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Books in Macroeconomic aspects of international trade and finance

Handbook of Commercial Policy

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 1A-1B SET
  • December 1, 2016
  • Kyle Bagwell + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 2 5 - 7
Handbook of Commercial Policy explores three main topics that permeate the study of commercial policy. The first section presents a broad set of basic empirical facts regarding the pattern and evolution of commercial policy, with the second section investigating the crosscutting legal issues relating to the purpose and design of agreements. Final sections cover key issues of commercial policy in the modern global economy. Every chapter in the book provides coverage from the perspectives of multilateral, and where appropriate, preferential trade agreements. While most other volumes are policy-oriented, this comprehensive guide explores the ways that intellectual thinking and rigor organize research, further making frontier-level synthesis and current theoretical, and empirical, research accessible to all.

Handbook of Commercial Policy

  • 1st Edition
  • November 2, 2016
  • Kyle Bagwell + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 2 2 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 2 6 - 4
Handbook of Commercial Policy explores three main topics that permeate the study of commercial policy. The first section presents a broad set of basic empirical facts regarding the pattern and evolution of commercial policy, with the second section investigating the crosscutting legal issues relating to the purpose and design of agreements. Final sections cover key issues of commercial policy in the modern global economy. Every chapter in the book provides coverage from the perspectives of multilateral, and where appropriate, preferential trade agreements. While most other volumes are policy-oriented, this comprehensive guide explores the ways that intellectual thinking and rigor organize research, further making frontier-level synthesis and current theoretical, and empirical, research accessible to all.

The International Gold Trade

  • 1st Edition
  • March 14, 2014
  • Tony Warwick-Ching
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 9 1 7 - 8
Activity in the gold markets has focused investors' attention on this unique commodity. To provide the reader with a better understanding of the trade the book is set out in three sections. The first sketches the structure of the gold market from the point of view of the commodity analyst before reviewing in detail the institutions and practices of bullion and futures trading; the second looks at gold mining setting the boom of the past decade in the context of a longer term perspective; the third surveys the used of gold, past and present, and discusses the metal's future prospects.

Handbook of International Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 4
  • February 22, 2014
  • Gita Gopinath + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 4 3 1 4 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 4 3 1 5 - 8
What conclusions can be drawn from recent advances in international trade and international macroeconomics? New datasets, theoretical models, and empirical studies have resulted in fresh questions about the world trade and payment system. These chapters--six on trade and six on international macroeconomics--reveal the richness that researchers have uncovered in recent years. The chapters on foreign trade present, among other subjects, new integrated multisector analytical frameworks, the use of gravity equations for the estimation of trade flows, the role of domestic institutions in shaping comparative advantage, and international trade agreements. On international macroeconomics, chapters explore the relation between exchange rates and other macroeconomic variables; risk sharing, allocation of capital across countries, and current account dynamics; and sovereign debt and financial crises. By addressing new issues while enabling deeper and sharper analyses of old issues, this volume makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the global economy.

Emerging Markets and the Global Economy

  • 1st Edition
  • December 12, 2013
  • Mohammed El Hedi Arouri + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 1 5 4 9 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 1 5 6 3 - 7
Emerging Markets and the Global Economy investigates analytical techniques suited to emerging market economies, which are typically prone to policy shocks. Despite the large body of emerging market finance literature, their underlying dynamics and interactions with other economies remain challenging and mysterious because standard financial models measure them imprecisely. Describing the linkages between emerging and developed markets, this collection systematically explores several crucial issues in asset valuation and risk management. Contributors present new theoretical constructions and empirical methods for handling cross-country volatility and sudden regime shifts. Usually attractive for investors because of the superior growth they can deliver, emerging markets can have a low correlation with developed markets. This collection advances your knowledge about their inherent characteristics. Foreword by Ali M. Kutan

Cotton Trading Manual

  • 1st Edition
  • October 30, 2005
  • Terry Townsend
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 0 9 2 - 2
Cotton Trading Manual (CTM) is the first work to provide a comprehensive reference source to the conduct of the complex international cotton market. CTM begins by looking at the history of the cotton trade, and then moves on to assess the current global picture, including a discussion of trends in the market, as well as production and consumption analysis. The third and fourth parts focus on trading in physical cotton and futures respectively. Finally, the last section deals with administrative and management issues within the cotton trade as a whole, such as contracts, insurance and risk management. CTM is an indispensable practical companion for all those involved with trading in this commodity.

