Dimensions of Competitiveness - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0262013967 ISBN 13: 9780262013963

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Leading economists analyze the multiple factors that drive competitiveness among nations in world markets.

Competitiveness among nations is often approached as if it were a sports competition: some countries win medals, others lose out. This view of countries fighting it out in the economic arena is especially popular in business circles and among politicians. Economists, however, take a very different approach to international economic relations, arguing that international trade leads not to winners and losers but to win-win situations in which all countries profit. In this volume, leading economists take on the sometimes-derided concept of competitiveness, demonstrating the value of systematic analysis in an area too often dominated by special interest groups who use (and abuse) the concept to advance hidden agendas. The chapters range from broad theoretical views to case studies, examining the multiple factors that drive competitiveness. Contributors consider the conceptual framework underlying the World Economic Forum's approach to competitiveness; differences in per capita GDP between the United States and the European Union; an integrated approach to measuring competitiveness and comparative advantage; divergent trends in price and cost competitiveness in the euro area; methodological issues in constructing competitiveness indicators; taxation and international competitiveness; and a case study of Mexico's competitiveness in world markets in comparison to China's.

Contributors
Harry P. Bowen, Michele Ca' Zorzi, Jean-Philippe Cotis, Romain Duval, Christoph Fischer, Michael S. Knoll, Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Wim Moesen, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Bernd Schnatz, Alain de Serres, Eckhard Siggel, Sebastian Vollmer

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Paul De Grauwe is Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven, the author of Economics of Monetary Union, and editor of two previous books in the CESifo Seminar series published by the MIT Press, Exchange Rate Economics: Where Do We Stand? (2005) and (with Jacques Mélitz) Prospects for Monetary Union after the Euro (2005).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0262013967
• ISBN 13: 9780262013963
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Redattore: Grauwe Paul De