The Future of the World Trading System: Asian Perspectives

Richard Baldwin, Masahiro Kawai, Ganeshan Wignaraja, 11 June 2013

This VoxEU eBook, containing 19 essays from leading Asian and international trade experts, dissects important changes taking place in the world trading system and explores policy implications for Asia.

The Arab Spring: Implications for Economic Integration

Michael Gasiorek, 7 June 2013

In light of the dramatic changes in societies in the MENA region, the ongoing changes in the world economy, and also the pressing economic and social need for higher rates of economic growth in the region, this Vox eBook draws together the reflections of a group of distinguished scholars and specialists on the role of economic integration for the MENA countries.

Is inflation targeting dead? Central Banking After the Crisis

Lucrezia Reichlin, Richard Baldwin, 14 April 2013

Inflation targeting did not prevent financial instability before the Crisis nor did it provide sufficient stimulus after the Crisis. In this eBook, 14 world-renowned scholars, practitioners and market participants analyse inflation targeting and its future. They argue that inflation targeting should be refined not replaced. Indeed, it is needed now more than ever to keep expectations anchored while the advanced economies work their way through today’s slow growth, rickety banks, and over-indebted public sectors.

Race for the WTO Director-General job: Seven candidates speak

Bernard Hoekman, Petros C. Mavroidis, 3 April 2013

In this VoxEU eBook, seven of the nine candidates for Director General of the WTO offer a short essay exploring challenges to the world trading system and how they would tackle them. Taken together, the essays provide a uniquely comprehensive view of the world’s trade governance problems. It will be an important reference long after the selection process ends.

Reducing Transatlantic Barriers to Trade and Investment: An Economic Assessment

Joseph Francois, 12 March 2013

This in-depth study by CEPR, commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate General for Trade, assesses the potential effects of the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

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