Economic Globalization and Asia : Essays on Finance, Trade and Taxation.
Title:
Economic Globalization and Asia : Essays on Finance, Trade and Taxation.
Author:
Rajan, Ramkishen S.
ISBN:
9789812795168
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- I. Economic Globalization: Finance Trade and Taxation -- Chapter 1. Economic Globalization and Small and Open Economies: Finance Trade and Taxation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Globalization of Finance and Capital Flows -- 3. Globalization of Production and Trade: Agglomeration versus Fragmentation -- 4. First versus Second Waves of Globalization -- 5. Globalization Public Finances and Income Distribution -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- II. International Monetary and Financial Issues in East Asia -- Chapter 2. International Capital Flows and Regional Contagion: Boom and Bust in East Asia in the 1990s -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dynamics of Capital Flows in East Asia in the Late 1990s -- 3. Contagion: Definitions and Transmission Channels -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Liquidity Enhancing Measures and Monetary Cooperation in East Asia: Rationale and Progress -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Liquidity Enhancing Measures: Safeguarding against Capital Account Crises -- 3. Regional Response to Regional Crisis: The Chiang-Mai Initiative -- 4. Beyond the Chiang-Mai Initiative -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Choosing the Right Exchange Rate Regime for Small and Open Economies in East Asia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Problems with Super-Fixes -- 3. The Flexible Exchange Rate Option Reconsidered -- 4. Concluding Remarks: Intermediate Regimes Revisited -- Bilbliography -- III. International Trade Issues in Asia -- Chapter 5. The Nexus Between Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Asia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trade Liberalization and Income Growth -- 3. Trade Liberalization and Poverty -- 4. Rural Sector and Agriculture -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography.
Chapter 6. India's Decade Long Trade Reforms: How Does it Compare with Its East Asian Neighbours? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of India's Merchandise Trade in the 1990s -- 3. The Flying Geese Pattern: India versus East Asia -- 4. India's Emerging Comparative Advantage in Services Trade -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Singapore's Drive to Form Cross-regional Trade Pacts: Rationale and Implications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Country Composition of Singapore's Trade 1995 and 2000/2001 -- 3. Why has Singapore Embraced the Bilateral Route? -- 4. Concerns with Bilateralism -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8. International Trade in Infrastructural Services in East Asia: Telecommunications and Finance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Liberalizing Trade in Services: A Basic Review of Theory -- 3. The Liberalization of Infrastructural Services in the Asia-5 Economies -- 4. Liberalizing Trade in Services: The Empirical Evidence -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- IV. International Tax Issues in Asia -- Chapter 9. Economic Globalization and Taxation: With Particular Reference to Southeast Asia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. International Factor Mobility and Burden of Taxation -- 3. Efficiency and International Taxation -- 4. Tax Competition and FDI -- 5. Globalization E-commerce and Taxation of the Internet -- 6. Financial Globalization and the Tobin Tax -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The term "economic globalization" has been discussed extensively in the popular press, by business executives and by policy-makers all over the world. While academic economists have made some excellent contributions to specific, technical aspects of economic globalization, there appears to be a need for economists to discuss the broader aspects of the issue in a more accessible manner. Failing this, the general debate will be informed only by the writings of non-economists. That is the motivation for this book, which is a collection of essays on various aspects of economic globalization in general, but with specific reference to Asia. Contents: Economic Globalization: Finance, Trade and Taxation: Economic Globalization and Small and Open Economies: Finance, Trade and Taxation; International Monetary and Financial Issues in East Asia: International Capital Flows and Regional Contagion: Boom and Bust in East Asia in the 1990s; Liquidity-Enhancing Measures and Monetary Cooperation in East Asia: Rationale and Progress; Choosing the Right Exchange Rate Regime for Small and Open Economies in East Asia; International Trade Issues in Asia: The Nexus Between Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Asia; India's Decade-Long Trade Reforms: How Does It Compare with Its East Asian Neighbours? (with Rahul Sen); Singapore's Drive to Form Cross-Regional Trade Pacts: Rationale and Implications (with Rahul Sen); International Trade in Infrastructural Services in East Asia: Telecommunications and Finance; International Tax Issues in Asia: Economic Globalization and Taxation: With Particular Reference to Southeast Asia (with Mukul Asher). Readership: Policy-makers, businessmen, professionals and others with an interest in international economic affairs and international economic policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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