Regionalism and Globalization: Theory and Practice (Contemporary Political Policy Issues)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 10
List of tables......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgement......Page 17
Preface......Page 18
Gains from regionalism and multilateralism......Page 22
Regional regionalism......Page 24
Multilateralism versus regionalism: Tariff cooperation and inter-regional transport costs......Page 37
The 'gains' from preferential trade liberalization in the CGE models: Where do they come from?......Page 60
The anatomy of multilateral trade policy reform......Page 82
Regionalism and illegal immigration in North America: A theoretical analysis......Page 113
Regionalism and globalization for the developing countries......Page 132
Regionalism for developing countries: Assessing the costs and benefits......Page 134
Multilateral trade reform, regionalism and developing countries......Page 165
Trading with the enemy: A case for liberalizing Pakistan  India trade......Page 191
Foreign direct investment and globalization......Page 220
Globalization and capital markets......Page 242
Financial liberalization and the globalization of financial services: Two lessons from the East Asian experience......Page 244
Globalization via unilateral actions......Page 264
Unilateral liberalization in a multilateral world......Page 266
Regionalism: Monetary, fiscal, and industrial policy coordination......Page 280
Regional integration and the development of tax systems in the European Union......Page 282
Regional approaches to cross-border competition policies......Page 304
Multiple steady states with unemployment and exchange-rate coordination......Page 326
Index......Page 348