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Title

Economic transformation in emerging countries : the role of investment, trade, and finance / edited by Farok J. Contractor.

Publication

New York : Pergamon, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Contractor, Farok J.
• International Trade and Finance Association. Conference (5th : 1996 : San Diego, Calif.)

Description

xxi, 378 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• This book deals with one of the great dramas of our day, the transformation of countries from economic backwardness, or a socialist somnolence, into greater efficiency and participation in the invigorating currents of international trade and investment. This book is about building market institutions and about the struggle to shed the institutional baggage of the past. It is about new 'openings'.
• It is about liberalization of economic policies, about relaxing controls, and welcoming the influx of foreign capital and goods. Above all, the underlying theme of this book is the search for appropriate government policies, on issues vital to emerging nations (defined here as developing nations and former communist bloc countries), such as exchange rate management, acquisition of technology, privatization, capital flows, trade and direct investment.

Series Statement

Series in international business and economics

Uniform Title

Series in international business and economics.

Subjects

• Privatization > Developing countries > Congresses
• Decommunization > Case studies > Congresses
• Foreign exchange > Developing countries > Congresses
• Developing countries > Commercial policy > Congresses
• Technology transfer > Economic aspects > Developing countries > Congresses
• Investments, Foreign > Developing countries > Congresses
• Finance > Developing countries > Congresses
• Financial institutions > Developing countries > Congresses
• Capital market > Developing countries > Congresses

Note

• "Mainly selections fron papers initially presented at the International Trade and Finance Association conference in San Diego in 1996"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. A Review of Critical Issues in the Transformation of Emerging Countries / Farok J. Contractor -- 2. Have Trade Policy Reforms Led to Greater Openness in Developing Countries? Evidence From Trade Data / John Nash and Shuby Andriamananjara -- 3. Exports and Economic Growth in China / Jong H. Park and Penelope B. Prime -- 4. The Interrelationships Between Imports and Exports of Manufacturing Industries of Small Open Economies: The Case of the Hong Kong Garment Industry / To-Ming Ho -- 5. The Trade-Investment Nexus / Mordechai E. Kreinin, Michael G. Plummer and Shigeyuki Abe -- 6. Direct Foreign Investment, Economic Cycles and Mexican Wage Policy / Joan B. Anderson -- 7. Determinants of Taiwanese Foreign Direct Investment 1965-93 / Y. Lin and Michael Szenberg -- 8. International Financial Integration, Interest Rates, and Country Risk / A. J. Makin -- 9. Investors' Perceptions of Barriers to Investment In Emerging Markets / C. V. Helliar, A. A. Lonie and D. M. Power [et al.] --
• 10. Financial Liberalization, Financial Deepening and Efficiency Implications in the Emerging Markets: Preliminary Evidence from Turkey / C. Bulent Aybar -- 11. The Day-of-the-Week and the Weekend Effect in the Thai Stock Market / Mahendra Raj and Prakash Dheeriya -- 12. Predicting Devaluation / Alan Alford and Gabor Finaczy -- 13. The Mexican Economy in the 1990s: Boom or Bust? / Robert C. Shelburne -- 14. A Fundamental Target For the Real Peso/Dollar Exchange Rate / Vincent Dropsy -- 15. Impact of the Mexican Peso Crisis On Argentina / John A. Adams, Jr. -- 16. International Wage Inequality and Convergence: The Impact of Transnational Corporations / Peter Koudal -- 17. Labor Market Institutions and Social Welfare in Transitional Economies / Andre Fourcans and Radu Vranceanu -- 18. Rent and the Privatization of Land in Transitional Economies / Michael E. Bradley -- 19. Survival Value of Russian Banks: to what Degree are they Market Oriented? / Tracy Thoman --
• 20. Polish Mass Privatization: an Economic Goal Thwarted by Political Contingencies / Leo V. Ryan -- 21. Technology Acquisition Policies in Emerging Countries / Farok J. Contractor -- 22. Institutional Barriers to Technological Transfer and Diffusion: Managerial Perceptions / Pedro David Perez.

ISBN

0080434290 (hc.)

LCCN

98011833

OCLC

• 38966048
• ocm38966048

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries