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China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives

This book explores the forces that impelled China, the world’s largest socialist state, to make massive changes in its domestic and international stance during the long 1970s.

Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment

In this paper, we explore the psychological experience of university-educated local workers from emerging economies striving to enter the global job market for managerial positions.

Exploring the Uncharted Export: An Analysis of Tourism-Related Foreign Expenditure with International Spend Data

Tourism is one of the most important economic activities in the world: for many countries it represents the single largest product in their export basket.

Special Economic Zones in Panama: A Critical Assessment

Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have played an important role in Panama's successful growth story over the previous decade.

Liquidity Risk in Sequential Trading Networks

This paper develops a model of intermediated exchange with budget-constrained traders who are embedded in a trading network. An experimental investigation confirms the theory’s baseline predictions.

Long-Range Growth: Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links

We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity.

Human Rights and Adolescence

While young children's rights have received considerable attention and have accordingly advanced over the past two decades, the rights of adolescents have been neglected.

Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815–2015

The Fusion of Civilizations: The Case for Global Optimism

The mood of much of the world is grim these days.

Contracting Out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia

Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks that non-contractible quality will decline and that reform could be blocked by ve