Questions and Answers of International Political Economy

There are rival domestic and international explanations for the behavior of BRIC states. Narlikar (2010) considers the explanatory power of the respective perspectives by looking at the positions of
This chapter discusses the BRICS. Many examples, however, came from China. To what extent is the story only about China? What role do the other BRICS play in the policy areas discussed here?
BRIC Implications
Explaining BRICS Action
BRICS Challenging or Co-opting the Liberal International Order?
BRIC Collective Action
What factors contribute most to human development in general? How does being integrated into the world economy affect your answer?
You are a member of the government of a recipient country. What factors would you consider when you decide whether to support more aid or more trade from donor countries?
You are advising a donor country about its development policy. What measures would you suggest its government take?
Trade and Human Development
Trade and Economic Development
Foreign Aid and Human Development
Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Institutions to Promote the Accumulation of Capital: International and Domestic Development Banks
Institutions, Actors, and Development
Economic and Human Development
What Does It Mean to Be "Developing?"
How important are different societal actors within a given country when a government makes aid decisions?
What explains variations in the aggregate amount of aid over time?
Non-Governmental Aid
Multilateral Aid Institutions: The World Bank
Domestic Political Determinants of Foreign Aid in Donor Countries
Strategic Determinants of Foreign Aid for Development by Donor Countries
Humanitarian Motives
Why Do Some Countries Provide Foreign Aid?
Some scholars suggest that governments of countries play the most crucial role in the contest international cooperation on global environmental problems. Others contend that "epistemic communities"
Variation in Success of International Environmental Agreements
International Environmental Agreements: Definition, Examples, and Functions
Global Environmental Politics and International Cooperation
Environmental Issues
Why, do you think, do countries always repay the IMF?
Provide an empirical example to differentiate between first- and second-generation models of currency crises.
How does the budget of a household differ from the budget of a government?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Crisis
The Political Economy of Currency Crises
The Consequences of Financial Crises
The Politics of Financial Crisis
The Politics of Sovereign Debt
Consider the following excerpt from an article published The Telegraph on December 5, 2016. "Yuan Depreciation Pressures Likely to Remain," The Telegraph, December 5, 2016
During a study session for the final exam in the IPE course, your friend in the same IPE course states that what the world needs to return to the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system to promote
Explaining Exchange Rate Policy Choice
Variation in Modern Exchange Rate Arrangements
Exchange Rate Systems: Benefits and Costs
International Finance: A Detailed Background
Some argue that foreign investment by MNCs helps to promote economic growth, employment, and adoption of new technologies in developing states. Others, however, suggest that MNCs tend to exploit
What has led to the growth in importance of MNCs over the last three to four decades? Is the rise of MNCs the main reason for the rapid growth in FDI flows from developed to developing countries?
FDI: Boon or Bane for Economic Development?
Explaining FDI Patterns across Space and Time
Definition and Features
Multinational Corporations:
Foreign Direct Investment: Definition and Empirical Patterns
In recent years, there is growing sentiment that trade law infringes unfairly on member state sovereignty. Is this concern valid? Assess the costs and benefits of formal trade deals.
One concern about the rise of free trade agreements is that they clash with the GATT/WTO system. Are regional and bilateral trade deals at odds with the global trade regime? What are some potential
The WTO is designed to provide members equal rights under the law. However, the institution continues to face harsh criticisms from those who argue that the rules disadvantage developing countries.
Trade Law's Costs and Benefits
Bilateral and Regional Trade Deals
The Multilateral Trade Regime
Why Create Trade Agreements?
There is a centuries-old idea that economic interdependence promotes peace. Assess this claim. Does the historical record support it?
Developing countries exhibit traits that limit (1) how much they trade and (2) how much they gain from trade. What are some of these traits? Why are developing countries poorly positioned to embrace
Some argue that trade liberalization promotes democratization. How might this process work? Do you think that logic is convincing?
Development Level and Trade Security, Conflict, and Trade
Domestic Political Institutions and Trade
Regime Type and Trade
Trade policies are generally thought to reflect producers' interests rather than those of consumers. Why might that be true?
The law of comparative advantage makes a lot of simplifying assumptions. How valid are these assumptions? Do they limit the model's usefulness in explaining trade?
Economists argue that trade protection reduces welfare. However, politicians often claim that it's worth sacrificing some consumer welfare to protect domestic jobs. Which side of this debate do you
Sources of Trade Preferences
Why Is There Not More Trade?
Why Countries Trade
What actors and political institutions explain differences between comparative advantage's predictions and what we see in the world?
What trade patterns do we actually see and how are those patterns measured? And then,
What trade patterns would we expect to see if comparative advantage is right?
Theoretical Debates and Empirical Evidence
Our Approach to IPE: Concepts, Actors, and Institutions
What is International Political Economy (IPE)?
Have Global Markets Fulfilled Their Promise?