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  • Mexico's Economy

    A Policy Analysis With Forecasts To 1990

    by Robert E. Looney ...
    In the spring of 1976, I had the privilege of serving on a Stanford Research Institute team engaged in examining various facets of the Mexican economy. That study provided the opportunity to visit many government ministries and talk with some of Mexico's leading economists. These professional experiences stimulated me to undertake full-scale research on the growth potential of the Mexican economy, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Jamaican Economy In The 1980s

    Economic Decline And Structural Adjustment

    by Robert E. Looney ...
    This book analyzes the main causes of deterioration in the Jamaican economy since 1972 and assesses the prospects for returning to a period of stable growth under an International Monetary Fund Stabilization program. Considering both the role of international economic conditions and domestic policies on Jamaica's economic decline, Dr. Looney compares the viability of the socialist model of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Handbook of International Trade Agreements

    Country, regional and global approaches

    Edited by Robert E. Looney ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    International trade has, for decades, been central to economic growth and improved standards of living for nations and regions worldwide. For most of the advanced countries, trade has raised standards of living, while for most emerging economies, growth did not begin until their integration into the global economy. The economic explanation is simple: international trade facilitates specialization, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Economic Causes And Consequences Of Defense Expenditures In The Middle East And South Asia

    by Robert E. Looney ...
    This book presents a detailed and rigorous quantitative economic assessment, analysis, and interpretation of the causes and consequences of regional defense expenditures in countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It examines the relationship between defense spending and budgetary allocations. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Handbook of Oil Politics

    Edited by Robert E. Looney ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    These days, one would have a difficult time picking up a newspaper, or watching a newscast that did not have a lead story dealing with some aspect of oil. From instability in the Middle East, to stock market crashes and concerns over the health of the world economy, to wars that seem to break out unexpectedly around the world, to discussions of global warming, and even speculation over the fate of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • The Economy of the Middle East and North Africa in 1997

    by Mohamed Mr. El-Erian, Susan Ms. Fennell ...
    The economy of the Middle East and North Africa improved considerably in 1996, and remained favorable in 1997. This paper, by Mohamed A. El-Erian and Susan Fennell, presents an assessment of the recent experience of the MENA economies and examines prospects for 1998 and beyond. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Pakistan - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2009

    by Matthew McCartney ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to examine how the state has contributed to each. Contesting the orthodox view that liberalisation has been ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Investment Policies in the Arab Countries: Papers Presented at a Seminar held in Kuwait, December 11-13, 1989

    by Saíd Mr. El-Naggar ...
    This volume, edited by Said El-Naggar, examines the impact of macro- and microeconomic policies on the investment climate in the Arab countries, the efficiency of public investment, and the role of foreign direct investment. ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • This Time Is Different

    Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

    by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff ...
    Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthrough study, leading ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Sovereign Risk Analysis (RLE Banking & Finance)

    by Shelagh Heffernan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance
    Directed both at students of international finance and practitioners in the field, the book stresses the importance of treating the analysis of sovereign risk in a more general framework than is typically the case, identifying the components of both the demand and supply of sovereign loans.The author also discusses the link between the unique aspects of sovereign lending, the interdependence of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Fragile by Design

    The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

    by Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen Haber ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    Why stable banking systems are so rareWhy are banking systems unstable in so many countries—but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households.Analyzing the political and banking ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Political Economy of the Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds

    A Case Study of Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

    by Sara Bazoobandi ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies
    Using four Gulf sovereign wealth funds as case studies – Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - this book examines and analyses the history, governance and structure, and investment strategies of the above mentioned funds, in the context of on-going debates about their transparency.The book discusses how most Gulf sovereign wealth funds were established under colonial rule, and have operated in ... Read more

    $72.99 USD