East-West Economic Relations in the Changing Global Environment: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association in Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna, Austria

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Recent Developments and Some Issues in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 3-8
Changing Position of Europe in the World Economy and East-West Economic Relations....Pages 9-24
Deterioration of the Global Environment and East-West Economic Relations....Pages 25-40
The Global Framework and East-West Economic Relations....Pages 41-58
Political and Economic Influences on East-West Economic Relations....Pages 59-83
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Legal and Institutional Framework of East-West Economic Relations....Pages 97-103
The Impact of the ‘Polish Crisis’ on East-West Trade....Pages 104-113
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Soviet Energy Supplies as a Factor in East-West Relations....Pages 131-143
Austria’s Trade with the East....Pages 144-180
US East-West Trade Policy, Focusing on Recent Legal Developments....Pages 181-195
Hungary’s Experiences in GATT....Pages 196-204
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Transfer of Technology in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 223-231
East-West Relations in Technology Transfer in the 1980s....Pages 232-259
Trends in Direct Investment and the Transfer of Technology....Pages 260-275
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Relations between Western Capital Markets and the CMEA Six....Pages 287-297
Eastern European Countries and the IMF....Pages 298-311
Some Aspects of East-West Financial Cooperation....Pages 312-320
The Impact of Debt Problems on East-West Economic Relations: an Additional Proposal for the Solution of International Debt Problems....Pages 321-334
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
East-West Trade and Market-Conforming Behaviour: A Case Study of Hungary....Pages 353-361
Systems’ Adjustments to East-West Economic Cooperation....Pages 362-381
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in East-West Relations....Pages 382-404
Criteria for a Political Cost-Benefit Approach Towards East-West Economic Relations....Pages 405-410
Back Matter....Pages 423-429