Structural Change, Economic Interdependence and World Development: Volume 3: Structural Change and Adjustment in the World Economy

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Economic Growth with Structural Change: An Introduction....Pages 7-12
Can Technology Change Too Fast?....Pages 13-26
Technical Change in the North: Some Implications for Southern Options....Pages 27-45
Technology Transfer: Measuring the Impact of Organisational and Managerial Structures on Production Efficiency....Pages 47-73
Consumption and Productivity Patterns and their Implications for the Production Structure....Pages 75-90
On the Economics of Structural Change and the Evolution of Technology....Pages 91-102
Theoretical Aspects of Change in Productive Structures: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 103-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Ability to Adjust and the Problems of European Market Economies....Pages 109-121
Trends in International Trade in Manufactured Goods and Structural Change in the Industrial Countries....Pages 123-147
On Using Applied General Equilibrium Models for Analysing Structural Change....Pages 149-158
Micro Initiatives and Macroeconomic Adjustments in the Industrialised Countries....Pages 159-175
Structural Adjustment in Industrially Advanced Countries: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 177-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Structural Effects of Increasing Australia’s Imports from Less Developed Countries....Pages 189-211
Industrial Restructuring in a Newly Industrialising Country: The Case of Singapore....Pages 213-232
A Multisectoral Analysis of the Structural Adjustment of the Brazilian Economy in the 1980s....Pages 233-261
Structural Change in a Selection of Countries: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 263-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Growth, Inflation and Employment: An Introduction....Pages 269-274
Growth, Inflation and Employment....Pages 275-291
Growth, Inflation and Unemployment in the United States....Pages 293-300
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Remarks on Growth, Inflation and Employment....Pages 301-303
Inflation and Growth: Some Experiments on a Model for India....Pages 305-322
Growth, Inflation and Employment: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 323-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Price Inertia and Inflation: Evidence and Theoretical Rationale....Pages 329-357
The Influence of International Price Movements and Inflation on the Centrally Planned Economies....Pages 359-380
Domestic and International Sources of Brazilian Inflation: 1947–80....Pages 381-393
International Price Fluctuations and Inflation: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 395-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
World Economic Crisis, Adjustment Policies and Global Questions: An Introduction....Pages 405-408
The Impact of External Shocks on Centrally Planned Economies: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 409-425
World Markets and Socialist Economies....Pages 427-437
Adjustment to External Shocks in Socialist and Private Market Economies....Pages 439-464
Impact of External Market Fluctuations on Centrally Planned and Market Economies: A Systematic Comparative Approach....Pages 465-477
Impact of External Market Fluctuations on Centrally Planned and Market Economies: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 479-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Economic Aspects of Alternative Energy Sources: An Introduction....Pages 487-489
Main Economic Aspects of Energy Choices and Policies....Pages 491-501
The Special Source of Alternative Energy: Comparing Energy Conservation Performance of the East and West....Pages 503-521
Governments in Energy Markets....Pages 523-535
Economic Development in Third World Countries: The Role of Existing Sources of Energy and Alternative Choices....Pages 537-551
Economic Aspects of Alternative Energy Sources: Discussion and Conclusions....Pages 553-557
Back Matter....Pages 558-578