Is Trade Good or Bad for the Environment? Sorting Out the Causality
This volume brings together a selection of recent articles by leading scholars on the economics of international trade and the environment.
Research
Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices
The paper presents and estimates a model of the prices of oil and other storable commodities, a model that can be characterized as reflecting the carry trade.
Three Images of Trade: On the Place of Trade in a Theory of Global Justice
Economic theory teaches us that it is in every country's own best interest to engage in trade. Trade therefore is a voluntary activity among consenting parties.
How Should Uganda Grow?
Income per capita in Uganda has doubled in the last 20 years. This remarkable performance has been buoyed by significant aid flows and large external imbalances.
Implied Comparative Advantage
The comparative advantage of a location dictates its industrial structure.
Critical Fairness in Practice: A Social Notice of Aaron James, Contract for a Global Economy
Nobody has offered such a comprehensive philosophical approach to trade. Nonetheless, James's approach does not succeed.
The Sum Is Greater Than The Parts: Doubling Shared Prosperity in Indonesia Through Local and Global Integration
The government of Indonesia’s primary development objective is to join the ranks of upper middle-income countries by 2025.
An Estimate of the Effect of Common Currencies on Trade and Income
Professor Taylor and Professor Manzur offer in this volume a selection of published articles by leading scholars which are representative of recent key developments in this area of study.
US Employment Deindustrialization: Insights from History and the International Experience
International factors, such as the dramatic increase in imports from emerging-market economies, especially China, have been widely blamed for the decline in manufacturing employment in the United Stat
Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse
At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest countri
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