The World Sugar Market

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2004
  • Sergey Gudoshnikov + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 5 7 3 - 4 7 2 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 0 0 4 - 5
Since the first book published by Woodhead on the global sugar business (The international sugar trade) was released in 1996, the world sugar market has undergone fundamental change. Over the past decade the industry’s key economic and policy drivers have created a new regional distribution of sugar production that has had an enormous impact on the price finding process as well as changing the type of sugar on offer to the world market. Brazil has become a dominant supplier whilst Cuba’s production has collapsed to the pre World War One level; Russia has become the world’s greatest importer and structural surpluses have seen stocks rise to historic highs and the world price fall to a level below the production costs of some of the most competitive exporters.The world sugar market focuses on these changes by identifying, describing and assessing the key industry drivers and their future potential impact on the market. Part one provides an overview – covering the history of sugar production and consumption, cultivation of beet and cane and the current state of the market for sugar and alternative sweeteners. Part two focuses on identifying, describing and assessing the key market drivers, both economic and political, on sugar demand. Part is devoted to a similar analysis of sugar supply, whilst part four covers the future for the sugar markets.The world sugar market is aimed at a wide audience from the sugar specialist looking for in-depth information on a specific topic to the newcomer needing to gain an overview of the current state-of-play and future for the world sugar market. The book is published in collaboration with the International Sugar Organization whose statistics and studies are used extensively throughout.

Finance of International Trade

  • 1st Edition
  • October 28, 2003
  • Eric Bishop
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 5 9 0 8 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 0 0 0 - 9
Introduction to International Trade Finance covers the complete cycle of international trade and explains the roles of the specialist operators. Introduction to International Trade Finance aims to:*Guide the reader through every phase of typical trade transactions, examining in detail the relationships between the various parties involved and explaining the facilities employed. *Demonstrate the range of banking instruments and techniques available to exporters and importers which enable them to enter into contracts, confident that whichever method of settlement they agree upon can be provided with the minimum of risk. *Provide a firm understanding of when to apply a particular form of finance, what risks are involved and how they can be counteracted Now updated to include the UCP600.

The International Seafood Trade

  • 1st Edition
  • July 28, 2003
  • James M Anderson
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 5 7 3 - 8 6 3 - 8
The rapid growth in seafood trade in the past three decades has created a truly global market for fish. Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, this book is the first to explore the structure, function and trends of this international market. It is invaluable for seafood traders, government officials and researchers, and has become the standard reference on the desks of all participants in and observers of the international fish and seafood trade.

The World Trade Organization and International Denim Trading

  • 1st Edition
  • April 15, 2003
  • Yan Li + 4 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 8 5 1 - 5
The World Trade Organization and international denim trading is the first market report that focuses on analysing the international denim trading market and its key players. It discusses the important implications of China's entry into the World Trade Organization for the denim industry and analyses the denim trade in the major markets and the key players including USA, EEC, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Included are extensive and systematic primary data research; geographic distributions of denim trade; detailed description and analysis of major markets; comprehensive analysis of industry and its competitiveness and the impact of the World Trade Organisation.The opening chapter covers international textile and apparel trading; this is followed by China's entry into the World Trade Organisation and its impact on the international textile and apparel trade. The main part of the book reports on denim product trade in specific international markets and the final chapters highlight strategic implications for denim manufacturers and traders.