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The international debt problem: An analysis of the Brady plan
1989
Recently the American Treasury Secretary, Nicholas Brady, launched a new initiative in which he proposed reducing the developing countries’ bank debt. What are the elements of the plan, and which countries would benefit? What problems does it entail? Can it bring about a decisive improvement in the international debt situation of the developing countries? The following two articles attempt to answer these questions.
The charter of foreigners merchant ships in the expulsion of the Andalusia Moriscos
2009
El embarque de moriscos a bordo de navíos mercantes de origen extranjero constituye una faceta interesante en el estudio del proceso de expulsión andaluz. Debido a la escasa participación de las escuadras reales y la necesidad de llegar a acuerdos concretos con los que suministrar embarcaciones para el transporte de los moriscos, la Corona y sus representantes se verían obligados a llegar a diferentes compromisos con los cónsules de las naciones de extranjeros, y algunos mercaderes particulares, para garantizar unos traslados que, de otra manera, se hubieran retrasado en exceso complicando toda la operación. De este modo y con el paso de las semanas, acabaría por evidenciarse el peso especí…
Comparative study of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement: the compromised deal of the free trade
2019
The main objective is to analyze two treaties – the old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to evidence the similarities and differences between two drafted agreements, and it aims to establish, what new issues shall be considered in drafting the Free Trade Agreements to establish mutually beneficial trade relationships with their trade nations. This thesis presents qualitative research, which to a major extent is based on the comparative historical analysis approach towards analyzing trade issues of NAFTA and the USMCA.
With whom to merge? A tale of the Spanish banking deregulation process
2010
We propose a spatial competition model to study banks’ strategic responses to the asymmetric Spanish geographic deregulation process. We find that once the geographic deregulation process finishes, inter-regional mergers between savings banks are optimal whenever the economies of scale associated to merging activities are low. If there are large gains, then there will be mergers between savings and commercial banks.
Theoretical Approach: The Situation-Structural Model as an Analytical Tool to Explain Regionalism
2017
This chapter provides the analytical framework and guiding theory for this work. Muntschick develops an innovative situation-structural model to the analysis of regionalism that goes beyond Euro-centric and classic integration theories because it takes the impact of external actors explicitly into account. This—often neglected—aspect is of crucial importance in regions with mainly developing countries that show strong and asymmetric relations to extra-regional actors. Besides offering clear-cut definitions of regions and regionalism, Muntschick draws on insights from cooperation and regime theory in order to specify assumptions and deduce hypotheses about the emergence, institutional design…
The Paper Industry in Germany, 1800–2000
2012
Germany is the biggest paper exporter in the world, the biggest paper producer in Europe and the fourth biggest producer in the world. It is also the biggest market in Europe and a major export market for European pulp producers. However, only three German pulp and paper companies made it to the top 100 list of the industry in 2010 and none made it into the top 50 (PPI 2011). This article describes the development of the German industry from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present in order to explain the factors contributing to this unusual state of affairs in a country which, during the second Industrial Revolution, created major players in the new global oligopolies in chem…
Foreign Investment, Strategic Assets and National Security (Table of Contents)
2018
At the time of a paradigm change Foreign Investment, Strategic Assets and National Security is a timely analysis of the changing attitude towards foreign investment in major economies, namely the United States of America, the People’s Republic of China, Australia, Canada, and Germany, France and the United Kingdom as representatives of the European Union. Foreign investment has grown steadily for decades and the de-regulation of international trade and investment was a widely accepted trend, particularly in developed countries. Increasingly, however, this development is encountered by opposition. Globalisation and socio-economic effects of mergers and acquisitions of domestic firms by forei…
How Bad is Globalization for Labour Standards in the North?
2010
We analyse a world consisting of "the North" and "the South" where labour standards in the North are set by trade unions. Standards set by unions tend to increase output and welfare. There are no unions in the South and work standards are suboptimal. Trade between these two countries can imply a reduction in work standards in the North. Moreover, when trade unions are established in the South, the North, including northern unions, tend to lose. Quantitatively, these effects are small and overcompensated by gains in the South. The existing empirical literature tends to support our findings.
Parasitic porkborne hazards, globalisation, and meat inspection
2014
La Fuerza Multilateral y la multiplicidad nuclear en la OTAN (1960-1965)
2017
Desde finales de la década de 1950 y hasta 1965, el gobierno de Estados Unidos (EEUU) promovió la creación de una fuerza naval armada con misiles balísticos, conocida como Fuerza Multilateral (Multilateral Force, MLF), con tripulaciones multinacionales y bajo mando de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN). La propuesta inicial de la administración Eisenhower trataba de satisfacer las quejas de algunos miembros de la OTAN acerca del monopolio que EEUU ejercía sobre la defensa nuclear de Europa. Aunque oficialmente se buscaba proporcionar un papel activo a los países europeos, en particular Alemania, en la estrategia nuclear conjunta, con la MLF los EEUU confiaban en inducir …