approach / Eckhard Siggel
• Explaining and Forecasting Euro Area Exports: Which Competitiveness Indicator Performs Best? / Michele Ca' Zorzi, Bernd Schnatz
• An Assessment of the Trends in International Price Competitiveness among EMU Countries / Christoph Fischer
• Benchmarking the Competitiveness of Nations: Benevolence versus Equal Treatment? / Harry P. Bowen, Wim Moesen
• Business Taxes and International Competitiveness: Understanding How Taxes Can Distort Capital Ownership and Designing a Nondistortive International Tax System / Michael S. Knoll
• Competitiveness: A Comparison of China and Mexico / Martinez-Zarzoso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Leading economists analyze the multiple factors that drive competitiveness among nations in world markets. Competitiveness among nations is often approached as if it were a sports competition: some countries win medals, others lose out. This view of countries fighting it out in the economic arena is especially popular in business circles and among politicians. Economists, however, take a very different approach to international economic relations, arguing that international trade leads not to winners and losers but to win-win situations in which all countries profit. In this volume, leading economists take on the sometimes-derided concept of competitiveness, demonstrating the value of systematic analysis in an area too often dominated by special interest groups who use (and abuse) the concept to advance hidden agendas. The chapters range from broad theoretical views to case studies, examining the multiple factors that drive competitiveness. Contributors consider the conceptual framework underlying the World Economic Forum's approach to competitiveness; differences in per capita GDP between the United States and the European Union; an integrated approach to measuring competitiveness and comparative advantage; divergent trends in price and cost competitiveness in the euro area; methodological issues in constructing competitiveness indicators; taxation and international competitiveness; and a case study of Mexico's competitiveness in world markets in comparison to China's. Contributors Harry P. Bowen, Michele Ca' Zorzi, Jean-Philippe Cotis, Romain Duval, Christoph Fischer, Michael S. Knoll, Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Wim Moesen, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Bernd Schnatz, Alain de Serres, Eckhard Siggel, Sebastian Vollmer

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Details

• NCID: BB03692717
• ISBN:
  • 9780262013963
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 290 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62403327