This book contains a set of essays by international scholars from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US It addresses the issues of globalization and international competitiveness and includes discussions of market power, competition policy and the effects of foreign trade, globalization and the labour market. The contributors also examine economic integration and regional policy cooperation, trade and communications, economic growth, including export led growth and foreign direct investment in developing countries, and the diffusion of technology.
Author(s): Harry Bloch, Peter Kenyon
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Notes on the Contributors......Page 10
Part 1 Preliminaries......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 The Meaning and Measurement of International Competitiveness......Page 27
3 Developing ICOM: An Index of International Competitiveness......Page 47
Part II Market Institutions in a Global Economy......Page 60
4 The Labour Market and International Competitiveness......Page 62
5 Sectoral Mobility in UK and US Labour Markets......Page 83
6 Market Power and Foreign Trade: Implications for Competition Policy......Page 116
7 Investment, Imports and Productivity Growth in the US Cement Industry......Page 133
Part III Government Policy in a Global Economy......Page 154
8 Trade and Communication......Page 156
9 Economic Integration and Regional Policy Cooperation......Page 166
10 Inside Australia's Contingent Protection Black Box......Page 177
Part IV International Comparisons of Economic Performance......Page 200
11 Export-Led Growth in Asia: Long-Run Relationaships and Structural Change......Page 202
12 The International Diffusion of Technology: Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth......Page 218
13 Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in LDCs: Some Further Evidence......Page 244
14 Transaction Efficiency in New Zealand and Australia, 1961-96......Page 261
Index......Page 282
