Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System (Institute for International Economics) - Softcover

Frankel, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881322024 ISBN 13: 9780881322026

Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 1997

Synopsis

This book explores whether the world economy is breaking up into regional trading and currency blocs centred on the European Community, Japan and the United States. Frankel uses trade, investment and financial data to assess this issue. He concludes with an analysis of how trends in regional economic integration can be used as building blocks for a stronger multilateral system.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey A. Frankel was a Visiting Fellow and Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkely. He was formerly Senior Internaitonal Economist at the Council fo Economic Advisers (1983-84).

Review:

Penetrating theoretical and empirical analysis. (Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chair of the National Economic Council)

Once in a long while, an economist shows all of us how it's supposed to be done―how to combine innovative theory and ingenious empirical work to make sense of a truly important policy issue. Jeff Frankel's work on trading blocs does it all. (Paul Krugman)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0881322024
• ISBN 13: 9780881322026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388