Trade, Growth, and Economic Policy in Open Economies: Essays in Honour of Hans-Jürgen Vosgerau

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Globalization and the Gains from Trade....Pages 3-12
International Competitiveness, Multinational Enterprise Technology Clubs and the Government Interface....Pages 13-30
Dual Labour Markets, Unemployment and Trade Gains/Losses in Developing Countries....Pages 31-46
Employment Policy and Real Wages....Pages 47-52
Sectoral Structure and Unemployment in Open Economies....Pages 53-63
Welfare Effects of Trade-Diverting Customs Unions: A Quantitative Approach....Pages 65-82
Dumping and Predatory Pricing in an International Duopoly....Pages 83-92
Intra-Firm Trade and Exchange Rate Risk....Pages 93-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
On the Evaluation of Social Income in a Dynamic Economy: Generalizations....Pages 101-110
Intergenerational Transfers, Economic Growth and Income Distribution....Pages 111-121
On the Pareto-Improving Abolition of Unfunded Public Pension Systems: An Application of Growth Theory....Pages 123-137
An Overlapping-Generations Model with Heterogeneous Bequest and Gift Motives....Pages 139-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Resisting Migration: Wage Rigidity and Income Distribution....Pages 167-179
Effects of Monetary Policy in a Macroeconometric Disequilibrium Model for the West German Economy....Pages 181-192
The Impact of German Discount and Lombard Policy on Financial Markets....Pages 193-217
Bank Behaviour, an Options View of Rediscount Quotas, and the Theory of the Money Supply....Pages 219-247
Global Capital Movements, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy....Pages 249-268
Tax Policy and the Location Decision of Firms....Pages 269-280
Equilibria in Tax Competition Models....Pages 281-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Institutional Competition and Globalization....Pages 315-330
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
An Institutional Order for a Globalizing World Economy....Pages 331-349
Western Economic Theory and The Transition: The Public-Choice Perspective....Pages 351-367
The Social Cost of Rent Seeking When Victories are Potentially Transient and Losses Final....Pages 369-380
Social Institutions and Local Interaction Structure....Pages 381-396
Back Matter....Pages 397-399