International trade, foreign direct investment, and the economic environment : essays in honour of professor Sylvain Plasschaert

This book sees a distinguished host of economists tackle the most important and topical issues around international trade and direct investment. There is broad coverage of the changing global map of international trade and investment , with coverage of NAFTA, the European Union, European transition economies and developments in Asia, Latin America and China. International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment And The Economic Environment / P.k. Mathew Tharakan And Danny Van Den Bulcke -- Have Imports Constrained Economic Growth In Sub-saharan Africa? / Lodewijk Berlage And Sophie Vandermeulen -- The Effect Of Prices On Trade During The First Twelve Years Of The European Community / Herbert Glejser -- Contingent Protection And International Trade / P.k. Mathew Tharakan And Birgit Kerstens -- Domestic Policy Variables And Foreign Direct Investment Inflows In Latin America / Willy Van Ryckeghem -- The Global Economy, National Governments And Supranational Economic Regimes / John H. Dunning -- Changing Perceptions Of Foreign Direct Investment In Development / Sanjaya Lall -- Foreign Equity Joint Ventures In China / Danny Van Den Bulcke And Haiyan Zhang -- Regions Of Europe / Jacques Drèze -- Central And Eastern European Economies In Transition / Bernard Snoy -- Cross-border Payment Systems And The European Monetary Union / Theo Peeters. Edited By P.k.m. Tharakan And D. Van Den Bulcke. Papers ... Presented To A Symposium Held At The University Of Antwerp--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and the Economic Environment....Pages 1-10 Have Imports Constrained Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?....Pages 11-29 The Effect of Prices on Trade during the First Twelve Years of the European Community....Pages 31-40 Contingent Protection and International Trade: An Analysis of the Antidumping Policy of the European Union....Pages 41-58 Domestic Policy Variables and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Latin America....Pages 59-75 The Global Economy, National Governments and Supranational Economic Regimes....Pages 77-99 Changing Perceptions of Foreign Direct Investment in Development....Pages 101-134 Foreign Equity Joint Ventures in China: Interactions between Government Policies and Multinational Investment Strategies....Pages 135-159 Regions of Europe: The Feasibility of a New Administrative Status....Pages 161-185 Central and Eastern European Economies in Transition: The Contribution of the Bretton Woods Institutions....Pages 187-217 Cross-Border Payment Systems and the European Monetary Union....Pages 219-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-244 In this volume, well-known experts analyze some of the most important problems of the rapid growth of international trade, foreign direct investment, and the problems related to the economic environment within which such trade and investment take place.